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refer · Aug 17, 2009, 09:13 AM // 09:13

I am getting this message on some of my templates on mouse over, but I have no idea why. The first time I happened I removed a space from the end of the file before the extension, and it went away (but that is illogical... why should a rename fix the game not loading it?). Another template though, I can't really fix. It keeps coming back with this topic's title that in game, but I went to the file in Windows and it looks perfectly fine! I copied the code from inside and whispered myself it in a skill template bar to see if it still worked and it did. Anybody know what causes this or possible cure?

Now it's affected another bar, yet the file is fine still too.

Update: I think I figured it out. The game doesn't like files with extra periods in them. Files with periods renamed show up immediately, and when you rename something with a period in it in game, it doesn't do it though it says it is.

Sindo · Aug 17, 2009, 11:12 AM // 11:12

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Originally Posted by refer

and when you rename something with a period in it in game, it doesn't do it though it says it is.

That's because a period starts the file's extension. When you change it in game, you are changing everything before the period. That's definitely what's been causing all your problems.

refer · Aug 17, 2009, 12:42 PM // 12:42

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Originally Posted by Sindo

That's because a period starts the file's extension. When you change it in game, you are changing everything before the period. That's definitely what's been causing all your problems.

periods don't start file extensions. i've had files with periods before that work fine, but apparantly guild wars doesn't like it.

Shemsu Anpw · Aug 17, 2009, 01:18 PM // 13:18

LOL Periods don't start extentions.... *.Txt *.exe

Maybe it dosen't as far as a Template goes but they do start extentions. And obviously A-Net dosen't like it in the Template names.....Why whould you use periods anyways?

Quaker · Aug 17, 2009, 03:36 PM // 15:36

To clarify - periods don't start extensions, periods are "separators" in file names. The extensions (for example) are "txt" & "exe" not ".txt" and ".exe"
You could have a file named, for example, "red.bmp.txt" - the problem would be that Windows (IIRC) always looks at the last part of the file name, so it would see it as a "txt" file, but some other program (GW?) may start from the left, see the first period, and try to open it as a "bmp".
Also, if you had red..txt, the double dots might not bother Windows but some other program might see it as no extension or a ".txt" extension (as opposed to just "txt").

Aug 17, 2009, 09:13 AM // 09:13	#1
refer Jungle Guide Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: US	This Local Template's file could not be read from. I am getting this message on some of my templates on mouse over, but I have no idea why. The first time I happened I removed a space from the end of the file before the extension, and it went away (but that is illogical... why should a rename fix the game not loading it?). Another template though, I can't really fix. It keeps coming back with this topic's title that in game, but I went to the file in Windows and it looks perfectly fine! I copied the code from inside and whispered myself it in a skill template bar to see if it still worked and it did. Anybody know what causes this or possible cure? Now it's affected another bar, yet the file is fine still too. Update: I think I figured it out. The game doesn't like files with extra periods in them. Files with periods renamed show up immediately, and when you rename something with a period in it in game, it doesn't do it though it says it is. Last edited by refer; Aug 17, 2009 at 09:59 AM // 09:59..

Aug 17, 2009, 01:18 PM // 13:18	#4
Shemsu Anpw Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Sephirot - Keter	LOL Periods don't start extentions.... .Txt .exe Maybe it dosen't as far as a Template goes but they do start extentions. And obviously A-Net dosen't like it in the Template names.....Why whould you use periods anyways? Last edited by Shemsu Anpw; Aug 17, 2009 at 01:21 PM // 13:21..

Aug 17, 2009, 03:36 PM // 15:36	#5
Quaker Hell's Protector Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Guild: Brothers Disgruntled	To clarify - periods don't start extensions, periods are "separators" in file names. The extensions (for example) are "txt" & "exe" not ".txt" and ".exe" You could have a file named, for example, "red.bmp.txt" - the problem would be that Windows (IIRC) always looks at the last part of the file name, so it would see it as a "txt" file, but some other program (GW?) may start from the left, see the first period, and try to open it as a "bmp". Also, if you had red..txt, the double dots might not bother Windows but some other program might see it as no extension or a ".txt" extension (as opposed to just "txt"). Last edited by Quaker; Aug 17, 2009 at 03:41 PM // 15:41..