do we have a tool anywhere that can read the struct file and tell us if there is an error in it ie.. invlaid comand or missing > or missing " or anything, when i load the worldstruct it just closes at somepoint and in the past it has just been an xml error in a struct but i can find it this time

In the past, the Packet Analyzer was good for some of that validation, though not it's true purpose. Otherwise, you could always diff against SVN to jump right to changes, maybe.

A quick search:

https://www.xmlvalidation.com/
https://codebeautify.org/xmlvalidator

John Adams wrote: Sat Apr 20, 2019 8:10 am In the past, the Packet Analyzer was good for some of that validation, though not it's true purpose. Otherwise, you could always diff against SVN to jump right to changes, maybe.

that was kinda the issue
packet anal was closing while loading because of an error i created while doing struct changes
it be precise i was documenting changes that i made in the struct and did not know this was invalid <!--------checkme--------->
the double hyphens in a comment
based on another suggestion i added the xml verifier to notepad++ and that worked for me

tyrbo wrote: Sat Apr 20, 2019 11:31 am A quick search:

https://www.xmlvalidation.com/
https://codebeautify.org/xmlvalidator

at first i thought i would need something specific to EMU and for xml tags

i was able to add the option to NPP