BigKaboom2 wrote:If somebody could figure out whether or not .dat files are editable, that would be helpful. They certainly don't open in Notepad.
http://www.lucasfiles.com/index.php?action=file&id=1253
A .dat editor I guess... I've also read that you can use Microsoft Access to edit .dat-files... I can't test it though, since for some lame reason my Access can't launch. But you should be able to by right-clicking the .dat-file and choose "Open With" and locate Access.
Furthermore you should be able to open .dat-files with Open Office. I'm gonna copy+paste it.
"1. Go to Start-All Programs-OpenOffice.org 2.0-OpenOffice.org Base. That should open the Database Wizard.
2. Where it asks "What do you want to do?", select Connect to an existing database. In the pulldown menu, select Microsoft Access. Click the Next button.
3. Click the Browse button and find the database file you want to edit. By default, the dialog will only show files with extension ".mdb". To see files with extension ".dat" (the BBCF files), you must type "*.dat" into the "File Name" box.
4. Click Finish. A dialog will appear asking where you want to save the new database. This file is just a connection to the BBCF database so it doesn't matter what you name it or where you save it.
5. The database will be open now. Select the Tables option on the far left and double-click on a table to open it for editing."
Hopefully this can help some of you.