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Re: ROBLOX Places (.rbxl) are XML files?

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blockoo is not online. blockoo
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16 Jan 2012 08:29 AM
o_O

Or is this something that everyone knows already...
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16 Jan 2012 08:30 AM
cOLD
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blockoo is not online. blockoo
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16 Jan 2012 08:32 AM
Thought so...
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jode6543 is not online. jode6543
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16 Jan 2012 08:47 AM
the cOLDEST mOLD on the sLATEST pLATE

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JulienDethurens is not online. JulienDethurens
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16 Jan 2012 08:54 AM
"the cOLDEST mOLD on the sLATEST pLATE"
> "sLATEST pLATE" <
> "LATEST" <

I think you did a small mistake there...
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Legend26 is not online. Legend26
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16 Jan 2012 10:39 AM
Yea, they just store them as XML files because it's easy to read and probably just the easiest to implement.
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Radioaktiivinen is not online. Radioaktiivinen
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16 Jan 2012 10:58 AM
i think binary would be more easy to implement (just stick all objects to some fancy structure and write that to the file instead of converting the tree to some fancy xml tree and writing that and converting the xml tree back when needed) but xml is propably more forward compatible as it clearly says the item name and each property name i think while a binary format wouldnt probably include the property names, just some item ID and the property values listed after it, which wouldnt allow for changing the order of properties or adding new ones without making a whole new object.
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NecroBumpist is not online. NecroBumpist
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16 Jan 2012 11:11 AM
Oh yes indeed binary would not only be more space efficient, but significantly faster to parse that xml.
Oh well.
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Flurite is not online. Flurite
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16 Jan 2012 11:12 AM
NecroBumpist, can you answer my PM? :<

On topic:
Yes, this is old, I think it's mentioned on the wiki somewhere as well.

~Flurite
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NXTBoy is not online. NXTBoy
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16 Jan 2012 01:08 PM
FWIW, you can download the XML file of any free model directly from the browser using my Roblox Asset Downloader. There's a link to that on [my roblox wiki page](http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php/User:NXTBoy).
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Rensus is not online. Rensus
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16 Jan 2012 01:17 PM
Yeah, we've known for awhile.
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bims12345 is not online. bims12345
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13 Apr 2013 06:39 AM
Can you help me? When I start Roblox it says xml text parser: empty.. please help :(
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13 Apr 2013 06:41 AM
Why on earth did you bump this? Not only its a necrobump, its not even in the right forum. Get out.
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