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Hello!!!

I have a question about editing API objects , how can I edit API objects ? Is there any program can open API objects and make changes to it? for exemple: change colour, size , make new API objects.
 
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Hi,

API objects are just ASCII text files, so you can edit them with a text editor like Notepad. Of course this requires that you know the SCASM syntax. If you want to edit more graphically you need the source for the program that made the API macro (for example EOD, FSDS, etc).
 
No, not unless you have the FSDS source file and as far as I know there is no conversion tool to do anything like that.
 
In general you should not. If you want to edit an object it is best to use the program that was used to create it. The API format is a sort of an intermediate format to place the objects.

If you know the SCASM language it is possible to edit an API macro with a text editor, but this requires that you know what all the commands mean and how they work. So this is not something I would advice to everybody.
 
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