Incompatible Marshal file format?

[Dargor]

I got this TypeError when using the load_data built-in function. It says:

incompatible marshal file format (can't be read)

I'm trying to load a .rxdata file, edited with notepad.

What should I do?

 

[Trickster]

No no no you can't use load_data that way I heard that the first two bytes determines the version.

now I don't know too much about this so someone correct me if I am wrong but when you use save_data / Marshal.dump the data is written to a file in a binary format like for instance. Here is some Marshaled Data

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here is the same file just not Marshaled

id				1
name				"Attack"
name_set			{
kind				0
type				0
rating			10
icon_name			""
skill_id			0
common_event_id		0
animation_id		0
weapon_ids			]
armor_ids			[]
skill_set			""
skills			]
ammo				{}
ammo_refill			{}
class_level			{}
actor_level			{}
description			""
help_text			""
special_learn		"false"
hidden			false
script			""
parameters			}
next_method			"start_enemy_select"

id				2
name				"Skill"
name_set			{}
kind				1
type				0
rating			10
icon_name			""
skill_id			0
common_event_id		0
animation_id		0
weapon_ids			[]
armor_ids			[]
skill_set			""
skills			[]
ammo				{}
ammo_refill			{}
class_level			{}
actor_level			{}
description			""
help_text			""
special_learn		"false"
hidden			false
script			""
parameters			{}
next_method			"start_skill_select"

id				3
name				"Defend"
name_set			{}
kind				0
type				1
rating			10
icon_name			""
skill_id			0
common_event_id		0
animation_id		0
weapon_ids			[]
armor_ids			[]
skill_set			""
skills			[]
ammo				{}
ammo_refill			{}
class_level			{}
actor_level			{}
description			""
help_text			""
special_learn		"false"
hidden			false
script			""
parameters			{}
next_method			"phase3_next_actor"

id				4
name				"Item"
name_set			{}
kind				2
type				0
rating			10
icon_name			""
skill_id			0
common_event_id		0
animation_id		0
weapon_ids			[]
armor_ids			[]
skill_set			""
skills			[]
ammo				{}
ammo_refill			{}
class_level			{}
actor_level			{}
description			""
help_text			""
special_learn		"false"
hidden			false
script			""
parameters			{}
next_method			"start_item_select"

id				5
name				"Regenerate"
name_set			{}
kind				0
type				3
rating			10
icon_name			""
skill_id			0
common_event_id		0
animation_id		16
weapon_ids			[]
armor_ids			[]
skill_set			""
skills			[]
ammo				{}
ammo_refill			{}
class_level			{}
actor_level			{}
description			""
help_text			"Regenerate"
special_learn		"false"
hidden			false
script			"hp = (actor.maxhp - actor.hp) / 15; actor.hp += hp; actor.damage = -hp; actor.damage_pop = true; @status_window.refresh"
parameters			{}
next_method			"phase3_next_actor"

id				6
name				"Will"
name_set			{}
kind				0
type				3
rating			10
icon_name			""
skill_id			0
common_event_id		0
animation_id		18
weapon_ids			[]
armor_ids			[]
skill_set			""
skills			[]
ammo				{}
ammo_refill			{}
class_level			{}
actor_level			{}
description			""
help_text			"Will"
special_learn		"false"
hidden			false
script			"sp = rand(actor.maxsp / 15 + 1) + 5; actor.sp += sp; actor.damage = -sp; actor.damage_pop = true; @status_window.refresh"
parameters			{}
next_method			"phase3_next_actor"

id				7
name				"Holy"
name_set			{}
kind				1
type				0
rating			10
icon_name			""
skill_id			0
common_event_id		0
animation_id		0
weapon_ids			[]
armor_ids			[]
skill_set			""
skills			{27=>3, 25=>1, 26=>2}
ammo				{"sp"=>3}
ammo_refill			{}
class_level			{}
actor_level			{}
description			""
help_text			""
special_learn		"false"
hidden			false
script			""
parameters			{}
next_method			"start_skill_select"

id				8
name				"Elemental"
name_set			{}
kind				1
type				0
rating			10
icon_name			""
skill_id			0
common_event_id		0
animation_id		0
weapon_ids			[]
armor_ids			[]
skill_set			""
skills			"skill.element_set.includes_any?(1,3,4)"
ammo				{"sp"=>6}
ammo_refill			{"defend"=>[1, 0]}
class_level			{}
actor_level			{}
description			""
help_text			""
special_learn		"false"
hidden			false
script			""
parameters			{}
next_method			"start_skill_select"

id				9
name				"Paralyze"
name_set			{}
kind				1
type				0
rating			10
icon_name			""
skill_id			44
common_event_id		0
animation_id		0
weapon_ids			[]
armor_ids			[31]
skill_set			""
skills			[]
ammo				{}
ammo_refill			{}
class_level			{}
actor_level			{}
description			""
help_text			""
special_learn		"false"
hidden			false
script			""
parameters			{}
next_method			"phase3_next_actor"

id				10
name				"Fire Starter"
name_set			{}
kind				1
type				0
rating			10
icon_name			""
skill_id			0
common_event_id		0
animation_id		0
weapon_ids			[]
armor_ids			[]
skill_set			"skill.element_set.include?(1)"
skills			[]
ammo				{}
ammo_refill			{}
class_level			{}
actor_level			{}
description			""
help_text			""
special_learn		"false"
hidden			false
script			""
parameters			{}
next_method			"start_skill_select"

id				11
name				"Full Healing"
name_set			{}
kind				0
type				3
rating			10
icon_name			""
skill_id			0
common_event_id		0
animation_id		22
weapon_ids			[]
armor_ids			[]
skill_set			""
skills			[]
ammo				{}
ammo_refill			{}
class_level			{}
actor_level			{}
description			""
help_text			"Full Healing"
special_learn		"actor.id == 7 && rand(100) < 10"
hidden			false
script			"actor.recover_all"
parameters			{}
next_method			"phase3_next_actor"

(note this is from my Advanced Battle Commands Script)

so what you want to do is load the data from the text file manipulate it and then use Marshal.dump / save data to make it loadable by Marshal.load / load data

you can create a simple .rb file and run that if you don't need the RMXP Hidden Classes or create a script within RMXP for it