How are these files related? XML encoding issue

[P Eld]

Hi all, I'm new here. I've recently gotten into looking into XML file encoding and such and was wondering if I could get a little help on this.

There are these two files for a game I was playing (They are Similar, not Identical), and one of the files messed up on me and doing so messed up the game.

I tried doing what I could to fix it, but I couldn't figure it out. Basically, what I tried was seeing if I could convert the messed up file from ASCII to UTF-8, but it didn't match the format of the correct file that looked like gibberish.

The script for the two files are below:

GOOD file:

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

BAD file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<StatList xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<pokeName>Pikachu</pokeName>
<name>Pikachu</name>
<gender>Male</gender>
<loyalty>0</loyalty>
<pokeball />
<tint>
<x>0</x>
<y>0</y>
<z>0</z>
</tint>
<shiny>false</shiny>
<status />
<level>96</level>
<experience>6297477</experience>
<currentHealth>43.4</currentHealth>
<currentStam>124</currentStam>
<currentMoves>
<Move>
<name>QuickAttack</name>
<level>1</level>
</Move>
<Move>
<name>ThunderShock</name>
<level>1</level>
</Move>
<Move>
<name>TailWhip</name>
<level>1</level>
</Move>
<Move>
<name>ThunderWave</name>
<level>1</level>
</Move>
</currentMoves>
<moveRoster />
</StatList>

[Paul Clapham]

Welcome to the Ranch, P Eld!

The first file isn't XML at all, so XML encoding can't possibly be an issue. As for the second file, it's certainly XML. But encoding in ASCII versus UTF-8 can't be an issue because the file doesn't contain any non-ASCII characters as far as I can see.

Anyway if your game is expecting something like the first file, it's not at all surprising that the second file doesn't work as a substitute.

[P Eld]

Thanks for the welcome!

What kind of file could the first one be then? I mean, it had an XML file extension, and they both came from the same source. It's just that one somehow had converted to the other (I'm willing to bet my anti-virus software had something to do with it). It would be great if I could turn the second one back into the first.

I would post the files, but I'm not able to post them as attachments since the extension is .xml

[Paul Clapham]

The first file looks like it's something in Base64 encoding to me, but that's just a guess.