From the days of KOTOR1 I've gotten used to a small program called TLKPacker/Unpacker (by Ajaja) (DL it *HERE*). They were small, command-line programs, that allowed me to convert dialog.tlk into a simple TXT file, so that I could edit it easily and cut it in pieces. Then, I would just use Packer to convert the modified text document back into TLK.

 

But it was okay only in KOTOR1, but now that KOTOR2's dialog.tlk has SO many strings (most of them unused, tho) - around 140 000, I've came across an internal error in the Packer: it couldn't pack a tlk that contains more than 100 000 strings!

Unpacker, on the other hand, could turn into txt as many strings as you want.

 

So, I'm in a dire need of a good, working TXT -> TLK converter.

 

 

If anyone has any information as to where to find one, I would really appreciate that.

Oh, okay I think I got a solution now. My friend created the compiler:

http://ankor.newmail.ru/TlkCompiler.zip

Works well enough.

 

 

But if anyone comes up with an alternative or a new TLK-editor, it would be appreciated.

There's a .tlk editor with a search function here: http://pcgamemods.com/5279/

 

and a gui version here: http://pcgamemods.com/8872/

 

Depending on the job, I also use this one: http://nwvault.ign.com/Files/other/data/1026158289672.shtml

Uh-huh, thanks.

Although, I prefer to search in text files.