Best way to find elements in game files?

[omniclast]

Not a coder by trade, and just looking to make a couple simple XML/SQL mods.

I'm wondering if there is a good way to search within the game files for where certain tables are handled. The paths and files are often non-intuitively named, and some of the defines are in odd places. I seem to waste a lot of time looking for where game elements are handled.

Is there any quick way in Windows to search inside a directory and its files for a text string? Or is it all just opening a dozen files until you find what you need?

Thx!

 

[whoward69]

Notepad++ has a multi-file search feature, but I use AgentRansack

I usually end up searching for a piece of text from the UI, which locates the TXT_KEY, which you can use to search either for the related XML (database) or the Lua (UI) file

 

[omniclast]

Awesome, thanks!