Unable to walk NIF, string too long

[psi29a]

@niftools/pyffi-reviewer

Issue Overview

 Error with ../../../Private/UIX/UIX FILES/Data Files/Meshes/TOE/RedMoonGa01.NIF: ('string too long (0xB43A827B at 0x0000BFE8)',)
 Error with ../../../Private/UIX/UIX FILES/Data Files/Meshes/TOEspy/BlueMoonGa01.NIF: ('string too long (0xB43A827B at 0x0000BFE9)',)
 Error with ../../../Private/UIX/UIX FILES/Data Files/Meshes/TOEspy/Card_Explosion.NIF: ('string too long (0xBF800000 at 0x0000B3DD)',)
 Error with ../../../Private/UIX/UIX FILES/Data Files/Meshes/TOEspy/XCard_Explosion.nif: ('string too long (0xBF800000 at 0x0000B2EE)',)

There are at least 4 files that can't be walked due to a string being too long. I'm not sure if this is a problem the NIF or with pyffi. The only thing in common is that they were created by the Bethesda plugin in 3DSMax.

Version Information

Pyffi Version Info

2.2.2

Platform information

Ubuntu (16.10) Linux

Context

I was running nifwalk over all NIFs I planned on releasing to make sure I had all the resources.

Steps to Reproduce

from pyffi.formats.nif import NifFormat NifFormat.walkData(nif_path)

raise ValueError

Expected Result

an NIF object that I can iterate over

Actual Result

Error message.