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Post by pj on Jul 22, 2015 15:52:55 GMT
Yup: I don't mind long edits of the oasis, B., but at this moment editing it to accomodate your (or mine, or JR's) Store Screen changes is not possible unless the actual text you want to use exists in the current file: any replacement pointer has to point to an existing text - such as as "SMGs: %d rounds" (existing) instead of "9mm: %d rounds" (not existing), or "Assault rifles: %d rounds" instead of . "5.56mm: %d rounds" etc.. Pain in the arse. As soon as one edits oasis via a text or xml editor - whether Notepad, Notepad++, XML Notepad 2007, XML Editor, ExamDiff Pro, TextPad, whatever - LipSynch is gone. Only editing the raw file on disk (Peter Norton-style!) will keep LipSynch intact, and that happens because the pointers aren't touched as there's no un-compress or re-compress involved. This is a "toughie" to solve, as it is as important to "the cause" - as is being able to edit those lua files: the compression issue is the killer in both areas, and we have no-one who is knowledgeable in that field. The guys that did know just abondoned it.
Rambling again!
pj
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Post by JRavens on Jul 22, 2015 16:04:59 GMT
>He's richer than me...
LOL nah it was a gift from a fan of another old mod. My version is probably outdated (have to see if they give free updates). To be fair it was nearly half the price then that it is now.
>I think the last time I used a hex editor was in the eighties, building new fleets for Gary Grigsbys Warship and Battlecruiser
Haha now you're talking my lingo. Tinkering with push codes and stuff. I didn't really start actual hex editing on the PC side until the 90s, but I can remember mucking around in assembly code back in the 80s trying to change things in games. I blame computer gaming magazines. They always had those game programs you could type in to teach you basic. Got me hooked on trying to peek and poke things just to see what would happen.
Anyone ever play People's General? (late 90s) it was one of the last of the Panzer General series. Loved that game. Lots of modding potential with tanks throughout the whole history of war and into the future. Fun stuff. Fond memories.
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Post by JRavens on Jul 22, 2015 16:08:35 GMT
Only editing the raw file on disk (Peter Norton-style!) Peter Norton approves of this post!
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Post by bontainer on Jul 22, 2015 16:14:45 GMT
I blame computer gaming magazines. They always had those game programs you could type in to teach you basic. Got me hooked on trying to peek and poke things just to see what would happen. Yesss, thats how it all started. My first machine (its still somewhere in the attic, but i doubt if the floppy still does work) was a Sharp MZ-80K in 1981. And my first game was Super Star Trek, those were the days... I typed the whole text into the (ridicoulusly straight, meaning the keys were all like on the numpad) keyboard, but thats how you learn to really do things. 48K RAM, after loading the BASIC I had between 16 and 33K, depending on the dialect. This was the only computer where a game could really destroy the sourcecode. The video ram was part of the total ram and was build up in lines, so if you wanted to shoot upwards you had to deduct 40 for each line going up. If you started shooting in the top row, the "beam" would go into areas where no beam should ever go, the intestines of the language.... But having to work with only 16K really trains you to organise things the right way.... Attachments:
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Post by willyr1100 on Jul 22, 2015 16:52:17 GMT
retro has it listed as Sharp MZ-80K - Vintage computer. £40 - £312. Old and quite rare. Have been seen to go cheaply near Christmas, and for crazy money in summer not sure what the conversion rate is but a collector item none the less
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Post by pj on Jul 22, 2015 16:59:02 GMT
Hahaha! I'm not even going there (unless one of you wants a slightly used, (but original) boxed version of Microsoft's "MASM". I'll even throw in Ray Duncan's book on MS DOS Programming.... (Sorry - the XT is now long gone..)
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Post by bontainer on Jul 22, 2015 18:33:36 GMT
Hm, at www.sharpusersclub.org/search.php?topic=87they are giving them away. The rarest ting was the Printer. It was an Epson (Sharp casing, epson innards) 7-dot printer. A tapewriter tape (do they even make them today) was running behind the head, then the paper and then METAL. You can`t believe the sound it was making, just imagine the Buttzaw only much higher. It was awesome - needless to say, I did not print very often and if, I left the room.....
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Post by pj on Jul 22, 2015 19:45:44 GMT
Incredible. Why on earth would anyone want one of these things??? Maybe Vaas? He had a penchant for monitors...
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