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Started by Clash Rocker Oct 17, 2000 at 6:30 AM 6 replies 550+ views

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Oct 17, 2000 at 6:30 AM

I was wondering how people created all those great little games hacks, like for example...Commandos, someone once made a data de/compresser for the game, it allowed you to extrack bitmaps , etc. Well, I was wondering how someone would go about doing this? Like, finding out about the file format or whatever...I don''t have Commandos or the other program anymore, so I can''t email the person who it

I think I have some idea...but just playing around with a Hex editor is tiresome. "We make the games you would make if you were us"-Diversions Entertainment

crazy-vasey

Oct 17, 2000 at 7:01 AM

Hex editors the only way to do it I''m afraid.

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furby100

Oct 17, 2000 at 9:20 AM

If you''re going to do it, do it yourself you lazy bugger.

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ahw

Oct 17, 2000 at 10:49 AM

Follow the Way of the Hexeditor, little Grasshopper ...

I remember watching at 27 megs files for ... something ... and actually discovering a pattern, and then known values, and finally I was able to modify the content of my inventories in Ultima 7. some games are easier to modif than others, but the hexeditor is the Tool you want

Otherwise do like the rest and use cheatcodes !

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Muzzafarath

Oct 17, 2000 at 11:24 AM

quote:
Original post by Clash Rocker

I was wondering how people created all those great little
games hacks, like for example...Commandos, someone once made
a data de/compresser for the game, it allowed you to extrack
bitmaps , etc.

Well, I was wondering how someone would go about doing this?
Like, finding out about the file format or whatever...I don''t have Commandos or the other program anymore, so I can''t email the person who it

I used to run a Commandos site - The Commando Centre. Anyway, the source for the program that extracted the Commandos datafile is available at Casablanca. I think you can find the e-mail address of the person who made it in the readme.