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hex editing - need help - dmpdesign - 2011-04-01
Ok, it bothers me that I cannot figure this out.
I assume John or Ben could probably answer this in a split second so I will just go ahead and ask.
If I open a prf with xvi32 and want to edit its contents, I have always been sure to name my .mdo's the same length as the model I am writing over for example...
If in the prf I have a section that says:
Weapon: Excellector (1) 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 i997.mdo
it has x number of characters for the name, a certain number of spaces then 4 characters for the model name. suppose I am running out of ixxx.mdo numbers that will fit and I just want to call it whatever the name of the model is...so maybe something like this:
Weapon: Silvarion 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 silvarion.mdo
No matter how I try, this never works, if I dont keep the proper number of characters in the weapon name followed by x number of spaces and x number of characters for the model name the file breaks. I can assume this is because SOM is searching for a specific hex slot for the item type and so on, but I guess my question is, do either of you know an easy way to plug in the name you want and the model name you want without breaking the file? If I just have to remove some of the 00's between the name and the model to get the rest of the file to be on the same hex then thats cool, I can figure that out, but I just thought I would check.
Re: hex editing - need help - HwitVlf - 2011-04-01
SoM doesn't have that limitation as far as I know. How exactly does it 'break'? Some hex editors do screwy stuff like replace 00 with a normal 'space'. If you can post a broken PRF, I can probably tell you what's going wrong.
Re: hex editing - need help - dmpdesign - 2011-04-03
Well when i copy a weapon prf and straight up modify it the prf still registers the item but in the editor it does not act as though its a weapon.
I will post an 'original' and 'broken' prf when i get home and my other pc is up and running.
Re: hex editing - need help - HwitVlf - 2011-04-03
I tried again to be sure, and didn't seem to have this problem. Maybe the Hex editor is inserting bytes rater than overwriting them?
Re: hex editing - need help - HwitVlf - 2011-05-13
Did you ever get this solved?