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 Dec 13 2005, 06:46 PM
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 A fool and a knave Forum Member Posts: 153 Joined: 21-July 04 From: Oxford, UK  |
Are the changes made in this mod file direct copy overwrites, or are they done by patching?
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Dec 22 2005, 10:36 AM
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Well, hopefully the 'source parameter' and the 'overwriting parameter', isn't, say, adding a spell, and changing an item name, respectively. If the 'overwriting parameter' does not read offsets and byte-patches the item, then it will clearly miss (due to changed offsets by adding a spell) and corrupt the item file.
For example, if I decide to add the spell 'Globe of Invulnerability' to a creature, than another mod decides to change that creature's 'Staffspear+3' to a normal 'Staff', then the second mod must ensure that they don't just WRITE_ASCII 0x3f0 ~STAF01~ #8. Not that that will ever happen, I hope. 
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Andyr Ovewrite/patching Dec 13 2005, 06:46 PM
aigleborgne Changes are made by overwritting.
I have difficul... Dec 13 2005, 10:21 PM NiGHTMARE You should probably include a warning about the .c... Dec 21 2005, 12:11 PM Salk NiGHTMARE,
thanks for the tip!
We won't ... Dec 21 2005, 01:31 PM aigleborgne Patching cre is not easy.
You probably think this... Dec 21 2005, 04:51 PM Salk aigleborgne,
there won't be any problem becau... Dec 21 2005, 05:10 PM NiGHTMARE
It's easy once you've left the learning s... Dec 21 2005, 05:45 PM aigleborgne Assuming I would do this with a script and because... Dec 21 2005, 06:39 PM NiGHTMARE
True, but then again at the moment it requires ab... Dec 21 2005, 07:03 PM Baronius Advice (to all modders): compatibility is importan... Dec 21 2005, 08:06 PM CamDawg I couldn't disagree more. Start learning new a... Dec 21 2005, 09:03 PM NiGHTMARE
Are you suggesting there are things you can do wi... Dec 21 2005, 09:12 PM Andyr If your modification does something bad like crash... Dec 21 2005, 09:21 PM aigleborgne Ok, I will try to make to mod a cre with patching ... Dec 21 2005, 10:16 PM NiGHTMARE The number one resource for such things is IESDP, ... Dec 21 2005, 11:54 PM Ascension64 PM'ed aigleborgne. Since everyone else seems ... Dec 22 2005, 12:17 AM Andyr Near Infinity is really good for offsets. And reme... Dec 22 2005, 12:19 AM Salk I thank you all guys for your help (especially Asc... Dec 22 2005, 09:50 AM aigleborgne If both mod change the same parameter, the last in... Dec 22 2005, 10:23 AM aigleborgne
I didn't understand your example.
I know it ... Dec 22 2005, 02:07 PM The Bigg Meta-code like ADD_CRE_ITEM makes sure to do all n... Dec 22 2005, 02:26 PM cujo Maybe this is easier to understand:
Two people wa... Dec 22 2005, 02:54 PM Baronius
To sum up my opinion: ensure compatibility if po... Dec 22 2005, 10:45 PM NiGHTMARE In certain circumstances, coding is a heck of a lo... Dec 22 2005, 11:44 PM Baronius These are not the only two possibilities obviousl... Dec 23 2005, 12:09 AM CamDawg
I understood. I disagreed. Dec 23 2005, 03:31 AM Baronius In that case, you say that even an important part ... Dec 23 2005, 03:33 AM Ascension64 I just hope that, speaking generally and slightly ... Dec 23 2005, 09:08 AM
CamDawg
That's not what I'm saying at all. Overwr... Dec 23 2005, 11:42 AM |
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