The Ultimate WA Editor Hex-Editing Topic! Take A Look!

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:49 am

"You cannot eat this item here, it is too big."

*shot*

Emerald141 · Post by **Emerald141** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:22 pm

bround · Post by **bround** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:19 pm

Emerald141 wrote:Cbloopy? Are you still alive?

Is it possible to make a level uncheatable, like At the End of it All and the four Rainbow levels? I think it would be useful in QftRS.

Hex-edit it.

maxnick · Post by **maxnick** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:24 pm

bround wrote:
Emerald141 wrote:Cbloopy? Are you still alive?

Is it possible to make a level uncheatable, like At the End of it All and the four Rainbow levels? I think it would be useful in QftRS.
Hex-edit it.

I don't think you understood the question...

DEEMAN223344 · Post by **DEEMAN223344** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:51 am

Look carefully, MS was showing us Texturename before WA1 was even out.

It was looking at us when the editor came out, saying: "Quick! Before cbloopy comes! Use me!"

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:50 am

I never even noticed that before. Good observation!

One other thing catches my eye there - directly above TextureName is another variable unused in the final version of Adventures or the editor - WaterReact.

It's been forever since I hacked a .WOP file, but I'm going to see if that value is still in the editor and what it does.

Assuming it does something, since there's no movement power in the game now (unused white magic in WA demo build).

maxnick · Post by **maxnick** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 2:57 pm

Could you use the movement changing things cbloopy discovered???

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:03 am

Hmmm... That's a possibility. Question is more of if the Movement value works with barrels.

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 2:12 am

D-P

Tried putting in the WaterReact variable... Who wants to guess what happened?

EDIT: Okay, I figured out what I did wrong (I phail at counting now too), accidentally put two spaces between variables instead of 3.

I got it to show up in the editor. Kind of.

Instead of saying WaterReact then a number, the variable just says WaterRe, with no numbers there.

There's also a More button, but there's nothing on the next page.

No idea what I did wrong this time... Maybe I overwrote the act part of WaterReact? Hm.

Cbloopy, d'you think you would be able to take a look? Please?

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 2:29 am

T-P

Okay, I feel really special right now, because I was trying to insert a model into the wg.exe of the editor (which failed, I dunno why I was trying to begin with), but I found out something else.

Using XVI32, if I search Obstacle and scroll down, I can find a bunch of strings of text from adventures (Careful! Stinkers are flammable!, etc.).

I was bored so I found the TollGate one and changed the word "Toll" to "Exit".

Guess what? In game, it now says "This ExitGate will open at the cost of (#) coins."!

Interesting, huh? It can be used to give the game completely different lines when the player loses.

I also learned I need to edit the Editor.exe file to insert custom models

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:15 am

Q-P. What's wrong with me?!?

Okay, everyone remembers how it seems impossible to edit the Hub area save game text in MoFI, apart from blanking it out?

It's actually quite simple.

1) Open up wg.exe (from the MoFI folder) in XVI32 or the like.

2) Search for the string Wonderfalls or Fire Island (any hub area name works). You should end up with a whole bunch of strings like this:

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Fire Island Wonderfalls Caves Behind Wonderfalls Fire Island Beach Fire Island Jungle Makeshift Camp Jungle Canyon A Strange Place Kaboom! Village Jungle Temple Secret Bonus Area A Void In Time Beneath The Volcano Acid Pools Pirate Crew Camp Sundog Island Abandoned Stinker Mine Ice Troll Fortress

[This is preceded by hat_bone 0 (something to do with stinker cap placement I assume) and followed by a bunch of texture paths.]

3) Change whichever area name you want to whatever you want (NOTE: I DO NOT KNOW IF NAME LENGTH PLAYS A ROLE HERE), for example I changed

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Wonderfalls

to

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OpeningArea

4) Save changes to wg.exe (You might want to actually save this as a different .exe file in case something goes wrong).

5) Play the game, make a save in the intended area/choose a save in the intended area...

Voila! It works!

andyhilbert · Post by **andyhilbert** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:10 am

What does CMD 8 do?

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:40 am

CMD 8 starts Adventure #Data1.

andyhilbert · Post by **andyhilbert** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:03 pm

But it only does numbers, not names. I really don't understand CMD 8 but I think other people use it and I wan't to aswell. The adventures I make would be much better!

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:23 pm

Okay, let me try explaining a bit better.

In the Adventures data in both WA and MoFI, each folder is called Adventure(#).

The game recognizes the number at the end of the name, so with CMD 8...

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CMD&#58; 8
Data1&#58; &#40;#&#41;
Data2&#58;
Data3&#58;
Data4&#58;

If you put in one of the end numbers from a folder name, and initiate the command, you will be teleported into that adventure.

If the number is unused, then the game will MAV.

Hope this helps a bit more than last time.

MyNameIsKooky · Post by **MyNameIsKooky** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 2:27 am

Hey, I was Hex-Editing the wg.exe of the WA Custom Level Player, and I found a bagel!

Well, sadly, it actually wasn't a bagel, but it was something as good as a bagel!

Starting at address 1CCDAC, there is some text that is displayed in-game that you can edit, like Qloof found.

Also, I think I might know how to make the game say, "You cannot eat this item here."

-END OF BAGEL-
.
.

bround · Post by **bround** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:10 am

MyNameIsKooky wrote:Also, I think I might know how to make the game say, "You cannot eat this item here."

If you know, how?

I know how, but im not telling.

Emerald141 · Post by **Emerald141** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:16 am

MyNameIsKooky · Post by **MyNameIsKooky** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 6:08 pm

bround wrote:
MyNameIsKooky wrote:Also, I think I might know how to make the game say, "You cannot eat this item here."
If you know, how?

I know how, but im not telling.

I know how. Hex-Edit the wg.exe.

CatHat5678 · Post by **CatHat5678** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:01 am

Emerald141 wrote:Could someone post the Wysp texture so I can create Shimmer for QftRS?

sure!

LittleZbot · Post by **LittleZbot** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:05 am

Qloof234 wrote:Okay, let me try explaining a bit better.

In the Adventures data in both WA and MoFI, each folder is called Adventure(#).

The game recognizes the number at the end of the name, so with CMD 8...
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CMD&#58; 8
Data1&#58; &#40;#&#41;
Data2&#58;
Data3&#58;
Data4&#58;
If you put in one of the end numbers from a folder name, and initiate the command, you will be teleported into that adventure.

If the number is unused, then the game will MAV.

Hope this helps a bit more than last time.

How do we tell it to play a MOFI Adventure or WA Adventure? Like, if I want to make MOFI lvl 1, how do I tell it to do MOFI?

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:27 am

Are you talking about in the editor? Or in the MoFI Demo?

In the Editor, as we know, it's impossible to get it to play a MoFI level with the proper elements. I don't recommend using it in the editor, because it'll probably just MAV the game (unless you have adventures in the proper folders).

As for in MoFI, there's no difference between the level formats, if they don't have MoFI elements.

LittleZbot · Post by **LittleZbot** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 2:23 am

Qloof234 wrote:Are you talking about in the editor? Or in the MoFI Demo?

In the Editor, as we know, it's impossible to get it to play a MoFI level with the proper elements. I don't recommend using it in the editor, because it'll probably just MAV the game (unless you have adventures in the proper folders).

As for in MoFI, there's no difference between the level formats, if they don't have MoFI elements.

I'm talking about the Editor. If I use Command 8, will it start a MOFI or WA adventure?

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 2:32 am

So you mean that if you moved an official adventure into the correct directory for the editor and used CMD 8, would it load the adventure?

Hmmm... I don't think it would load, because WA levels don't work in the Editor unless you've used cbloopy's converter (if you do that it might work), and MoFI levels won't load because of the extra data (empty bytes) in them and the new elements.

LittleZbot · Post by **LittleZbot** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 4:12 am

Qloof234 wrote:Okay, let me try explaining a bit better.

In the Adventures data in both WA and MoFI, each folder is called Adventure(#).

The game recognizes the number at the end of the name, so with CMD 8...
Code: Select all
CMD&#58; 8
Data1&#58; &#40;#&#41;
Data2&#58;
Data3&#58;
Data4&#58;
If you put in one of the end numbers from a folder name, and initiate the command, you will be teleported into that adventure.

If the number is unused, then the game will MAV.

Hope this helps a bit more than last time.

You said that CMD 8 started an Adventure from MOFI or WA. I don't understand.

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 4:17 am

No, I mean that if it were used in WA or MoFI, it would load the adventure in question (e.g. using Data1: 15 for example would load whatever is in the Data/Adventures/Adventure15 folder of the game).

LittleZbot · Post by **LittleZbot** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:36 am

What happens if you use it in the Editor?

CatHat5678 · Post by **CatHat5678** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:47 am

you cant put hubs in the editor

Emerald141 · Post by **Emerald141** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 10:06 am

bround · Post by **bround** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 10:40 am

Emerald141 wrote:Actually, you don't need hubs to use Command 8. You just need the corresponding adventure folder in Data/Adventures.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

You need to create a "Adventure" folder there first.

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