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Code for changing door settings in .are files

Started by Almateria, May 25 2014 03:35 PM

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#1 Almateria

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Posted 25 May 2014 - 03:35 PM

Hi! I have a pretty specific need for a code that would allow me to add a key to an existing set of doors, which, as far as I know, would be editing the 0x78 part of a specific door in game. However, I've learned my lesson about raw editing. Plus, it's a pain in the ass to manually count all the stuff. So I tried repurposing the gifted code for adding stuff to worldmaps... only to get stumped by the part of .are files that define vertices. Could anybody help me, please?

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#2 Almateria

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Posted 25 May 2014 - 03:44 PM

Because from what I know it should be something like

(OUTER_SET every part's length)

COPY_EXISTING

READ_LONG all the counts and offsets, including vertices/bitmask which works in a weird way

and then it's magic.

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#3 Almateria

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Posted 26 May 2014 - 06:22 AM

I managed to make a working one! It's

OUTER_SET doors_length = 0xc8
COPY_EXISTING ar0500.are override
READ_LONG 0xa4 doors_count
READ_LONG 0xa8 doors_offset
FOR (i = 0; i < doors_count; ++i) BEGIN
current_doors_offset = doors_offset + i * doors_length
READ_ASCII current_doors_offset doors_name
PATCH_IF "%doors_name%" STRING_EQUAL_CASE door0507 BEGIN
WRITE_ASCIIE current_doors_offset + 0x78 misc5i #8
END
END
BUT_ONLY

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#4 CamDawg

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Posted 26 May 2014 - 07:26 AM

Wish I would have seen this earlier.

COPY_EXISTING ar0500.are override
  LPF ALTER_AREA_DOOR STR_VAR door_name  = "door0507" door_key = "misc5i" END
  BUT_ONLY

would have saved you a lot of time.

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#5 Almateria

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Posted 26 May 2014 - 08:54 AM

Huh, that... really is easier, thanks. At least I can say I know how to write higher-level weidu code.

Also, I don't know who's taking care of weidu now, but I found a bug: putting SET_WEIGHT and REPLACE_STATE_TRIGGER in the same .d file fill cause the R_S_T to be ignored.

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#6 The Imp

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Posted 26 May 2014 - 10:29 AM

Also, I don't know who's taking care of weidu now...

That would be Wisp. Weidu's forum...

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