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[Gaius Sempronius Gracchus]

Yeah, real life kind of got in the way, with University and everything. I can see if I can dig up what I had, I know it's somewhere on my computer (or backup). I also don't have RTW with me at the minute, I would have to go and pick it up.

Edit - I bought RTW on Steam. Cheaper than a train ticket back to my parents' house, I suppose.

I'm really impressed with what you've done so far, you're either a genius and/or a masochist... I've tried unlocking these data streams before and, frankly, it hurts. You've managed to do what no-one else seems to have..., really, really good work.

I've started the prelimanary work on a mod of my own, based around EB and have started with the grandest ideas, and then looked to scale back those plans as and when the limitations of the RTW engine and it's peripharies (such as SAV. files) demand. What you have here might.., just might, allow me to keep the grand scale I was originally looking for.

But, I'm all too aware of how real life gets in the way of such things, and I'm not here to nag. Good luck with your uni, and keep us updated with progress on this. Stunning work mate

[Chris_]

I'm really impressed with what you've done so far, you're either a genius and/or a masochist... I've tried unlocking these data streams before and, frankly, it hurts. You've managed to do what no-one else seems to have..., really, really good work.

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But, I'm all too aware of how real life gets in the way of such things, and I'm not here to nag. Good luck with your uni, and keep us updated with progress on this. Stunning work mate

Thanks. Yes, the masochist bit sounds about right, I like a good puzzle . However, going wrong usually means a CTD, which sometimes makes things slow going.

I finished Uni about a month ago anyway, so looking into this would give me something else to work on.

I've started the prelimanary work on a mod of my own, based around EB and have started with the grandest ideas, and then looked to scale back those plans as and when the limitations of the RTW engine and it's peripharies (such as SAV. files) demand. What you have here might.., just might, allow me to keep the grand scale I was originally looking for.

Hopefully the savegame stuff can be helpful, just depends what you want to do really.

[Chris_]

Well, things are going better than I thought they would. I've almost managed to reliably parse to the end of a save file - by reliably parse I mean I either understand what the data means, or I can figure out how much of it there is and skip over it. I've tried not to skip over too much stuff and I only skip 30% of the file at the minute. Because there are a lot of repeated sections I can quickly reduce this amount by figuring out small parts, which is what I'll be doing soon.

I've also figured out a few things that were confusing me before, such as visibility information. I'm also writing a specification document for the save format that I'm updating as I go along - it probably won't be 100% accurate since I'm only working from observation, but it should be useful anyway.

[vartan]

I've also figured out a few things that were confusing me before, such as visibility information. I'm also writing a specification document for the save format that I'm updating as I go along - it probably won't be 100% accurate since I'm only working from observation, but it should be useful anyway.

This sounds hauntingly familiar to what some employees do here:


You sure you don't work there?

[Chris_]

This sounds hauntingly familiar to what some employees do here:


You sure you don't work there?

Ha, the building I work in is much, much, much smaller.

In other news, I can now find out how many seconds (well, frames, but seconds can be extrapolated) a game has been going on for! Hurray for sort of useful information!

[vartan]

Ha, the building I work in is much, much, much smaller.

In other news, I can now find out how many seconds (well, frames, but seconds can be extrapolated) a game has been going on for! Hurray for sort of useful information!

That's more than useful. If there was a piece of software that, given a save file, would either read (output to screen, PRINT) or produce (output to file, FILE) such meta-data, it'd be lovely!

[Chris_]

That's more than useful. If there was a piece of software that, given a save file, would either read (output to screen, PRINT) or produce (output to file, FILE) such meta-data, it'd be lovely!

That's one of the eventual goals. I have one from a while ago, but it isn't reliable since I knew much less about the format back then.

[Gaius Sempronius Gracchus]

You make it sound so simple..., and I know its not. I think you may be a genius.