Hex Editor on SE IV?

[Fyron]

Originally Posted by Urendi Maleldil

Maybe we could have a game with *gasp* more than 20 empires.

I think that might be a rather large undertaking, depending on how exactly Aaron coded the data and the UI. Think programming arrays/lists of data and UIs to fit precisely what is needed, instead of a more flexible and adaptable, if more complex, method. The Scores UI component, for example, has two tabs which show 10 empires each. These are not accessed via next/prev buttons (as on the empires screen), but rather explicitly coded "1-10" and "11-20" buttons. The same sort of thing exists for weapon damage at range tables, and many other places. Increasing the number of empires allowable is probably going to require reworking a large number of code blocks, rather than just toggling some sort of internal limit variable.

[GeorgiaBoy]

Since it may be a difficult task, anybody think of ways to spark interest in the folks who have a background?

GB

[Urendi Maleldil]

Originally Posted by Fyron

I think that might be a rather large undertaking, depending on how exactly Aaron coded the data and the UI...

I was part of the SEIV beta, and I remember when Aaron expanded the list to 20 empires. I remember him saying something to the effect that it was a matter of changing a few numbers, although I could be mistaken.

Originally Posted by capnq

Everyone whom I know of who did hex-edit the .exe was kicked off the old PBW site for cheating.

I'm usually a single-player person, and I didn't even think about cheaters. I don't see it as a problem for simultaneous games, since they're processed by the game host using a single .exe, but round robbin style games might be tricky. Maybe some sort of flag could be set in the turn file if a person is using a modified .exe, but that's pretty advanced.

I just really want to see some bugs squashed and some abilities that were requested but never delivered added in. (I'm big into modding). It would be great to bring some of the modability of SEV to SEIV. Plus as a writer and editor, that spelling mistake in the Vehicle types field (Vechicle) drives me nuts.

I still believe an AI helper program that would run alongside SEIV is possible, though I'm not a programmer, so I don't know how difficult it would be.

[capnq]

Originally Posted by Urendi Maleldil

crack open the SEIV.exe

Which is probably why no-one who has done it has replied in a public forum.

Everyone whom I know of who did hex-edit the .exe was kicked off the old PBW site for cheating.

I suspect the 255 limit is due to that value being stored as a "short integer". If I'm right, changing that would require decompiling the .exe , not just hex-editing it.