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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Deathstorm V2 on May 11, 2004, 08:47:35 am

Title: A very amateur question...
Post by: Deathstorm V2 on May 11, 2004, 08:47:35 am
I've got a game that keeps its operational data in a file named "assets.bin", and there are a lot of mistakes in descriptions and not a few typos.  

I'd like to edit this file, but I have no idea what I'm doing, so could anyone tell me what the best program is to edit this file with?  

Cheers muchly and sorry for the uselessness.
Title: A very amateur question...
Post by: J3Vr6 on May 11, 2004, 08:48:43 am
I'd first make a copy of it.  Can you open it with notebook or wordpad?  That would probably work.
Title: A very amateur question...
Post by: Deathstorm V2 on May 11, 2004, 08:57:29 am
Tried notepad and wordpad, mostly nonsense onscreen, along with an occasional spattering of understandable text.  Nothing coherent I can edit.

Should've said that first time around, don't really know why I didn't...
Title: A very amateur question...
Post by: TheCelestialOne on May 11, 2004, 09:01:56 am
Hmmm, it seems you need a hex editor to modify that file. However, I strongly recommend that you have someone do that for you if you are inexperienced, cuz you can **** up a lot if you edit stuff in a hex editor.

I'd do it for you but I'm kinda swamped in my own work. So, sorry... :(
Title: A very amateur question...
Post by: Deathstorm V2 on May 11, 2004, 09:05:04 am
I'm not really that desperate to do it, it's just that some of these things are confusing me and I thought it would be best to look at how they're set up in the file.

I can live with it as it is.
Title: A very amateur question...
Post by: J3Vr6 on May 11, 2004, 09:10:00 am
Don't lie, u know you wanna cheat :p
Title: A very amateur question...
Post by: Deathstorm V2 on May 11, 2004, 09:14:15 am
Cheating?  Who said anything about cheating?

Just because I want to customize one of the rifles DOESN'T make it cheating.;7
Title: A very amateur question...
Post by: TheCelestialOne on May 11, 2004, 09:17:19 am
An m16 that shoots only hand grenades instead of rifle rounds.... hehe...
Title: A very amateur question...
Post by: Deathstorm V2 on May 11, 2004, 09:20:53 am
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Originally posted by TheCelestialOne
An m16 that shoots only hand grenades instead of rifle rounds.... hehe...


Nah, really, I want the M4 to take the right add-ons.