XP and Aliens

[Petek]

I thought about the no-crack issue after I posted the patch. I'll try to update the original but I will have to figure out what safedisk did to the exe first. I'm not sure how hard that is going to be. Will let you know.

Thanks for all your work on this bug. However, you really need to remove the file attached to your prior post. When the mods see it, they'll remove it and you might be sanctioned.

Also, I think that we need to discuss another aspect of your work. AFAIK, no one else has ever modified either terran.exe or terranx.exe. Might doing so violate the licensing agreement? Following is the text of that agreement:

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Item #1 states that you can't decompile the product, which I suppose is what you're doing. OTOH, item #7 seems to allow modifying the program.

What really counts is whether the owners/admins here will allow a modified exe to be posted. I suggest that, after you remove the current version of the modified exe, we formally raise the issue with the powers that be.

Any comments or discussion?

Petek

[vyeh]

Petek,

Where do you see a license for mods? Do we have to worry that SMAniaC violates the licensing agreement?

[Petek]

Petek,

Where do you see a license for mods? Do we have to worry that SMAniaC violates the licensing agreement?

I'm not an expert (or anything close) on software licensing. However, it seems to me that Firaxis allows some modifications to the game. After all, they included a faction editor with the game, and the original manual includes instructions on modifying the txt files.

Since SMAniaC doesn't modify terranx.exe, I don't see a problem. However, I don't know whether modifying the exe is a violation of the licensing agreement (but I suspect that it is).

Petek

[GooglyBoogly]

Confirmed that the fix applies for win XP
Thanks, WBird784

[xiaoyao]

Had a new unit been woked out ?

[xiaoyao]

In case you are still interested, the windows cvrplayer available on the internet doesn't work on anything newer than a Pentium II. I uploaded a hacked version that effectively calls all newer processors PII so it does work.

As far as the problem you were discussing, ACOLPOD.cvr is an animation (it includes animation instructions) DROP.cvr does not. It is likely that the animation instructions are causing the problem.

As far as the file format, it appears to be a fairly simple one. There is an 8 byte file header the contains "CVR" and the file length and a number of segments. Each segment has an 8 byte header that includes a segment number (or type?) and a segment length (including the header). The contents of the segments is the difficulty here and that isn't obvious. If this is still an issue I could probably remove the animation instructions see what happens.

The attached File is corrupted. Who can give me a new one? Thank you!