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(from Rep's tutorial) 6. read the long int number on the Data Inspector, this is how many bytes are afer it. There will be a 4-byte long- int after each header telling how many bytes come after it.
7. Put cursor on last byte of the long int.

    ReadDataFile("SIDE\\rep.lvl",
                             "rep_hero_macewindu",
                             "rep_fly_arc170_sc")

MercuryNoodles wrote:2) Default ships? In that case, a quick check of the rep.req in the assets shows me this:

"rep_fly_arc170fighter_sc"

Fix the names, and try it again.

MercuryNoodles wrote:Start countin' boy! No, really. Some things have to be done manually. To make it easier, if it's that long, figure out how many bytes are in one row, and use a little math. There's no need for counting every individual byte, unless you really mistrust your math, or the consistency of the fabric of the universe.

read the long int number on the Data Inspector, this is how many bytes are afer it. There will be a 4-byte long- int after each header telling how many bytes come after it.

Put cursor on last byte of the long int.

Fiodis wrote:On-topic: If you don't want to do that long-int thing, search for the MODL chunk after the cape's MODl chunk, then put your cursor on the byte right before the M.

Ta-da, done.

Maveritchell wrote:Wrong. You too, could do well with reading what I posted just above your post.

Fiodis wrote:

Maveritchell wrote:Wrong. You too, could do well with reading what I posted just above your post.

I did, Mav, and posted that in response.

I don't see what's wrong with it. I Used that method to get to the end of the cape's MODL chunk, and it worked fine. Rather than messing with long ints to find the end of the chunk, what I did is much easier.

fiddler_on_the_roof wrote:Ok, how do I find the last byte, as it says in step 7.

fiddler_on_the_roof wrote:I can do the rest, just I don't know how to find the last byte.

1. At the way beginning is the HEDR header. After this is a 4-byte long int that tells how long the file is after HEDR and the 4-byte long int. Use the data inspector to read it.
2. Go back to your cape MODL chunk you saved to a different file.
3. Put your cursor at the way end and read the address on the bottom left. Put this in a calculator.
4. Place the cursor on the first byte of the long int directly after HEDR (address is 4, remember, counting starts at 0).
5. Read the long int number in the data-inspector. Add this to the number in the calculator, and add 1 to the sum (cause reading the cape started at 0, now we want to count starting at 1)
6. Got to tools > encode number and type the result of step 5 and check the long int box, make sure to overwrite at current address (press ok).
7. The number should be encoded in binary format now.

MSH2

1. Read the long int after the MSH2 header (I assume you know how to do this by now)
2. Add the long int + cape size + 1
3. Encode the sum from step 2 after MSH2.

Fiodis wrote:

fiddler_on_the_roof wrote:Ok, how do I find the last byte, as it says in step 7.

Step 7 deals with getting to the end of the MODL chunk. I posted an alternative route, so that he doesn't have to mess with long ints at all, at least not in this portion of the tutorial. He did say

fiddler_on_the_roof wrote:I can do the rest, just I don't know how to find the last byte.

He was asking how to find the last byte, AKA how to get to the end of the MODL chunk.

fiddler_on_the_roof wrote:Mainly the stuff in red I don't get. Where exactly do I find that longint number? When I click the last bytes in the cape, 3 of them don't have longint's, and the 4th has a like 8 digit longint.

Maveritchell wrote:a) That wasn't the question he's asking
b) He doesn't understand what's going on and it's best not to modify instructions until something is understood
c) A MODL chunk doesn't always follow another MODL chunk.