BV: Anybody Updating These Abandoned Mods?
Ethendrelle:
Quote from: flameflash on 2007 September 07, 02:25:07
How is hack EP compatibility checked? I'd like to run all of the ones I have installed through.
Download the hackdiff utility posted in The Bowels of Trogdor. The actual diffs are also posted in TBoT; you can browse the threads to find the particular diff(s) you need. twojeffs posted the Seasons Patch 2 -> BV diff here.
dizzy:
Something to keep in mind when you look at Pescado's diff is that it doesn't really tell you the whole story. For example:
Code:
B ! 0x7F4437F2 0x20B9 CT - Bed - Relax - Read - Stop
Indicates some change, but this is what a real diff would tell you:
Code:
*************** # Group = 0x7F4437F2, Instance = 0x20B9
*** 47396,47399 ****
#
! # Format = 0x8007, Params = 0, Locals = 0
! # Tree type = 0x0, Header flag = 0x0, Tree version = 0xFFFF8008 (-32760)
--- 52240,52243 ----
#
! # Format = 0x8009, Params = 0, Locals = 0
! # Tree type = 0x0, Header flag = 0x0, Tree version = 0xFFFF8008 (-32760), Cache flags = 0
In other words, in this case, a few bits of the header changed and nothing else. (They updated a ton of headers, by the way.)
J. M. Pescado:
Well, a more complex diff would have run the risk of being unreliable. I was working under the assumption that the DBPF format itself was unlikely to change, but that if I attempted a more in-depth scan of BHAVs to locate specific differences, the program would likely crash when it was unable to read the 800A format BHAVs. Thus, operates data-agnostically and performs a simple md5 comparison, flagging anything that for you to review, rather than exploding in a big fiery ball visible from space when it tries to read something that it might not be able to understand. It's like dealing with the Outer Gods: Don't look too closely, or you'll go insane.
Strangel:
Quote from: Orikes on 2007 September 07, 03:27:12
The only crammyboy ones I use are the easelfix and the outdoorbathfix. I'm curious if either of those are safe to keep using.
As for Squinge, the only one I'm especially concerned with is the Preg-Wear-All hack. I can live without it, but I've gotten used to not having to look at Maxis default maternity wear. I also use his Hula & More, but I'm doubting that'll have any problems. It just won't include any new animations.
...which makes me very very sad.
I've come to rely on Hula & More as a major storytelling device and I do hope someone might be willing to continue onward in adding new animations to the old ones. Please? Firstborn male child..? Aright, how about a slightly tarnished soul?
kuronue:
I've been meaning to see if I can't add weather reactions to one or another of my movie hacks, since I need them for a movie I'm making... never managed to complete a hack on my own, but it seems simple enough, so I'll try with Hula and if I manage it, I'll share ^^
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