Changes between Version 27 and Version 28 of WikiStart

Timestamp:

Jul 26, 2023, 9:56:19 PM (11 months ago)

Author:

pulkomandy

Comment:

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WikiStart

@@ -161 +161 @@
 Not fully decoded yet.
 
-I do not understand the start of the file yet. It is apparently made of 16 words of 16 bits each. Here is an example from ''Le mystère des lunettes'':
+I do not understand the start of the file yet. It is apparently made of 40 words of 16 bits each. Here is an example from ''Le mystère des lunettes'':
 
 {{{
 0006 0001 0003 0002 0049 0013 0000 0003
 0000 0005 000D 0046 000B 0000 0007 0000
+0001 0003 0000 0002 0000 0001 0001 0007
+0000 0002 0000 0001 0005 0000 0001 0007
+0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
 }}}
 
@@ -175 +178 @@
 0100 0020 0001 0002 004C 000F 0000 0003
 0000 0005 000D 0046 000B 0000 0007 0000
+0001 0003 0000 0002 0000 0001 0001 0007
+0000 0002 0000 0001 0005 0000 0001 0007
+0007 0013 0012 0014 0012 0016 0012 0015
 }}}
 
-Note the last 10 words are completely identical.
+Note several words are completely identical, and most other are "close", hinting that these are counts of something.
 
 These could be the size or count of various things (number of rooms, number of objects, ...) and possibly some global flags (wether to show the compass and up/down buttons, for example). To be decoded after comparing various gamefiles.
 
-The second part is made of chunks which all start with an ID. They don't have a size, instead they have some kind of termination pattern which is apparently different for each chunk.
+The second part of the file after this header is made of chunks which all start with an ID. They don't have a size, instead they have some kind of termination pattern which is apparently different for each chunk (it is possible that a part of the header is actually chunk 0000, but that value is present several times so it's hard to know which one would be a chunk start).
 
 === 0001 Widgets
@@ -192 +198 @@
 * Y position
 * Color (using EGA palette)
-* 0000 0001 0007
+* 0000 0001 0007 (always the same?)
 * Button ID or triggered action
 * Button label (null terminated, $ can be used to highlight the shortcut character)
 * Shortcut (also null terminated)
 
-There are other widgets that are not buttons, but I don't understand the exact format yet.
+Both the label and shortcut can be empty.
 
 The chunk is terminated by two NULL words (XPos = YPos = 0).