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Piskus
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From:athens Greece
Registered: Dec 2000

posted 12-12-2000 08:29 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Piskus     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Dear Number 6, I agree 200% with your point of view sir. I myself am an amateur programmer in VB and C and i know how to do 3d graphics with 3DStudio Max. I know how to make a mesh and animate it and i know how dificult it really is. I want to work hard and make a WAD myself but i dont know how. Is this possible for me to be able to make my own WAD or are these things locked and compressed filed made by Tomb Raider's developers and none else can make them? I would be very huppy if there was something like an import-export plug-in for Max like in Rogue Spear whare u can create your own weapons and models. I am trying to make a nice Olympus level including bouldings like Parthenon (i am from greece) and i d like to be able to make my own Ionian pillars but this seems impossible right now. It would be a great level if i could.
Please contact with me if possible. My icq is 81343576 (14th_PitDroid, it is my vfpilot callsign...lol).

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Number6
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posted 12-12-2000 09:44 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Number6   Click Here to Email Number6     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
You're right up my path, Piskus.

I've done a few things for the unofficial level editor.

Maybe you should see the following site: http://216.47.133.65/1540723/main.html
where all others like minded file decrypters are.

In answer to your query, no, the wad is not encrypted. It's a binary (struct-ured data) with repetitions; that type of file is usually named a "chuncky file". To read it, you have to "walk" it and pick up each separate instance of each struct.

Am I making sense?

The first part of the file is the texture coordinates to map the texture to the texture strip. Which is why, if you keep the wad but change the texture, you doors will probably look like water (or worse).

I program in VB6, ANSI C and Borland C Builder (ver. 5) and my strong points are databases and binary files.

Soon...

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Piskus
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From:athens Greece
Registered: Dec 2000

posted 12-12-2000 12:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Piskus     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thank you for your reply N6, and thanx for the web site. I am very happy i found someone who understands this stuff. I really wanna understand what is a binary with repetitions file.
I ve never heard about a "chuncky file" and i would be extremely happy if u would explain me how i can read and edit one of these files. I mean: what program should i use? Please stay in touch.

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