Program????
I know this isn't the right place to ask this, but I have no idea where the hell to ask this xD....
Okay, I have a program that uses the extension .tbl, this confuses me as it doesn't allow me to open it in any programs I have >_<... Turns out, this .tbl file changes visual effects in this game I'm playing, and by switching different .tbl files, you can make different effects in game.
I attempted opening the file in Milkshape, but it wasn't a 3d item compatible with milkshape. However, when I opened it in Notepad, a bunch of lines in some oriental script was posted all over the screen.
Question: Does anyone know how I can edit this file and/or replace it with my own files? Also, does anyone know what those oriental characters mean? I mean, google translate doesn't even know xD...
I removed the link =P
Okay, I have a program that uses the extension .tbl, this confuses me as it doesn't allow me to open it in any programs I have >_<... Turns out, this .tbl file changes visual effects in this game I'm playing, and by switching different .tbl files, you can make different effects in game.
I attempted opening the file in Milkshape, but it wasn't a 3d item compatible with milkshape. However, when I opened it in Notepad, a bunch of lines in some oriental script was posted all over the screen.
Question: Does anyone know how I can edit this file and/or replace it with my own files? Also, does anyone know what those oriental characters mean? I mean, google translate doesn't even know xD...
I removed the link =P
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Short answer: you're not supposed to mess with those files, leave them be XD
slightly longer: You already know the specific game name, so go to the appropriate forum and see whether there are people with the same idea or learn reverse engineering or ask the creators whether they have an editor for their game effects.
slightly longer: You already know the specific game name, so go to the appropriate forum and see whether there are people with the same idea or learn reverse engineering or ask the creators whether they have an editor for their game effects.
Well, the problem with that...
The creators are not available as the game was bought by a separate company. The forums are dead, the game is worthless, and several of us just want to change it up a bit so it's not the same crappy game...
Reasons why it's crappy:
It's never updated
Nobody ever works on the bugs
There are so many people who hack into the game and that made half the people leave
The other half either have a bunch of money IRL and just feed the company that owns the game while they wait for an update that will never come, or they're people like me who actually do something to try and change the game (no matter how shitty of a job it is)...
Reverse Engineering sounds interesting, can you recommend a site? xD
The creators are not available as the game was bought by a separate company. The forums are dead, the game is worthless, and several of us just want to change it up a bit so it's not the same crappy game...
Reasons why it's crappy:
It's never updated
Nobody ever works on the bugs
There are so many people who hack into the game and that made half the people leave
The other half either have a bunch of money IRL and just feed the company that owns the game while they wait for an update that will never come, or they're people like me who actually do something to try and change the game (no matter how shitty of a job it is)...
Reverse Engineering sounds interesting, can you recommend a site? xD
Uh, you're asking the wrong guy, since I'm not particularly knowledgeable on the subject :S
but this link came up on Google search for "*.tbl files": http://www.inferis.org/eu2/tbl/ -kinda interesting.
Other than asking you to Google for "reverse engineering tutorial", I'd recommend you move this thread to Lounge -probably you can get a better response
n.b some people might say that it's illegal to reverse engineer a software, and some forums does not like people asking such questions :\
but this link came up on Google search for "*.tbl files": http://www.inferis.org/eu2/tbl/ -kinda interesting.
Other than asking you to Google for "reverse engineering tutorial", I'd recommend you move this thread to Lounge -probably you can get a better response
n.b some people might say that it's illegal to reverse engineer a software, and some forums does not like people asking such questions :\
Reverse engineering takes some doing. You can't just turn a(most) program(s) back into c++ code from the PE. However, you can disassemble it and take a look at the assembly code. Of course without a knowledge of x86 asm, you're pretty much out of luck.
If you'd like to try it out, check out ollydebug. If you are still interested, I'd recommend some tutorials on assembly, there are some really good 8086 tuts around. You can get specific opcodes for your processor/architecture, then if you want to see what's going on from the c++ end, you can simple write some programs and debug them to see what the low level stuff turns into.
On you're particular problem: Reverse Engineering? Overkill. If it's not upkept any longer, I would contact someone with the source, you may have to buy it if you want to maintain it however..
If you'd like to try it out, check out ollydebug. If you are still interested, I'd recommend some tutorials on assembly, there are some really good 8086 tuts around. You can get specific opcodes for your processor/architecture, then if you want to see what's going on from the c++ end, you can simple write some programs and debug them to see what the low level stuff turns into.
On you're particular problem: Reverse Engineering? Overkill. If it's not upkept any longer, I would contact someone with the source, you may have to buy it if you want to maintain it however..
Can we cut to the chase? What game is it? If it was any good then there is likely to be an open source tribute project to it.
The "oriental" characters you see in notepad are just the char equivalent values for the data that was found. I doubt it actually means anything.
The "oriental" characters you see in notepad are just the char equivalent values for the data that was found. I doubt it actually means anything.
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