I Found It!

[Guest stewart]

I started making this old XCOM Starting base designer when I was still in University. It's totally unfinished but a few basic things are running (not mouse support, alas. Use arrows and return).

BASEDZNR.EXE

[Guest [email protected]]

Are you ever gonna finish it?

[Timil]

Any source code to spare?

[Guest stewart]

Are you ever gonna finish it?

Oh, I suppose . . . one day.

[Guest stewart]

Any source code to spare?

What for?

[Timil]

Just to do some work on it to enhance it

I love to rework program

[Guest stewart]

I haven't done any work on writing to the game data files. It's written in MS QC V 2.5. If you're looking for something to do, why don't you write a whole bunch game data file access functions.

[Timil]

Ok

[Guest stewart]

Write to Scott Jones (the guy who wrote XcomUtil) he might send you a copy of the master header file for XcomUtil. It's got a bunch of structure definitions in it. They might help you to penetrate the game files. I have a copy of the file myself but I promised him that I would not distribute it.

 

Just tell him you want to write some game file accessor functions as part of a game editor you are writing, and ask him if he has any file format notes to spare or something like that.

 

So has anyone tried Basedznr.exe yet?

[Timil]

Finally I think that it will be a good exercise to build one by myself.. after all, I was editing my bases and guys with a simple hex editor 6 years ago.. why not now?

[Guest [email protected]]

I tried it.

[Guest stewart]

That good huh? :uh:

[Guest [email protected]]

I know you'd ask that. I tought it had a good interface for an old text-based program, with this nice tabs and all. The base view feature is neat cause you can see what it really looks like, i.e. walls, doors, entrances. That's why I asked if you were gonna finish it.

[Guest stewart]

Did you play with the facility placement features and the base view features. The flip and rotate features, I think are usefull for alligning the base the best way for defense.

[Guest [email protected]]

I think I played with the base view and placement features, but I didn't rotate it. I'll check it out.

[LordT]

Am I wrong to believe that you two had a little problem with the login button a while back?

[[[Micah]]]

As usual, you are wrong Both of those users have been deleted for various classified reasons....

[LordT]

Oh, I'll kill you for that!

 

How -classified- if I may ask?

[LordT]

I feel totally ignored...

[[stewart]]

Here''s something the programmers amongst us might find amusing. One of the reasons I start writing the /unfinished/ editor was to learn C (at the time is was a "good" language to know). Anyway the book I was using showed how you could use #define statements to make your source code look like a different computer language. So naturally I went nuts with that. Here is the file where I stored the definitions to make C look like something else (the tabs didn't translate well):

 

/* CompFlag.r */

 

#ifndef COMPFLAG_R

 

/* Target Conditional Compile flags */

#ifdef NDEBUG

#define PRODUCTION_BUILD

/* #define PROFILE_BUILD */

#else /* !DNDEBUG */

#define DEBUG_BUILD

#endif /* NDEBUG */

 

/* Other Conditional Compile flags */

#define MANUALLY_EDIT_TEMP_BASE

#define XCOM_FILES_NOT_EDITED

 

#define REG                  register

 

#define POINTER              *

#define POINTER_TO_POINTER      **

 

#define THE_VALUE_AT            *

#define THE_ADDRESS_OF          &

 

#define POINTER_MEMBER          ->

#define OBJECT_MEMBER        .

 

#define VOID                    void

#define PVOID                VOID POINTER

#define FAR                  _far

#define NEAR                    _near

#define FVOID                VOID FAR

#define NVOID                VOID NEAR

 

#define CHAR                    char

#define INT                  int

#define FLOAT                float

#define DOUBLE                  double

 

#define PCHR                    CHAR POINTER

 

#define SIGNED                  signed

#define UNSIGNED                unsigned

 

#define SHORT                SIGNED CHAR /* QC25 defines short = int */

#define LONG                    long

 

#define SCHR                    SIGNED CHAR

#define SSHORT                  SCHR

#define SINT                    SIGNED INT

#define SLONG                SIGNED LONG INT

 

#define UCHR                    UNSIGNED CHAR

#define USHORT                  UCHR

#define UINT                    UNSIGNED INT

#define ULONG                UNSIGNED LONG INT

 

#define LDOUBLE              LONG DOUBLE

 

typedef SSHORT                  integer_1B;

typedef SINT                    integer_2B;

typedef SLONG                integer_4B;

 

typedef USHORT                  whole_1B;

typedef UINT                    whole_2B;

typedef ULONG                whole_4B;

 

typedef FLOAT                real_4B;

typedef DOUBLE                  real_8B;

typedef LDOUBLE              real_10B;

 

#define STATIC_CAST          (

#define UPON                    )(

#define ENDCAST              )

 

#define bwAND                &      /* same as AND */

#define bwOR                    |      /* same as OR */

#define bwXOR                ^      /* same as XOR */

#define bwNOT                NOT

#define SHIFTL                 

#define SHIFTR                  >>

 

#define And                  &&

#define Or                      ||

#define Not                  !

 

#define ALSO                    ,

 

#define DECLARE

#define CALLED

#define INIT_TO              =

#define ENDDECLARE              ;

 

#define LET

#define LIKEWISE                =

#define BE                      =

#define GAIN                    +=

#define LOSE                    -=

#define EXPAND_BY            *=

#define CONTRACT_BY          /=

#define ENDLET                  ;

 

#define IS                      ==

#define ISNT                    !=

#define EXCEEDS              >

#define DOESNT_EXCEED       

#define TRAILS                 

#define DOESNT_TRAIL            >=

 

#define FBLOCK(x)            FVOID x ( VOID

#define NBLOCK(x)            NVOID x ( VOID

#define FPROC(x)                FVOID x

#define NPROC(x)                NVOID x

#define FFUNC(x,y)              y FAR x

#define NFUNC(x,y)              y NEAR x

#define PROGRAM              main

#define PARAM                (

#define ENDPARAM                )

#define ENDCALL              );

#define BEGIN_SCRIPT            ){

#define VARS                    ){

#define BEGIN_CODE

#define BEGIN_BLOCK          {

#define ENDPROTOTYPE            );

#define ENDBLOCK                }

#define ENDPROC              }

#define ENDFUNC              }

#define ENDPROGRAM              }

 

#define RETURN                  return

#define ENDRETURN            ;

 

#define IF                      if(

#define THEN                    ){

#define ELSE                    }else{

#define ENDIF                }

 

#define CASE                    switch(

#define WHEN                    ){

#define CASE_IS(x)              case x:

#define BREAK                break;

#define OTHERWISE            default:

#define ENDCASE              }

 

#define FROM                    for(

#define STARTING_AT          =

#define TO                      ;

#define STEP                    ;

#define PERFORM              ){

#define ENDFROM              }

 

#define WHILE                while(

#define REPEAT                  ){

#define ENDWHILE                }

 

#define DO                      do{

#define UNTIL                }while( Not

#define ENDDO                );

 

#define ENUMERATION(x)          enum x {

#define ENDENUM              };

 

#define STRUCTURE_TEMPLATE      typedef struct {

#define ENDSTRUCT(x)            } x ;

 

#define FALSE                0

 

#define COMPFLAG_R

#endif /* Not COMPFLAG_R */

[mikker]

HAHAHAHA thats just funny Stewart! HAHAHA i can't stop laughting!

 

Ok, i didn't understand it.

[[stewart]]

Always glad to spread a little mirth.

[SupSuper]

i still think that the C language is simpler than the one you "made up"

still, i'm amazed how you bothered to redefine most of C's keywords :o

[[stewart]]

That's pretty normal for data types; it's for portability reasons. As for say loop structures, I think I was trying to get rid of the squiggles or something. You see at that time my high-level programming had consisted more-or-less of Pascal and Fortran ( I bet you'll see that if you look again)!

[[stewart]]

So the other day, I actually needed a floppy. I grab one out of a drawer. Prudence dictates that you check contents first. HOLY F'EN SHISHE! My source code! I thought it was long lost. The last time I saw it was, like, years ago. Xmas in f'en October; I tell ya.

 

So of course, in fine programming tradition, 57 files and not one single gawdamm comment to be found. Yes! My source code and I are now spending time together as we rediscover each other . Now, thanks to our good friend Mr. Hatfarm, I can actually think about having it interface with the actual game files.

 

:FriggenBigSmile:

[kafros]

Those floppies are always full of surprises

 

Lucky stewart

 

That means that, after you get to know each other, you'll introduce her (code) to us?

[[stewart]]

in a manor of speaking have you tried the "alpha" version from the first post?