Ship length in Recognition manual [Nasty Hack]

Frederf · 08-15-09, 03:48 PM

Sort of unrelated but isn't the little black/white -----======------- bar on the bottom calibrated to be 50yds per bar (150yd total for black white black)?

deadok · 08-15-09, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Frederf

Sort of unrelated but isn't the little black/white -----======------- bar on the bottom calibrated to be 50yds per bar (150yd total for black white black)?

Well, at 1920x1200 this bar placed somewhat outside of manual and kind of unusable (might worth fixing though)
But even at 1024x768 according to this bar elco torpedo boat is longer than 50yds, and wiki and .cfg files says it ~80ft.

Frederf · 08-15-09, 10:57 PM

My memory is extremely hazy on this but I swore that the bar had meaning, even if it had 2 or 3 different scales depending on ship class. Next time I play I'll make note of what various ships are in terms of "bar lengths"

AOTD_MadMax · 08-16-09, 06:49 AM

@ deadok

did i read right ? You hacked the SH4-exe ?

Greets

Maddy

vanjast · 08-16-09, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by AOTD_MadMax

@ deadok
did i read right ? You hacked the SH4-exe ?

you've been a busy boy!! - Did you use IDA .. ??

deadok · 08-16-09, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by vanjast

you've been a busy boy!! - Did you use IDA .. ??

it took one evening, tbh.
ida made it easier and much longer (sometimes ida is too smart

)

Rockin Robbins · 08-17-09, 06:00 AM

I'm not sure hacking the sh4.exe file is considered modding. If we start doing that we have really stopped modding and started vandalizing Ubi's property and I don't think we want to go there.

Modding is a permitted activity within certain mandatory guidelines. This is outside reasonable modding. We can never forget that SH4 and other games are moddable only by permission of the game manufacturers, who could easily shut us down for all future games if we misbehave in this manner.

It would be child's play for Ubi to build an integrity checker within the game program and refust to run if modifications were found. More of this type of vandalism will result in that.

Not only that, but you are distributing a copy (modified) of the sh4.exe file. That is illegal.

08-16-09, 06:49 AM	#4
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08-17-09, 06:00 AM	#7
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	I'm not sure hacking the sh4.exe file is considered modding. If we start doing that we have really stopped modding and started vandalizing Ubi's property and I don't think we want to go there. Modding is a permitted activity within certain mandatory guidelines. This is outside reasonable modding. We can never forget that SH4 and other games are moddable only by permission of the game manufacturers, who could easily shut us down for all future games if we misbehave in this manner. It would be child's play for Ubi to build an integrity checker within the game program and refust to run if modifications were found. More of this type of vandalism will result in that. Not only that, but you are distributing a copy (modified) of the sh4.exe file. That is illegal. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

08-15-09, 03:48 PM	#1
Frederf Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 665 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 1	Sort of unrelated but isn't the little black/white -----======------- bar on the bottom calibrated to be 50yds per bar (150yd total for black white black)?

08-15-09, 10:57 PM	#3
Frederf Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 665 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 1	My memory is extremely hazy on this but I swore that the bar had meaning, even if it had 2 or 3 different scales depending on ship class. Next time I play I'll make note of what various ships are in terms of "bar lengths"