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LostCosmonaut

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A minor question
« on: February 18, 2012, 12:41:20 am »
I have a small question. I am trying to access some of the werebeast interactions, and from what I understand they are generated upon world creation and can be found inside the world's save file. However, I cannot for the life of me figure out how to access the uncompressed file. Anybody have any pointers?
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Courtesy Arloban

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Re: A minor question
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2012, 02:10:57 am »
I'm using notepad++ and after opening highlighting the good stuff and going to edit > paste special > copy binary, then opening a new doc and edit > paste special > paste binary.

Then in the new document I go to search > replace (check search mode extended characters) and replace \0 with \n.

So far I've found new materials and interactions as well as 22 variations of necromancer.

I don't understand what the difference is for so many vampires they all seem alike.
« Last Edit: February 18, 2012, 02:15:45 am by Courtesy Arloban »
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Maybe that the dwarves never died and everyone is just shunning them.
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LostCosmonaut

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Re: A minor question
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2012, 02:38:04 am »
When opening the world DAT file in notepad, all I seem to be getting is a bunch of random characters. And I'm not seeing a paste special option.
Nevermind, I was using regular notepad instead of notepad++.
Edit: I still can't get the data to show up as anything other than random junk.
« Last Edit: February 18, 2012, 03:05:55 am by LostCosmonaut »
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trees

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Re: A minor question
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2012, 02:42:35 am »
The werebeast curse in the interaction example folder is exactly the same that's made at world gen. There's no difference between any individual werebeasts yet.
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Re: A minor question
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2012, 02:59:28 am »
Quote from: trees on February 18, 2012, 02:42:35 am
The werebeast curse in the interaction example folder is exactly the same that's made at world gen. There's no difference between any individual werebeasts yet.
This is false.
They are generated as werepanthers, werelizards, etc, with a wide variety of bodies, sizes, and all sorts of things.
(I think they're bugged until .02 and just transform into toads right now, though)
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Re: A minor question
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2012, 03:06:03 am »
The specifics about their transformation aren't random yet. I should have said "individual were-curses," though. Sorry for the confusion.
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Re: A minor question
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2012, 04:09:51 am »
Okay, I am an idiot, I just remembered that you can set your saves to be uncompressed in the init files. Doing so now.
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