Fyron's Quadrant Mod Discussion Thread

geoschmo · #1 January 29th, 2003, 07:03 PM

Well mlmbd, If you are talking about the scrolling credits that come up when you hit the credits button, I believe the only way to edit the credits is to change the se4.exe. Doing so would possibly make distributing the mod illegal depending on whom you ask, and regardless will make it extremely upopular. Not to mention unusable for play on PBW.

Geoschmo

mlmbd · #2 January 30th, 2003, 11:41 PM

geo, I am talking about making a 'new' Intro screen. It has nothing to do with the SEIV exacuteable. I am not going to send out a hack. Not that I couldn't, but fyron said he wanted a 'new' Intro for FQM Deluxe.

mlmbd

Fyron · #3 January 31st, 2003, 01:54 AM

The credits are not part of the intro bmp.

geoschmo · #4 January 31st, 2003, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by mlmbd:
geo, I am talking about making a 'new' Intro screen. It has nothing to do with the SEIV exacuteable. I am not going to send out a hack. Not that I couldn't, but fyron said he wanted a 'new' Intro for FQM Deluxe.

mlmbd

Dude. You asked if he wanted the credits changed. Since you were talking about the intro screen, and the only credits on the intro screen are the scrolling credits that come up on the right side when you hit the credits button, and the contents of the those credits are contained in the executable as far as I am aware, the only two possible conclusions one could draw from your comments are:

1. You were not aware the credits were contained in the executable. If that's the case then I have informed you of the fact.

or

2. You are aware and were planning on modifiing the executable.

I wasn't jumping on you about it. If that's what you were planning that's your business. I was merely pointing out that it would limit the popularity of the mod if Fyron were to add it in.

Geoschmo

Fyron · #5 January 31st, 2003, 02:29 AM

Not to mention that I wouldn't consider adding a hacked exe in the mod in the first place.

mlmbd · #6 February 1st, 2003, 02:44 AM

Geo, look in the folder Space Empires IV Gold\Pictures\Game\Screens\1024X768 at Intro.bmp. It is not an exacutible. Just a bmp. I can add all I want to it without hacking anything. I can 'recreate' the look of the buttons, the way things scroll and so on.

Geesh!!!

mlmbd

geoschmo · #7 January 31st, 2003, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mlmbd:
Geo, look in the folder Space Empires IV Gold\Pictures\Game\Screens\1024X768 at Intro.bmp. It is not an exacutible. Just a bmp. I can add all I want to it without hacking anything. I can 'recreate' the look of the buttons, the way things scroll and so on.

Geesh!!!

mlmbd

mlmbd, I know how the intro.bmp works. And yes, while you can change the look of the buttons, they are not part of the intro.bmp. And no, you can not change the way things scroll at all without changing the executable. The scrolling credits have nothing to do with the intro.bmp. And you cannot add new animated elements to the intro.bmp. You would know that if you knew how the intro.bmp works. You keep saying you aren't going to change the executable, yet you keep saying you are going to change things that I know would require a change to the executable. Like I said, I presonally don't care whether you change the executable or not. It makes no difference to me. But if will severly limit the usefullness of the mod.

Be that as it may, I did qualify my original statement to say "If you are talking about the scrolling credits that come up when you hit the credits button..." If you weren't talking about that, then the rest of my statement doesn't apply. Perhaps you should read what people say before you get all defensive.

Geoschmo