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Speedy Eggbert Hex Editing Tutorial
This is a tutorial for how to hack Speedy Eggbert custom levels with the Hex Editor. (I'll make a YouTube video tutorial eventually, but for now, I'm just gonna post everything I know here.)
I HAVEN'T FINISHED TYPING OUT THIS TUTORIAL YET. MORE INFO COMING SOON, MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW. (TOTALLY NOT PROCRASTINATING)
- 1 Decimal to hexadecimal conversion
- 2 Difference between bytes/words/d-words/q-words
- 3 Opening the file
- 4 Level properties
- 5 Objects (object.blp)
- 6 Scenery (explo.blp)
- 7 Elements (element.blp)
In case you don't know how hex editors work, it's actually pretty easy to explain.
- 0 = 0
- 1 = 1
- 2 = 2
- 3 = 3
- 4 = 4
- 5 = 5
- 6 = 6
- 7 = 7
- 8 = 8
- 9 = 9
- 10 = A
- 11 = B
- 12 = C
- 13 = D
- 14 = E
- 15 = F
- 16 = 10
etc.
- 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 = 8 bytes
- 2211 4433 6655 8877 = 4 words
- 44332211 88776655…