Is it possible to change settings in a started game?

Ruatha · #1 November 20th, 2002, 11:51 PM

I'm running a PBW game with "Player can see allied scores".
Is it possible to change that to "Player can only view own score" without disrupting the game.

I was thinking a bit, it ought to be saved as a flag in the GAM file, so it ought to be changable with a hex editor.
I could search for it by saving a test game with the different options, but if someone already knows where it is you could save me the effort.

(edited - setting e-mail notification)

[ November 21, 2002, 18:18: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

Ruatha · #2 November 21st, 2002, 12:16 AM

I thought I found it as the 12:th byte, but when I alter that in my test game the program chrashes. it could still be right but then there is propably a checksum.
Well, if we've played this far with scores on we can propably do it in the future too.

Ruatha · #3 November 21st, 2002, 12:18 AM

I think I'll mail Malfador Machinations sometime this week and ask them if it's possible.

Captain Kwok · #4 November 21st, 2002, 12:19 AM

I don't think you'll get much help from MM about hacking into the savegame.

Fyron · #5 November 21st, 2002, 12:54 AM

The game has protections against such illegal hacking.

Ruatha · #6 November 21st, 2002, 05:29 PM

It's not like I was trying to hack the game, just changing an option...
I've mailed them anyway, I hope I could send them the gamefile and they could change the option for me.