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Old May 30th, 2006, 9:55 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by Cornelius
I just want to change some of the values that are hardcoded. Most of the games files are in an archive, but some are in the exe. I've tried a disassembler before, but I couldn't understand the output very well. It was IDA pro.
That's the cost. If you want to disassemble a program, you need to be able to understand the output to make use of it.
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Originally Posted by Cornelius
I'm making a mod for the game and want to improve it.
In that case, contact the author and either suggest an improvement or ask for source code.

Unfortunately, I don't really believe you: the most common reason I've observed for people trying to tweak an executable is to get around something the author has put in deliberately (eg checks of registration codes to enable features).
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