you need a resource editor...

there's a free program called reshack.

you could use visual studio if you have it.

what kind of changes are you thinking about?

actually i just want to change the infocards for ships so they match the changes i made to them. very minor changes actually, i only adjusted freighters armor and cargo along with nano/shield bat limits. armor doubled, +1/4 to cargo hold.

The infinite reaches of space are my home. And you'r trespassing.

that's not minor.

one way or another you have to open the file in a resource editor, then edit the fields in binary mode... for best effect.

you'll need resource hacker & freelancer ini refer to do this right.
ResHacker download

Open for shiparch.ini look up the ship your editing
(this is for my ship i have created so the ids_name wont match anythign you have ids_info will match up to the anubis ship)
[Ship
ids_name = 499185 <-- ship number
ids_info = 66581 <-- infocard info * demo below
ids_info1 = 66582 <-- infocard info
ids_info2 = 66608 <-- infocard info
ids_info3 = 66583 <-- infocard info
look up the marked values in fl ini ref, switching to the ids_info option of course, for each this will give you the following info:

HEX = 10415
DLL = 1
ResID = 1046

open infocards.dll in resource hacker, find 23 click the + next to it, now find 1046 again hit the + next to it to reveal section marked 1033 click on this then go to the action menu, save as binary file, and save to desktop as something.html now open in wordpad and edit the values.

back in res hacker when done editing, right click on the 1033 icon and choose replace resource, browse to the html file you edited now enter the following:

Resource type = 23
resource name = 1046 (THIS MUST BE SAME AS ORIGNAL NUMBER)
resource lang = 1033

then hit replace, file > save > all done

Only thing that changes from infocard to infocard is the resource number make sure for each card you change you use its own number

there thats should get you on your way

Edited by - Zen Eryu on 22-03-2003 02:13:56

Havent worked out how to place new infocards and refrence ingame as yet but i am workign on a way of either adding to the exsisting dll or having a seperate dll for this, so far none of my attempts have worked lol.

Maybe Volvin will know ? dude seems to know a hell of a lot

Zen,
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