Increasing chatlog?

[Bas]

w00t? ty !

Someone should add those very nice entry into the FL limit breaking list ;D

[viper]

is there also a hack to change size of the chatbox ?

[M0tah]

Yep.

-0.265f in freelancer.exe, 0x1ceee4 = y position of chat box
0.065f in freelancer.exe, 0x1ceee0 = height of chat box
0.46f in freelancer.exe, 0x1ceedc = width of chat box

[DwnUndr]

Holy smokes M0tah, nice work!

[Bas]

Eh M0tah…I have the feeling you created a list by yourself, could you share it with us? ;D
(I can’t remember those things in the official limit breaking techniques list…;))

[w0dk4]

psssst Motah got the FL source

[crashbx]

looks like he really got some or he is reverse engineering Freelancer

[LancerSolurus]

**Purchase a copy of IDA and you can find down stuff like that , it’s how I figured out the ALE format…

You can even run the server in debug mode using that program.**

[Antares]

But how easy is it to use… for someone relatively non familiar with understanding this sort of thing?

[Bas]

Do you mean the offsets or IDA? For the first one it is quite simple after you got to know how.
You can check out this tut by fox:
http://www.memes.no/88flak/downloads/beta/1.0-1.1_Offsets_Tutorial.txt

(If you have any questions or if you need help with something feel free to contact me in one of my IMs ;))

[Antares]

IDA, I figured out applying the offsets a while back.

[LancerSolurus]

**Learning to use IDA will require you to get a reference book on assembly. At first it won’t be easy at all but it is like any other language, you will get the feel for it after awhile. One nice thing about it is that it will set up links between each routine and also it will expand and comment certain stuff you would never see with a hex editor.

If you are unable to learn assembly, unfortunately it won’t do you a whole lot of good… one other thing, it isn’t cheap.**

[Cannon]

I use IDA free (the free version) - is the commercial one much better?

[OutCast]

Another thing that i’d say you should know is PE (portable executable) file format and the way system loads these files into memory when executing.

[FuryFreelancer]

Hex-rays ;D ;D

[M0tah]

@Bas:

Eh M0tah…I have the feeling you created a list by yourself, could you share it with us? ;D

The only other offsets I have indexed are some for the right HUD panel with the weapon controls as part of a project I was working on to adapt the HUD to widescreen monitors.
Those three I posted before weren’t on a list or anything before viper asked if they existed.

[Bas]

@M0tah:

Yeah, there is.

0x50 in freelancer.exe, 0x6a440 = maximum number of characters in multiplayer chat window

May I ask whats the maximum? It seems that the value can be higher then 7F, but when I enter to much letters “at once” then it doesnt work, isnt able to send the message then.
I have the feeling that it is catched up in a loop…

However, I reduced to 200/Hex C8, will see if this is working.

[Bas]

Ok, best value for maximum number of characters in multiplayer chat window is 7F/127. I am not sure, but I have the feeling that even higher values have an effect, meaning that you can write more letters then. But then there is the “loop”-bug again - meaning you dont come to an end of letters when you are writing a message (just see for yourself ^^)

I also made 2 screenshots to show how muhc it is only enlarged, not too much IMHO (127 instead of 80 letters):

http://www.abload.de/img/screen135k6kc.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/screen1361b7q.jpg

(I am I with EXE hack, Saarländer without EXE hack - Just look for Halloooooo[…])

[M0tah]

Looks like the max number of characters in the chat box is also a signed byte then, with negative values interpreted as no limit.

[OutCast]

M0tah, since you’re a hex god now ;D may be you can find something to decrease number of chat lines shown on-screen (when chat window is closed), or to decrease time interval these lines stay on screen…
::)