Vanilla factions problem

VNM51

Hi all,

In the game, the nomads and the order factions dont appear on the status window. That is after of course, i met with them.
I checked the initialworld.ini, m13.ini, newplayer.fl, but all of 3 files contain these factions.

Thanks in advance,

Syd

there is an entry in… common.dll or content.dll which fractions are not visible on F8 Screen

VNM51

@Syd:

there is an entry in… common.dll or content.dll which fractions are not visible on F8 Screen

Thanks the quick answer.
I checked the common.dll and i found this:

101 DIALOGEX 0, 0, 632, 106
STYLE DS_NOIDLEMSG | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE
CAPTION ""
MENU 102
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
FONT 8, "MS Sans Serif"
{
  CONTROL "Tab1", 1009, "SysTabControl32", TCS_TABS | TCS_RAGGEDRIGHT | TCS_OWNERDRAWFIXED | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 271, 10, 351, 13 
  CONTROL "", 1010, LISTBOX, LBS_NOINTEGRALHEIGHT | LBS_NOSEL | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_BORDER | WS_VSCROLL | WS_TABSTOP, 269, 22, 356, 77 , 0x00000200
  CONTROL "", 1011, COMBOBOX, CBS_DROPDOWNLIST | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_VSCROLL | WS_TABSTOP, 47, 1, 94, 80 
  CONTROL "Info type", -1, STATIC, SS_LEFT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 10, 3, 28, 8 
  CONTROL "List1", 1005, "SysListView32", LVS_REPORT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_BORDER | WS_TABSTOP, 7, 14, 255, 85 
  CONTROL "Event log", -1, BUTTON, BS_GROUPBOX | BS_FLAT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 270, 0, 355, 99 
  CONTROL "<unknown system="">", 1014, STATIC, SS_LEFT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 150, 3, 102, 8</unknown>

In the content.dll, there is nothing referring to the factions.
What and how should do i modify this common.dll?

Forsaken

use a hex editor mate.

VNM51

@Forsaken:

use a hex editor mate.

I have never used that. Its time to try
Thanks,

Forsaken

Look at the hex offset list in the forum…. I think BJ submitted the applicable offsets and provides guidance on how to change it. Good Luck

VNM51

@Forsaken:

Look at the hex offset list in the forum…. I think BJ submitted the applicable offsets and provides guidance on how to change it. Good Luck

I have found that topic:

http://the-starport.net/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=628.0

common.dll v1.0 - offset = 143C58 - replace it with zeros to unlock it.

use a hex editor to put 00 over each character of the <nn>_<nn>_grp
entry in the .dll</nn></nn>

But i cant rewrite the numbers, because its jumping then, and moved that number what i want to replace with 0s.

EIDIT: Solved :) good old copy/paste still works instead of typing.
Thanks m8 :)