Dev's Limit Breaking 101 Techniques

BC46

Some hacks which I posted in the HDE Discord and private chats but as far as I know aren’t used anywhere else:

rp8.dll, 6AD9, 0i 
= display adapter index, i.e. the monitor Freelancer will run on (0 = main adapter/monitor). 
~BC46 02/03/2024 13:44

content.dll, CCFAD, 
C2 -> C1 
= Ignore gate locks (prevent access denied).
~BC46 08/08/2024 22:05

content.dll, 1195C0, 0.2f 
= Reputation needed for factions to offer missions on the job board. 
The player's reputation must be greater than or equal to the given value in order for the missions to show up. 
~BC46 22/09/2024 14:47

content.dll, 1195BC, -0.2f 
= Second minimum reputation needed for factions to show missions on the job board. 
This value is only tested if the minimum specified at 1195C0 is not met. 
The player's reputation must be greater than the given value in order for the missions to show up. 
~BC46 22/09/2024 14:47

content.dll, 60D0F, 74 -> EB 
= Faction NPCs will offer missions regardless of the player's reputation. 
~BC46 22/09/2024 14:47

shading.dll, F94B, 0C -> 00 
= Fix color banding with 24-bit TGA textures (render them as 32-bit). 
~BC46 13/01/2025 12:03

josbyte

@BC46 Thank you for sharing specially the last one! my Homeworld mod was having trobules with starspheres looking wrong

BC46

Good to hear! For Freelancer HDE I encountered a similar issue where my upscaled mission and news images looked bad in-game because they were saved as 24-bit TGA. At the time I worked around it by saving them as 32-bit TGA or dds instead. Now we finally have a proper solution.

IrateRedKite

Sorry for the long break, I’ve updated the new limit breaking page with these offsets. I’m going to take a pass on the tags and categories today in an effort to make the page a bit more usable.

Gold_Sear

Found it! It took me quite a while as usual, but now points 6 and 8 of my to do list are solved!
Here are the results:
Point 8 was solved a few posts above; this is in addition:

#add vertical component to random spawn
#Gold_Sear, 31 January 2025
File: content.dll
C1F0B: 4C E4 14 C1 E9 07 EB 03 [ 0C C2 8B 7C C2 04 C1 E1 ]

Point 6 (the first one is just as illustration, already exists):

#distance from player position at spawn moment that an NPC patrol with arrival = cruise will fly to when spawned
#M0tah
#Gold_Sear, 18 January 2015
C4C01: 500f #min
C4C06: 2000f #max
|-
#use spawn position instead of player position for arrival = cruise (allows to safely increase spawn distances)
#Gold_Sear, 27 January 2025
File: content.dll
C2011: 45 00 EB 02 [ 84 24 1C 0D ]
C2022: 45 04 EB 02 [ 84 24 14 0D ]
C2034: 45 08 EB 02 [ 84 24 18 0D ]