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does /g/ know where I can start if I want to reverse engineer 90's to early 2000's PC games? There are a lot that I feel had the balance and mechanics done perfectly and would like to see how they did it.

Mainly I'm looking at games like Star Wars Xwing vs Tie Fighter

Lords of the Realm II

Starcraft

Homeworld

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Anonymous 2016-06-01 17:50:39 Post No.54858490
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Is there some kind of decompiler that would break open the system files for the game?

Anonymous 2016-06-01 17:58:59 Post No.54858580
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become familiar with how file formats tend to work. starcraft is a popular game so it's data files probably have tools and specs out that you can read. the older a game is the more likely that game data is to going to be hardcoded into the executable making it impractical to analyze
sounds like a pretty stupid idea in the first place to be honest, if you want to learn about game design or game programming there's far better ways than reverse engineering existing games

Anonymous 2016-06-01 18:04:09 Post No.54858634
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 18:04:09 Post No.54858634 [Report]

You can try looking at source code for games released back then. id software has given many away for their games. There's even an ongoing video series on how to rebuild Quake step by step.
http://philipbuuck.com/handmadequake

>>54858580
Starcraft keeps all of it's assets inside mpq files which are just glorified archives.

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Anonymous 2016-06-01 17:19:41 Post No. 54858128 [Report] [View this topic]

>Java
>Swing
I have a 600x600 panel and I want a jframe to show exactly the entire panel, how?

Currently im just setting the preferred size of the jframe to a height of 620 but there has to be a better way, right?

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Anonymous 2016-06-01 17:38:06 Post No.54858386
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It's been so long since I've done swing but surely a panel can't be resized? It'll resize to the size of whatever contents you have in it. So whatever is in the panel, adjust your JFrame to the size you need I guess

Anonymous 2016-06-01 18:09:14 Post No.54858704
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 18:09:14 Post No.54858704 [Report]

fuck off to stack overflow and google

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>>54858704
>being this mad

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Facebook Messenger Privacy Anonymous 2016-06-01 17:12:38 Post No. 54858031 [Report] [View this topic]

Using Facebook on mobile browser is pretty painful since I get redirected to the Google play store to install their app but I don't want to because I don't like having apps view my entire device just so I can send a message to a friend.

What are some reasons why I shouldn't install it ?

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Anonymous 2016-06-01 17:14:02 Post No.54858050
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 17:14:02 Post No.54858050 [Report]

Not liking having apps viewing your entire device just so you can send a message to a friend

Anonymous 2016-06-01 17:15:44 Post No.54858078
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>>54858031
If you're on marshmallow then you can allow permissions when they ask for it and not give permissions for things you don't use.

Not in marshmallow? Stop being a faggot

Anonymous 2016-06-01 17:17:06 Post No.54858092
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>>54858031
You can install Swipe for Facebook or Tinfoil and messaging still works.

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Breaking down a phone Anonymous 2016-06-01 17:08:11 Post No. 54857972 [Report] [View this topic]

How can i break down a phone internally without and sign of outer damage? For cheating/fraud-ing the guarantee

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Anonymous 2016-06-01 17:10:21 Post No.54858002
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>>54857972
Beyond repair?

Schlomo 2016-06-01 17:10:47 Post No.54858006
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>>54857972

Microwave

Anonymous 2016-06-01 17:13:26 Post No.54858042
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 17:13:26 Post No.54858042 [Report]

Pure acetone might be enough to fuck up the insides. Should evaporate without residue.
Avoid getting it on anything plastic on the outside or it will melt it.

Ooh, here's an idea - get an ultrasonic vibration thing and shake that fucker until something comes loose.

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2016-06-01 17:00:41 Post No.54857850
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 17:00:41 Post No. 54857850 [Report] [View this topic]

A friend of mine bought a GTX 960 today, even though Polaris and Pascal are going on.

What does /g/ think of this?

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Anonymous 2016-06-01 17:01:27 Post No.54857869
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>>54857850
your friend is not very bright

Anonymous 2016-06-01 17:01:59 Post No.54857879
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 17:01:59 Post No.54857879 [Report]

Tell him you're acuck. And post reaction here on /g/

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Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:57:10 Post No. 54857800 [Report] [View this topic]

Why are piratefags the biggest niggers there are? They say they support a creator and then spit in their face by not supporting the creator. Stop being such an entitled brat and pay for it.

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Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:58:36 Post No.54857812
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:58:36 Post No.54857812 [Report]

whatcha gon do about it faget

Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:59:15 Post No.54857824
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>>54857800
>Stop being such an entitled brat and pay for it.
Make me faggot

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kys

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Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:44:15 Post No. 54857660 [Report] [View this topic]

Why does /g/ hates PHP?

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random tree (ID: !!bknzPeMFlcP) 2016-06-01 16:45:16 Post No.54857672
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random tree (ID: !!bknzPeMFlcP) 2016-06-01 16:45:16 Post No.54857672 [Report]

>>54857660
>Why does /g/ hates PHP?
>does hates
K E K
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:46:33 Post No.54857686
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>>54857660
Stop posting and poo in loo, Pajeet.

Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:49:57 Post No.54857724
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There's no introductory php classes in college and people dislike what they don't know, so /g/ hates the unknown

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Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:43:00 Post No. 54857636 [Report] [View this topic]

> use displayport
> have weird yellow tint in gray colours
> have to go back to using DVI

what gives??

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Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:43:37 Post No.54857645
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>>54857636
Kill yourself

Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:46:31 Post No.54857684
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>>54857645
thx for bump

also, mainly concerned because the new AMD has no DVI port. if this yellow tint stays, there is no possible way for me to buy this card.

Anonymous 2016-06-01 17:00:22 Post No.54857840
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 17:00:22 Post No.54857840 [Report]

>>54857684
Then use the hdmi port stupid

Anonymous
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:39:17 Post No. 54857589 [Report] [View this topic]

Do you install windows updates? If so/if not, why?

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Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:40:13 Post No.54857600
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:40:13 Post No.54857600 [Report]

Go fuck your mom.

Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:41:15 Post No.54857610
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:41:15 Post No.54857610 [Report]

Not blindly, no

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>>54857600

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Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:39:08 Post No. 54857585 [Report] [View this topic]

What would you put on a Windows 98 Retrocomputer? I'm 23, so I don't have any interest in retrocomputing anything before that.

Besides all of the window stock items, I was thinking of some old-ass PC games like Mavis Beacon.

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Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:40:31 Post No.54857605
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:40:31 Post No.54857605 [Report]

Also, old-school AIM. If I can find an installer, that is.

Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:54:52 Post No.54857774
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:54:52 Post No.54857774 [Report]

>>54857605
oldapps.com

Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:57:08 Post No.54857799
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>>54857585
I'd just turn Debian into Windows Me/2000 and call it a day.

Anonymous
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:28:07 Post No. 54857436 [Report] [View this topic]

How bullshit I phone-unlocking fingerprint technology. There's no way this works.

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Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:36:42 Post No.54857551
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>>54857436
go home Pajeet

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>>54857551
Go home you cocksucker.

Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:41:03 Post No.54857609
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:41:03 Post No.54857609 [Report]

Go home Pajeet

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Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:17:42 Post No. 54857275 [Report] [View this topic]

Find a flaw.

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Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:19:04 Post No.54857304
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:19:04 Post No.54857304 [Report]

it too perfect

Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:20:14 Post No.54857317
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:20:14 Post No.54857317 [Report]

Every OS after Windows 7 is dogshit.

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Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:20:54 Post No.54857332 [Report]

>>54857275
literally everything

Gilded Anonymous
/dpt/ - Daily Programming Thread 2016-06-01 15:57:59 Post No.54857016
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/dpt/ - Daily Programming Thread Gilded Anonymous 2016-06-01 15:57:59 Post No. 54857016 [Report] [View this topic]

This is /dpt/, the best subreddit of /g/

Umaru-chan edition, the best of all editions.

In this thread:
r/programming
r/compsci
r/ReverseEngineering
r/softwaredevelopment

code of conduct:
no racism
no insult
no sexual harassment
no gender discrimination

wat r u working on, anon-chan ?

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Any cheaper alternatives?

Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:00:10 Post No.54857046
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>>54857034
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2Y-n6IlHYliSXZxMk0xT0NSY1E/preview

Anonymous 2016-06-01 16:00:15 Post No.54857047
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>>54857034
https://learnxinyminutes.com/