Loading more indexed files

Ever added a monster, item, weapon etc at the end of the indexes put in the files and it just came up with no picture?
Wel lthis fix is for you! (So cheesy)
Anyways its a simple fix if you know what your looking for.
Open up main.exe in a dissasembler, and trace the string reference of the object your adding, its case sensative so bare that in mind.
Each reference is in 3 times, so what you need to do is goto the third of this string.
Eg. Mace (Case sensative) is referenced 3 times exclude the path to the object and the extension these are aded automatically.
When youve got the third string reference look for a compare to the eax register eg cmp eax, 000000005 ; compare eax to 5
take this hex string and the offset for the code and open up ure hex editor, open main.exe and goto the offset make sure ure editing correctly by checking against the hex code version off the assembler.
where it says 05 at the end of the hex code change this to 06 and congratulations the main will now load more object in.
Tested on main.exe serial ending in emf only.
Sorry gotta be quick if u get stuck or dont understand it then dont do it find someone who can.

it is to load .obj files?
how can i make my indexed item( sopuse that i have it in .3d), ?

Each item monster etc has an index, al lthe game does is use this index on the end of the object typ e eg item soa kris would be sword01 then it adds the extension .bmd making sword01.bmd.

Its laods everything ina similar way, with very few exceptions.

Even monsters are laoded in theis manner and it makes loading so much simpler for the system, as it just has to loop through the indexes in the bmd file and load them, trouble is the amount it loads per object type is fixed inside the game sevrer, the above allows you to increase this thus loading in more objects, new armour anyone?

I used this method to add the Mace of Kings into the client properly instead of overwriting another item.

well, here is your mistake, first of all it will not work for monsters and skills, there is another way of adding those, second: that method was described like years ago.... third:L only some items will show up, why? because each item is given a 'code' when it loads, and not all the 'serials' are getting loaded to the memory stack, therefore, you will be forced to modify a stack as well...

I have actually posted elsewere about monsters and skills, the method is similar tho in both the cases, and yes u cant go past the 32 index limit per object classification.

And if it was mentioned talked about a while ago why isnt it in the archive?

Yes I have looked through the archive

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Originally Posted by intruder5

well, here is your mistake, first of all it will not work for monsters and skills, there is another way of adding those, second: that method was described like years ago.... third:L only some items will show up, why? because each item is given a 'code' when it loads, and not all the 'serials' are getting loaded to the memory stack, therefore, you will be forced to modify a stack as well...

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I have actually posted elsewere about monsters and skills, the method is similar tho in both the cases, and yes u cant (not impossible just not advised as its alot of editing) go past the 32 index limit per object classification.

And if it was mentioned talked about a while ago why isnt it in the archive?

Yes I have looked through the archive - and did i say its new? no its just undocumented.

And what on earth are u talking about, its a quite a simple loop in the main.exe, and it loads the objects files with that loop, the objects index in the bmd gives the reference code to load it from memory and there put into an array btw and the array is limited its a 2d array 32x16.

Monsters eg..
0 "Bull Fighter" = monster01.bmd
1 "Hell Hound" = monster02.bmd

It gets a bit complicated when mapping these later on because some use the same object, but these are handled in a similar manner and remapped to the index.

ps - And dont throw around fancy words like the stack dude, most people have no idea what the stack is, besides theres plenty of no operation points inside the main.exe for custom functions to do any extra remapping you would need.

well, i have understand
i want to create a new monster, but how can i make the .bmd??
sorry, im new in this..

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Originally Posted by siliconshadow

And what on earth are u talking about, its a quite a simple loop in the main.exe, and it loads the objects files with that loop, the objects index in the bmd gives the reference code to load it from memory and there put into an array btw and the array is limited its a 2d array 32x16.
Monsters eg..
0 "Bull Fighter" = monster01.bmd
1 "Hell Hound" = monster02.bmd

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lalalalalalala, HAHAHAHA.....................................................
no it's not......

where the method of adding items was described? Here before i hacked that site, and on the vzkj, where I released my first files 97b+99 items main... and so on...

useless community digging same shit over and over.

btw dude, the 'array' which is NOT array at all for skills and monsters is: 255 for monsters (can be changed to any other number) and 56 for skills, can be also change to any number because it's not a 'FOR' loop.


So if you think you are so smart look at what and when has been done...

new items were added to the main 2 years ago.... then monsters, skills , map mapping, map view/style....

go to a kindergarden! :)

Does anybody know who this dude is?

And i dint say it was a for loop its a do while loop which in assembler converts to a jump if not equal or a jump if equal and a compare which if u goto the days of absic is an if and a goto statement.

I know it was doen a while back but as I said this isnt posted here in the archives or active so shut up if you all so high and mighty this thread is not for you.

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useless community digging same shit over and over

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and if the community is so useless how come there are alot of very decent servers around?

intruder5 is darkav of darkside of Mu... well i guess.

i beg to differ about that main.exe 2 years ago.. lolz maybe a year ago but not 2 years.

it is not posted here.. cause no one here has a clue of doing it , and if they do they brobably keep to themselves.

Hmm darkav was banned wasnt he, I remeber is it because the same I have seen here and on other sections under Intruder5 he was abusive?

Anyway, maybe that first post was unlear Ill find some time to decompile the main.exe and comment it.

But if you are darkav, intruder u nice lil canadian you I do like the dark side of mu its a nice server, but not all servers have been going as long as yours, and I do mu just to learn how I can put into practice my own mmorpg which is in development, I help run a mu server in my free time, as well as programming for web applications for a living and running a household, I really cant be bothered with arguing anymore.

But if you would like to check back here sometime you can post comment on the main.exe break down which I will try my upmost to post here... first i need to get this dupe checker faster...

I will try once I back my work, I will re read again to try to understand better...

But, let me tell some MG173 forum story... (like end of 2004 or something)

Darkav says in the forum he will release one tutorial teaching how to add things in main, after some days he posted saying the forum was too boring and such, and he lost the will to release it. So I sent to him an email asking for tutorial and not a single mail back.

At my understanding... If one tutorial could be release teaching how to add monsters and itens in main (97 versions) we could make lovely things I'm sure.

Not everybody here is dumb @ss noobies, before some "expert" says so. But we need some directions to learn... clear ones... not riddles and strange posts...

Sadly, so far who discovered everything nice to mu, keept to himself...

Let me say just one more thing... Mu online is not the only game in the world...
So, your "precious" server with full of nice features will be played, but not forever, and your hard work will not be seeing by the others servers admins.

I know, not only Darkav, but others who got the knowledge, don't like to share, most of the time, because ppl will stead your work and claim to be theirs...

BUT... there is life after the noobs who did that....Browse my posts and you will see things like "Darkav has a nasty atittude, but make the things happen", or "99b+ servers sux, 97j is really fun"...

And like me many and many others have the same opinion...

ZagardEX:

Dude i agree with that, I am still developing my own 99 server, I really don't want to release it until I am happy that its portable to other people mahcines and I have gotton alot of the bugs out alo made it more customisable.

Im using 97.04 game server and a 99b main.exe in what is mostly a version 1 client. The main.exe has the following fixed currently,
dc before vcharacterpreview is run
no msg on exit
I have changed the items that load, so for example I have fixed the mace of kings
I have the rune blade and the double edged blunt sword - (Darkav you should know that item cheers for sharing)
And the items work the same as they are commonly set in 97+99items servers
All sm skills work, critical damage works sometimes
The database has all the stored procedures and tables for the 97.04 and 4.1.2 dataserver

It is currently being developed on 2 different servers one live one on a lan for testing.

I really hope that this server will be a releasable code

Sources: MuZerg server files, Cyber mu database, 1_00p full client, MuZerg main.exe, hex workshop, ws32dasm, bmdcalc, MG utilities, SkyTeam & special thanks to Rusti and George Helyar

Ok im gonna go and fix the att and map files on exile so it works properly and try and fix the another dc bug in cc. gl guys I hope uve found as much as I have here.

Be back soon hopefully with a release and I promise I wont get bored.

what i can do loading more indexed files?
sorry.

The index is the reference to an item in game be it a wepaon, monster or skill.

The game loops through these items and reads them in, to help prevent hacking and to optimise loading you usually cut down the loading by simplifing the solution.

So the game reads in only what it needs to for that version, the trouble is us being us we always want more, so to add something new you have to change the amount of loading cycles it performs for each object type. Its not easy to trace someone elses program when its in a high level language without comments, let alone assembler but its not impossible.

But when ive traved all the functions inside the main.exe and the references etc.. it should be alot easier to deactivate things that wont work with a 97 server and make a less buggy client.

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Originally Posted by siliconshadow

The index is the reference to an item in game be it a wepaon, monster or skill.
The game loops through these items and reads them in, to help prevent hacking and to optimise loading you usually cut down the loading by simplifing the solution.
So the game reads in only what it needs to for that version, the trouble is us being us we always want more, so to add something new you have to change the amount of loading cycles it performs for each object type. Its not easy to trace someone elses program when its in a high level language without comments, let alone assembler but its not impossible.
But when ive traved all the functions inside the main.exe and the references etc.. it should be alot easier to deactivate things that wont work with a 97 server and make a less buggy client.

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This what you are doing its hard :P , congrats, i will wait for a beta release, i have 110.000 users so i can put a little "test" :P

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Dude i agree with that, I am still developing my own 99 server, I really don't want to release it until I am happy that its portable to other people mahcines and I have gotton alot of the bugs out alo made it more customisable.

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I do hope you release something nice, I'm sure you will :)

Well it crosses over several thread this work, im picking up on common problems and first finding the sub procedures that deal with them, then documenting how to make the changes and how the changes take effect, i dont want to release justa main.exe or a list of hex codes to change i want to release a mini manual on how to edit your main.exe with al lthe common references mapped out. Im currently 5% done. so if you have a specific problem that you arnt sure where it is post the problem here and ill tell you where it lies so you can either do it ureself or wait for the release.

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Well it crosses over several thread ....

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Very nice indeed! And intruder5 if you are darkav or don't, but know how to add monters why you don't post a tutorial here... Like I said in other post.

Not everyone here is dumb ass noobs, some of us just need a guide for work on it. Even you doesn't born with asm knowlegge, you have to learn with something or someone...

Easy is : to come here and say nasty things showing bad attitude...

Hard is : teaching ppl what you know watch some of them possible do a better job than the teacher... don't you agree?

Maybe if "those who release stuff 2 years ago" care to teach maybe, just maybe that "useless community digging same shit over and over" could be developing other add ons, for example put codes to make golden archer to work, or have the knowledge to try add darklord in 97 series, or adding M shortcut in 97 mains...

And about darkav releases (just in case intruder5 is not him) I saw many ppl here deeply thanks him in posts... So his "beserker barrage" attitude is not well justified... Noobs will exist in any game, forum or place you go.

And even you having knowledge about how to make the wheel spinning don't give you the right to threat ppl like garbage...

Darkav know this, I'm one who likes a lot your job, and honestly always look forward for your releases, as many ppl here... If you don't receive all credits you deserve for many users here, you receive credits for others... I guess knowing so much of "things" you should know this, right?

so, any idea of how to add new monsters :P ?

i have realy much problems with that guide :/

Cyber love has written a nice guide on adding monsters for 99b and Sarovek has produced one for 97 so all u gotta do is find them.

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Originally Posted by siliconshadow

Cyber love has written a nice guide

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Not really, one of the biggest mistakes of cyberlova was = posting darkavs project without telling him on vzkj...

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Originally Posted by siliconshadow

and Sarovek has produced one for 97 so all u gotta do is find them.

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97... 99... 1.0 same stuff if you know the concept....

Will darkside release aida map with their 97? :thumbup: I've seen some pretty cool pictures already!

Here

hey silliconshadow , can you post some screens and put more detailed guide? im having problems with the offsets btw ASM and HEX code, can you help me plz?
i want add the new released skins as new items , and add (if its possible) new skills...

kewl ;)