MajorMUD DLL edits

[syntax]

Anyone recall what the purpose of the "smash, stealth, meditiate" hacks into the dll were for?

p.s. I found a bug with the v1.11p final crack. Trying to verify and fix them all.

[syntax]

Trying to document / figure what all these edits are. I tried to go through my documents from years ago but couldn't find any of my old notes. This is what I found so far.

Note the ** MISTAKE ** and the ** MISSED ?? ** --

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Offset      CHANGE FROM             CHANGE TO               REASON                  FUNCTION / NOTES
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000019F3    C05D                    F4BF                    ??                      _init__wccmmud / chages a compare to 24000, changed to 49140
0001475B    E8C67A0500              9090909090              class crack?            _load_player / call compares a var to 1 and then to 15 (total stock classes).
00014777    E8907A0500              9090909090              maps crack?             _load_player / call compares a var to 1 and then to 17 (max stock map number).

00014814    66C784733A0700000000    90909090909090909090    ability crack?          _load_player / moves a 0 into a var just before a compare to 187 (total stock abilities).
000148BE    66C784733A0700000000    90909090909090909090    ability crack?          _load_player / same thing as above, in a second spot.
000149B0    66C784733A0700000000    90909090909090909090    ability crack?          _load_player / same thing as above, in a third spot, no compare to 187 below though.

0001561E    E800EDFFFF              9090909090              ??                      _load_player /  prevents a call large sub routine (also called below)

00015794    74                      EB                      race crack?             _load_player / compare to 13 just before (total stock races).  The EB forces the jump.
00018290    0F85FC02                E9FD0200                addons/maps crack?      _move_user / afterwards strings regarding "Your sysop must purchase the %s%s%s before you may move through this exit"
0002F57E    C800                    FF7F                    shop crack #1?          _preload_and_generate_buffers / compare to 200 (record #), changed to 32767

0004E6F8    75                      EB                      ** MISSED ?? **         _init__wccmmud / not sure what this is for but it's present in the v1.11p-beta13 crack, but not in the v1.11p final one.

0004E789    53                      50                      # lines crack #1?       _init__wccmmud / pushes a different var (same as the one just above it)
0004E79C    0400                    0001                    # lines crack #2?       _init__wccmmud / changes 4 to 256
0004E9B4    75                      EB                      addons/maps crack?      _load_player (sub routine) / nullifies returns from really long sub possibly comparing addon codes
0004E9BA    FF7508                  909050                  addons/maps crack?      _load_player (sub routine) / nullifies returns from really long sub possibly comparing addon codes
0005AE3D    E80300                  ECFF09                  shop crack #2?          _restock_items / compare to 1000, changed to 655340
0005AEBD    E80300                  ECFF09                  shop crack #3?          _restock_items / compare to 1000, changed to 655340
0005AED5    E80300                  ECFF09                  shop crack #4?          _restock_items / compare to 1000, changed to 655340
0005B01D    D007                    FF7F                    shop crack #5?          _display_all_restocking_required / compare to 2000, changed to 32767
0005F879    D007                    FF0F                    monster crack           _load_monster_quickreferences / compare to 2000, changed to 4095

000649EA    E856FAFCFF              9090909090              ** MISTAKE **           This is a call to "_display_list_of_limited_items".  Running "SYS LIST NEWLIMITED" halts the board.

It should be this, even though I'm not sure what it's for (whatever the bash/med/stealth hacks are?):

0006469B    E883FCFAFF              9090909090              ??                      _cmd_sysop /  prevents a call large sub routine (also called above)

0006D639    66C784433A0700000000    90909090909090909090    ??                      _save_player / cancels out a bunch of checks.  I see checkes to make sure... something that equals "1" has a releated value less than 22, "2" has less than 20, "3" has less than 25, "4" has less than 27, "11" has less than 27, "14" has less than 22.
0006D6E3    66C784433A0700000000    90909090909090909090    ??                      _save_player / same as above, but for different numbers
0006D7D5    66C784433A0700000000    90909090909090909090    ??                      _save_player / same as above, but for different numbers

0007C02F    646973636F6E6E65637465642121210D => 68756E672075702121210D0000000000    changes "%s just disconnected!!!" to "%s just hung up!!!"

[BearFather]

On the abil edit, thought there was only 2, well that's what the last one you posted.

[Necrosaro420]

Is there a new crack out there that fixed whatever bug you had found in the 1.11p final?

[syntax]

Holy shit, talk about old faces! How you been? Got the 2 month itch to pay mud again

I think the version uploaded to the files section here has it. May need to do a hex comp to confirm.

[Necrosaro420]

Lol i've been okie. How about you? Yeah I have not played in a while either and just started again a couple weeks ago. Happened to come here and search and noticed you stating something about a bug in 1.11p that needed fixed and was trying to figure out if it was something that had been taken care of now or not =)

[rytz]

For v1.11p, what edits are considered to be "the standard" for a vanilla install? Seems like the backstab and two-handed are most commonly mentioned.

Being somewhat new to the sysop/admin side of MajorMUD, could I get a brief explanation of the mentioned edits as well? I'm guessing the two-handed text edit is done specifically for MegaMud compatibility?

Thanks!

[syntax]

People generally don't "do" these type of edits. Everyone just uses the DLL that I and others have patched over the years that already contains all of them. All of the edits are functionality fixes, bug prevention, or removal of limits.

[rytz]

People generally don't "do" these type of edits. Everyone just uses the DLL that I and others have patched over the years that already contains all of them. All of the edits are functionality fixes, bug prevention, or removal of limits.

Hey Syntax - thanks for the response. The reason I'm asking is because I'm not using 1.11p-NT and I would have to reverse-diff your DLL edits to see what was changed to incorporate them into my 1.11p-WG DLL.

The list you have in the first post - are these all the edits you've made so far? I notice that the backstab and two-handed edits aren't included. I'm trying to get a grasp on all the common changes (individually) done by most boards. Similar to what you did in the first post.

Thanks.

[syntax]

I certainly can't take credit for most of the edits in the dll. I know I've done a bunch, but I don't even remember which ones at this point. All of my notes and everything are mia as well. The crack file for the dll lists the following edits:

-fixes sys list newlimited crash from previous crack
-surprise round fixes
-fixes "two handed"
-256 user, MOD 1-9, race/class
-shops >200 + 65000
-4000+ monsters
-hangup message fix
-smash, stealth, meditiate
-abilities

...unfortunately to translate those edits out of that version and to another, you're going to have to compare the un-hacked to the hacked versions, note the offsets (like what I've already done in the first post), disassemble and find the relevant changes, and then disassemble whatever version you're working on and try to match up the code segments and make the same changes.

edit: fixed the notes with the updated version of the crack.