00:03 * Jackie nuzzles floof
00:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: The 10 Ponies I'll Miss the Most from Friendship is Magic! [ http://tinyurl.com/tdgzpzv ]
00:06 <Ali> Twilight Sparkle
00:06 <Ali> Hooves down
00:06 * Ali sits with her Twi plushie
00:07 <Jackie> Derpy :(
00:12 * PrincessRainbows licks Ali a lot
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00:22 * PrincessRainbows also chews on Jackie's hooves
00:31 * Jackie nuzzles PrincessRainbows
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00:48 <Cepheid> Hum. 240 bytes per FOE entry in the FOE table. Header's weird, too.
00:50 <Cepheid> ... If I split this file up right, and I got these fields correct..
00:50 <Cepheid> There's 3 FOEs that sit at one spot.
00:50 * PinkieShy nomfs on some gummy worms and offers Cepheid some
00:51 * Cepheid noms a few.
00:53 <Cepheid> The 3 FOEs sitting in the same spot are the boss of floor 12.
00:54 * PrincessRainbows barks and lick Jackie. Yay, is good pet horsey
00:55 * PrincessRainbows also boops the silly PinkieShy
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00:57 <Cepheid> Mmm, all of these FOEs, move. They go to specific coordinates, so, let's let them move, and...
01:07 <Cepheid> Interestingly, each FOE seems to have a unique ID associated with it.
01:13 <Cepheid> Right, so I've decoded some info. Offset 4 determines FOE's facing. Offset 0C determines starting X, 0E determines starting Y..
01:15 <Cepheid> 1st byte is... floor number?
01:18 <Cepheid> 2 bytes, rather. Then next 2 bytes... I dunno, but let's see what happens if I change the relevant byte in the ROM and emulate it.
01:23 <Cepheid> What was the one I changed..? one at 16/1.
01:23 <Cepheid> So in the 4A quadrant.
01:25 * Ali moves the FOE away
01:26 <Cepheid> Yep, that two-byte field is the monster.
01:26 <Cepheid> Went from being a Lizard to a Raging Tyrant.
01:27 <Cepheid> Next four bytes appear to be zeroed out. I don't see any indications of them being set to anything but zero.
01:28 <Cepheid> I stand corrected.
01:28 <Cepheid> On the first floor, first entry, it's set to 1.
01:28 <Cepheid> 8/12... that's in the upper-right corner of the map. That'd be the Pasaran.
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01:44 * Golden flops.
01:50 <Cepheid> Right, body is falling asleep due to meds. So I guess I should go lay in bed, now.
01:54 <Cepheid> Annoying, but interesting tidbit for EO3: Many of it's file formats all share a common extension, but don't share anything else other than that.
01:59 <Schism> Cepheid: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/geminids-2019-1.5382843
01:59 <Schism> If you can find a clear, dark-sky location near ... Ottawa.
01:59 <Cepheid> I'm in a big city. Won't be able to see them.
01:59 <Schism> plus, almost a full moon, and however much albedo...
02:02 * Cepheid does something silly.
02:03 * Ali flops over Schism
02:04 <Cepheid> This is likely going to crash.
02:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Nightly Discussion #2003 [ http://tinyurl.com/rod5qov ]
02:06 <Cepheid> Yeeeah game didn't like that.
02:07 * PrincessRainbows begs at Ali
02:07 * Ali brushies PrincessRainbows some more
02:09 * PrincessRainbows barks repeatedly
02:11 <Cepheid> https://i.imgur.com/lHS1nZt.png ... Nooooot quite what I was expecting.
02:14 <Cepheid> Intended goal was to replace the floor with the 4th stratum's floor.
02:16 * Ali replaces everything with biters
02:16 <Cepheid> Unfortunately all I did was replace the floor WITH THE VOID!
02:17 * Ali flops the japanesse version of Sonic X's intro on Cepheid
02:18 <Cepheid> Heh.
02:18 <Ali> Better than the US version by far...
02:20 * Ali also sends Rippers to nom on Schism's ankles again.
02:20 <Schism> And meanwhile: Mega Man! Doctah wiley is assauwting the city!
02:20 <Schism> Wiwey*
02:20 <Ali> Theesseeee? Seems tah be enahgee weesources
02:20 <Ali> But I've nevah seen this on urth
02:21 <Schism> Cepheid: Is... that a hall of mirrors effect?
02:21 <Ali> When we find dat meteah, weeel find doctah wahwee
02:21 <Cepheid> I have no idea.
02:21 <Cepheid> I doubt it though.
02:22 <Cepheid> The game renders a full-screen image in the background, then draws the world geometry.
02:22 <Cepheid> This is because the game can only draw geometry so far without straining the system.
02:22 <Cepheid> So that background image is a themed image meant to "fill the empty space beyond"
02:22 <Schism> Mm, makes sense.
02:23 <Schism> And no, the hall of mirrors effect is from way back when, when there's no background or working texture the game just doesn't draw anything and repeats the texture that's already there. DOOM, and all.
02:24 <Cepheid> Yeah I know what that effect is.
02:24 <Schism> Your explanation makes more sense in this case.
02:30 <Cepheid> ... Oh, there's the pattern in these files. Okay then.
02:33 <Cepheid> But yeah, the game uses a lot of hacks to improve performance.
02:33 <Cepheid> For example, all battles use a static image as their background.
02:34 <Cepheid> It's a pre-rendered scene from somewhere in the maze.
02:40 <Cepheid> I shall figure out how I'm gonna tackle this tomorrow.
02:40 <Cepheid> At least I figured out, to some degree, the FOE data. So now I can slam my own FOEs into place.
02:41 * Cepheid puts several roaming Abyssal Gods on floor 1. o3o
02:43 * Cepheid hums and cleans up a bit before bed. Mostly just putting cables away before a certain cat gets blown across the room from shock.
02:46 * PrincessRainbows noms on Ali's sugar cube reserves
02:47 * Cepheid spawns a bunch of pasaran around the channel. They're these small, fluffy balls of fluff with various facial expressions and nub-arms.
02:48 <Ali> TRIBBLES RUN!!!!
02:48 * Ali hops into a space ship and FLEES
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02:53 <Cepheid> They are more literal balls of fluff. Game implies they drift in the wind.
02:54 <Cepheid> They are weird though. Rare, they can run, worth lots of EXP. Some can transmute to weaker versions. Some explode.
03:00 * Ali isn't taking any chances
03:00 <Schism> Golden Parasprite. o3o
03:00 <Cepheid> If I understood some of the data though..
03:01 <Golden> ?
03:01 <Cepheid> Any FOE in the game, and indeed, probably any collection of monsters...
03:01 <Cepheid> Can be turned into a Yellow FOE.
03:01 * Ali nibbles on Schism ankles again, needs more biomass to make more exocrines.
03:02 <PrincessRainbows> Wait, what
03:03 <Schism> Hmm. Happiness Fluff == 50,000 en.
03:03 * Ali noms on PrincessRainbows paws, biomass for the great devourer
03:04 <PrincessRainbows> Jokes on you, they're hooves
03:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Fluttershy Music: Tw3Lv3 - Am I Interrupting? (feat. Retronax) [Lo-fi] [ http://tinyurl.com/sxebmte ]
03:04 * Ali doesn't care, she noms them anyway
03:05 <Cepheid> From what I can tell, FOE type is a flag. Set it to one of many values and it becomes a regular, red, yellow or black FOE. Would not surprise me if blue ones existed still. Those were only ever seen in EO2. Flyers.
03:09 * PrincessRainbows isn't sure if we define exocrines the same way
03:09 <Ali> Big shooty Tyranid bug
03:09 <Schism> Pasarans don't just flee, they flee through walls...
03:10 <Schism> Ali: They're thistledown seeds. o3o
03:10 <PrincessRainbows> Oh OK... Because they do have a biological meaning
03:10 <Schism> Well, thistledown are thistle seeds.
03:13 <Cepheid> Schism, hilarious note.
03:14 <Cepheid> After a certain point, equipping say, a Zodiac, with a simple knife will actually reduce their attack stat.
03:16 <Cepheid> I noticed it earlier with Ali. Before retiring the character. They had 187 attack with no weapon equipped.
03:16 <Cepheid> I equipped a basic knife. Their attack dropped to 30.
03:17 <Schism> Huh. That implies that there's an unarmed derived stat.
03:19 <Cepheid> That's the formula for unarmed attack.
03:21 <Cepheid> I wonder if the above though is a bug introduced by the Monk class. They get a skill that increases unarmed damage. The formula is much greater. I'd have to play with it to figure it out.
03:22 <Cepheid> Kinda curious as to what the maximum attack stat is there.
03:26 <Cepheid> Regarding this project of mine overall, there is one thing of interest about it to me.
03:27 <Cepheid> The Fandom wikia for the game is extremely incomplete.
03:29 <Cepheid> No maps for it on the wikia. And unlike EO1 and 2 on Gamefaqs, the maps for EO3 on Gamefaqs, while complete in terms of drawing, are missing a lot of informationm.
03:37 <Cepheid> Right. Before maxing unarmed... 19 attack. 12 str, level 8. Interesting. The above formula does not work.
03:40 <Cepheid> After maxing, 44.
03:44 <Cepheid> On the zodiac, each point of strength raises attack by 2.
03:48 <Cepheid> Looking like unarmed is based on a number of factors.
04:08 * PrincessRainbows boops Ali's horn with her chewed ball
04:09 * Ali pets PrincessRainbows and tosses the ball for her.
04:11 * PrincessRainbows yays and chases it while barking
04:14 * Ali giggles at the silly PrincessRainbows
04:18 * PrincessRainbows returns and wags her tail hard
04:20 * Ali brushies PrincessRainbows mane some more.
04:21 <PrincessRainbows> Yay! Pretty pony princess
04:23 * Ali isn't a princess though
04:25 <PrincessRainbows> I know
04:33 * PrincessRainbows paws at all the horses
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05:55 <PinkieShy> oh no xD
05:55 <PinkieShy> My sim caught on fire and survived but had to pay insurance oof XD
06:15 <Hajnal> oops
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06:59 * Golden yawns.
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07:00 *** ChanServ sets mode: +o ConfusionRift
07:01 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.
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07:03 * Jackie slithers
07:10 * Ali flops over ConfusionRift
07:11 * ConfusionRift patpats Ali. :P
07:11 * Ali leans into pets, wonders why always the :P
07:14 <Jackie> ConfusionRift is bleping
07:14 * Ali mlems Jackie
07:14 * ConfusionRift blepths.
07:15 * Jackie pets unicorn
07:21 * Ali leans into pets
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07:26 * Jackie snuggles
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07:51 *** Sleeping_Nightmares is now known as Filly_Nightmares
07:51 * Filly_Nightmares is tired floofy
07:52 <Ali> But you just woke up
07:52 * Filly_Nightmares lays on Ali
07:52 * Ali brushies Filly_Nightmares
07:52 * Filly_Nightmares mewls and suckles on Ali
07:52 * Ali puts a mango into Filly_Nightmares's mouf instead.
07:52 * Filly_Nightmares eees for snugglies and warmsies
07:57 * Filly_Nightmares pushes her head into Ali chest warmsies
07:57 * Ali brushies Filly_Nightmares more
07:57 * Filly_Nightmares sticks her cold floofy hoovesies into Ali warms
07:58 * Ali wraps Filly_Nightmares into a blanket and cuddles with her.
07:58 * Filly_Nightmares purrs and wigglewaggles happily
08:01 * Ali brushies Filly_Nightmares mane and cuddles with her, also gives mango to filly again.
08:02 * Filly_Nightmares clutchies mango happily and sticks her cold floofy hoovesies into Ali tummy
08:02 * Ali thinks Filly_Nightmares will find that hard with her little hoofies wrapped in blanket.
08:03 * Filly_Nightmares eees and suckles on Ali cheek happily
08:14 * ConfusionRift sighs. Had to be reminded.
08:14 <ConfusionRift> Time to delete things on YouTube.
08:16 * Ali snugs on ConfusionRift and headtilts
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08:29 <ConfusionRift> I posted some videos about... hmmm... 5 years ago. And with this upcoming garbage, I really don't want to get flanked over something I posted so long ago. So... I might as well delete everything.
08:30 * Ali nods and hugs ConfusionRift
08:30 <ConfusionRift> Ooooh, my baaaad. 12 YEARS AGO!
08:31 <ConfusionRift> You knoooow, before the algorithm!
08:31 <Ali> Are they even in 480p?
08:32 <ConfusionRift> My first one is in 240p. :P
08:35 <Ali> Can you even READ IT?
08:36 <ConfusionRift> Man, I was using Win2K on a decommissioned office Dell. I was using a 256MB GPU.
08:37 * ConfusionRift patpats his old PC. It's still here by the way.
08:39 <ConfusionRift> And no, can't read much.
08:39 <Ali> I have my old Win 95 PC still around.
08:41 <Ali> It has an impressive 2GB of storage
08:45 * ConfusionRift puts a huge stack of floppy disks next to Ali. :P
08:45 <Ali> And that's just for Windows~
08:46 <ConfusionRift> Fun fact: One can still request Microsoft for a floppy disk format for newer operating systems.
08:48 <ConfusionRift> https://external-preview.redd.it/5WWP48QnGZh-7WI3JHkXqoIMAEX_V55DpRhgJ9eqgKU.jpg?auto=webp&s=9865204b03a90d8bcd3df03cd77a7f21ba3fcd94
08:49 <ConfusionRift> There's one for Win 10.
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09:22 * ConfusionRift checks out that archiving thing.
09:23 <ConfusionRift> Huh. YouTube send the videos on their original format.
09:25 <Finwe> Good forenoon, everypony.
09:25 <Finwe> Lt Cdr ConfusionRift, Capt Koopz.
09:25 <Finwe> o7
09:28 *** Filly_Nightmares is now known as Surreal_Nightmares
09:28 <Finwe> Miss Surreal_Nightmares.
09:28 * Finwe doffs his hat.
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09:28 <ConfusionRift> RAdm. Finwe. (salutes)
09:29 * Changeling_Nightmares climbs onto Finwe
09:29 *** Changeling_Nightmares is now known as Filly_Nightmares
09:29 * Filly_Nightmares eeees
09:31 <Koopz> RAdm. Finwe o7
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10:04 * Golden flops.
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11:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Morning Discussion #1776 [ http://tinyurl.com/qnqdmx8 ]
11:50 <Lumindia> @Schism: I upgraded. https://i.imgur.com/nVtg0Of.jpg
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12:05 * PrincessRainbows begs at ConfusionRift for a sugar cube
12:12 * ConfusionRift gives PrincessRainbows a sugar cube. :P
12:15 * PrincessRainbows yays and boops the rift with her tennis ball
12:20 * ConfusionRift plays around with PrincessRainbows, using the tennis ball.
12:24 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend - Equestria Girls / Anthro MLP Art Gallery #155 [ http://tinyurl.com/tw2kzju ]
12:35 <ConfusionRift> Hmmm. This large structure looks like... a cannon. (moves in what looks like the barrel) Long corridor, flashing red lights. This has got to be a cannon. (sits for a bit with his arms crossed) ... (laser blasts through the corridor, killing the enemies in front of it) I knew it! Can't fool me that easily!
12:38 <Schism> Lumin: Ooh.
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15:32 <LibrarianofHope> im in a foul mood
15:33 <LibrarianofHope> im sick of serving the anger of others, i get called selfish, but only when it pleases the angry
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16:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Charity Compilation Album: Ponies At Dawn - Echoes [ http://tinyurl.com/uzwpekb ]
16:20 * PrincessRainbows boops LibrarianofHope with an angry person
16:20 * LibrarianofHope noms
16:20 <LibrarianofHope> om nom nom
16:23 * PrincessRainbows licks LibrarianofHope and noms on grass
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16:58 <Schism> I like how this guy's using a grocery bag as his briefcase. I do the same. X3
16:58 <Schism> (Watching impeachment proceedings.)
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17:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: PMV Collab - Vanilla Twilight [ http://tinyurl.com/tsyv5l3 ]
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17:13 <Hajnal> Hey, whatever works.
17:15 <Schism> TU QUOQUE?! What manner of ... who uses Tu Quoque in a statement to a court?!
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17:36 *** ChanServ sets mode: +qo Ali Ali
17:36 * PrincessRainbows sniffs Ali and chews on her hooves
17:37 * Ali pulls PrincessRainbows close and snugglebrushies
17:37 * PrincessRainbows yays, is pretty pony princess
17:40 * Ali keeps brushing PrincessRainbows and boops LibrarianofHope
17:40 * PrincessRainbows boops Ali with her chewed ball
17:42 * Ali scritchies PrincessRainbows ear, she want to fetch the ball?
17:42 * PrincessRainbows nods and barks
17:43 * Ali tosses the ball for PrincessRainbows
17:43 <Ali> Though I'm sure the RPing is probably silly here
17:43 * Ali flops about.
17:45 * PrincessRainbows gallops off into the distance
17:46 <Cepheid> Morning.
17:47 * Ali wavies
17:56 <Cepheid> Soup for breakfast seems like a good idea.
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18:03 <PinkieShy> Hiya :)
18:03 <Cepheid> Tizzy is q
18:03 <Cepheid> Tizzy is all drugged up.
18:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Pony Steam Game D'Lirium Releases Beta 12 - 13 Patches [ http://tinyurl.com/sa3tkl7 ]
18:06 <LibrarianofHope> i feel better, just needed to cool off
18:07 * PrincessRainbows returns and waves to everyhorse
18:16 * Ali boops LibrarianofHope again
18:16 * LibrarianofHope gives ali a melon
18:17 <LibrarianofHope> cause melon
18:22 <Hajnal> Better melon than lemon.
18:26 <LibrarianofHope> a vana fan owo
18:40 <Cepheid> Woke up feeling fine. But here comes the throbbing in full strength. Blah.
18:48 <Cepheid> Old college colleague pointed something out to me.
18:48 <Cepheid> Cymbalta is in capsules, yes. But it isn't a powder.
18:49 <Cepheid> Its comprised of a bunch of small, loose balls. I can actually split my 30 mg dose in half if I am careful.
18:50 <Cepheid> Which I just did for today. To hopefully alleviate the symptoms just a bit.
18:59 <Cepheid> Man that is fast-acting.
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19:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3185 [ http://tinyurl.com/v3ju27q ]
19:14 * PrincessRainbows boops Ali's horn till it sparks
19:23 <LibrarianofHope> remind to ask sunset about tv licenses in the uk
19:23 <LibrarianofHope> i just learned about it, its kinda funny
19:31 <Cepheid> ... Cats you are kidding me with this.
19:32 <Cepheid> Spitfire crawled into the cat carrier, which was used to bring Tizzy to the vet earlier. It was left out as a safe spot for Tizzy while she was drugged up.
19:32 <Cepheid> This is in itself not abnormal.
19:32 <Cepheid> Up until this. *gets a picture.*
19:35 <Cepheid> https://twitter.com/LuminousOcean/status/1204122402789171206?s=19
19:35 <Cepheid> One of the cats tried to close the gate.
19:43 <ADragonDreaming> hehe
19:44 <Cepheid> While the half-dose hasn't completely alleviated the symptoms, it's helped.
19:47 <Cepheid> Throbbing's still there, but it's not as disruptive.
19:47 <Cepheid> Now then, to write a program that only my PC can run in a reasonable amount of time.
19:47 <Cepheid> I'm gonna brute-force the CRC for EO3 save files.
19:49 <Cepheid> Only problem with this, is that there's 65536 starting conditions, and that the covered range for the CRC is unknown, and the file is 256KB in size.
19:50 <Cepheid> So, that's 65536 + N + (N - 1) + (N - 2) + (N - 3) + ...
19:51 <Cepheid> Which may not even work.
19:51 <Cepheid> At 256KiB..
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19:52 <Cepheid> 2,251,774,043,750,400 iterations.
19:53 <Cepheid> Yeah, this'll take a while.
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19:56 <Cepheid> Right, a release-build C# program, just incrementing a counter, in 1 second..
19:56 <Cepheid> Incremented the counter 35,260,604 times.
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19:57 <Cepheid> That means... 63,860,903 seconds. WHich is... 739 days. ... ... ... Okay, that's going to take forever.
19:57 <Cepheid> Gotta be a smaller subset I can use.
19:58 <Cepheid> One of the two save file copies is 111,360 bytes. That said, it seems to be split up unto chunks.
20:00 <Cepheid> Right, flash rom. So 256 byte pages.
20:08 <Cepheid> Right off the bat, I know the first 2 bytes are a CRC-16, possibly IBM, possibly CCITT. I know the "size" of the data.
20:08 <Cepheid> 435 pages..
20:09 * Ali boops LibrarianofHope again
20:11 <Cepheid> It's clear the data is split up unto large sections, starting aligned at page boundaries, so...
20:12 <Cepheid> First word after CRC that's not 0 is C787, flip, we get 87C7. Let's see now..
20:13 <Cepheid> 87C7 cuts into what appears to be data for maps.
20:13 <Cepheid> And the inverse is no less better, so these two bytes are not size.
20:14 <LibrarianofHope> ´/me gives ali a free coffe
20:14 * Ali doesn't do coffvee
20:14 <LibrarianofHope> every 3 boops you get a free cofveve
20:15 * Cepheid accepts the coffee instead, but doesn't leave Ali high-and-dry. Offers her ice water, cranberry juice, orange juice, or milk.
20:17 * PrincessRainbows instead offers the Ali horse some hay
20:18 <Cepheid> Hmm. Not size multiple of 2(Leads to middle of data), not size multiple of 4(Exceeds filesize). Not byte size(leads to middle of nowhere).
20:18 <Cepheid> Does it correlate to visible data in game..?
20:19 <Cepheid> Before I can check, need a new copy of the data with most recent party stats. o3o
20:20 <Cepheid> Either the FTP client I'm using can't parse dates, or the 3DS doesn't track year.
20:21 <Cepheid> FTP client says copy of file save was made in 2030.
20:23 <Cepheid> If it's data visible to the player, it's constant. In this file, the 4 bytes following the offset are identical.
20:25 <Cepheid> Hum. Zero + ZX/ZX Advent collection next year.
20:25 <Cepheid> Gonna have to grab that.
20:26 <Cepheid> I actually liked the Zero and ZX series of Megaman games.
20:26 <Cepheid> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsQI7Q4X8Nc
20:26 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
20:26 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about Remastered Tracks Rockman Zero Mythos : 02 Departure
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20:32 <Cepheid> Note to self: Make Shift-JIS compatible hex viewer.
20:34 <Cepheid> Class 0x04000000 and subclass 0x00000000, for Cepheid.
20:36 <Cepheid> Interesting. I can't seem to find Cepheid's class data. I can see their stats, but the data isn't there. Closest I can find is 0x00000000 followed by 0x04000000. But that's the reverse order to everyone else.
20:37 <Cepheid> ... Huh?
20:37 <Cepheid> Ob.
20:37 <Cepheid> Monk is slot 5, not 4.
20:38 <Cepheid> Hmm.
20:39 <Cepheid> 23 characters currently. That's... 17 in hex.
20:39 <Cepheid> Should be stored as a byte, since the maximum number of characters is 30.
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20:41 * Cepheid goes to link party to guild roster entries.
20:43 <Cepheid> Of the 5 members, the easiest to transliterate to SJIS is Ali. o3o
20:46 * Schism jawdrops.
20:46 <Cepheid> A quick overview, so people aren't lost: Shift-JIS, shorted SJIS, is a text encoding, similar to ASCII and Unicode, that encodes the Japanese "Alphabet" into a multibyte format.
20:47 <Schism> Holy crapcakes. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is the most magnificent fast-talker I've EVER SEEN.
20:48 <Schism> The guy talks like I wish I could, except that I'd never want to be compared to him.
20:48 <Cepheid> In ASCII and Unicode, for example, "Ali" would be encoded as the 3 hex bytes: 41 6C 69, and indeed, in Shift-JIS, it should have been encoded in that, because range 0000 to 007F are identical to ASCII and Unicode. But it wasn't.
20:48 <Cepheid> Instead, for reasons unknown, Atlus encoded *ALL* text in full-width alphanumerics.
20:49 <Cepheid> Called such because the characters match the same dimensions as the rest of Japanese.
20:49 <Cepheid> The ASCII range is called "half-width alphanumeric"
20:49 <Cepheid> So, instead, Ali's name is encoded as the two-byte pairings 8260 828C 8289
20:49 * Ali flails
20:50 <Cepheid> Had Atlus bothered with fixing all of this? They could have packed more text into the game and UI functionality.
20:50 <Cepheid> 18 characters for names instead of 9, 32 characters for notes, instead of 16.
20:50 <Cepheid> Atlus, why?
20:52 <Cepheid> I'm gonna move this to #eo3decoding to avoid bugging Ali too much. :P
20:52 <Schism> (For those who are Jim Jordan fans: Good luck figuring out what he's actually talking about.)
20:52 <Ali> THE PINGS
20:53 <Cepheid> Yeah, sorry.
21:03 <Cepheid> Right, I got enough here to make a simple reading tool. *Does so.*
21:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Chrysalis Music: Forest Rain - CHRISSY (Nightmare Mode) (feat. Cyril the Wolf & Whirlwind) [Hard Rock] [ http://tinyurl.com/reqcbgc ]
21:10 <Cepheid> Schism, it's happening again.
21:11 * Schism wurps. "What is that, exactly?"
21:12 * Ali flops into Schism
21:12 <Cepheid> Feeling that I can do anything if I put my mind to it. Feeling of overwhelming power and skill.
21:13 <Schism> Eugh. ._.
21:13 <Schism> Sorry, I'm doing politics all day.
21:15 <Cepheid> It's fine.
21:15 <Cepheid> It's just something I'll have to live with.
21:15 <Schism> You know, you probably can, too.
21:15 <Cepheid> On one hand, it creates an ego complex, on the other, it allows me to function and do what I am born to do.
21:25 <Cepheid> I blame it on the music I'm listening to. Mostly combat and upbeat music from various games.
21:25 <Cepheid> Makes me feel like I'm facing something larger than myself, and holding out against it's onslaught to try and destroy me. Long story short, I'm seeing myself fighting my own weaknesses.
21:27 <Cepheid> Annoying, EO3 has one facet about it's class list.
21:28 <Cepheid> The first class in the game, is officially called Prince. Unless you select a female portrait, which it then becomes "Princess."
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21:29 <Cepheid> The two most common synonyms I'm seeing between the two are "Sovereign" and "Royalty". The former implies king/queen, while the latter is... general.
21:30 <Cepheid> Royalty it is.
22:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: M A R E S: Episode 3 - One Art Cookie [ http://tinyurl.com/wpkfmjh ]
22:09 <Schism> Holy hell. Who is the pinkest character in Harry Potter again?!
22:12 <Schism> Oh, there we go. Debbie Lesko has wound up Delores Umbridge.
22:16 * Cepheid checks something with the GBA/DS spec.
22:17 <Cepheid> Bah.
22:26 <Cepheid> Unofficially, were it not controlled by code..
22:26 <Cepheid> Stats could go up to 65535, and HP can go up to 4.2 billion.
22:31 <Cepheid> And here's where I dislike C#.
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22:41 <LibrarianofHope> im driving myself nuts owo
22:41 <LibrarianofHope> i need to go do something, but i has no moneys at the moment
22:43 <LibrarianofHope> so i poke ali
22:43 * LibrarianofHope pokes ali
22:43 * Ali has no money either
22:44 * LibrarianofHope pokes ali for the art of the poke
22:45 <LibrarianofHope> i poke probono
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22:47 <Lunanightwind> Hi
22:49 <LibrarianofHope> sup
22:50 * LibrarianofHope gives luna an ali
22:50 * Ali flops over Lunanightwind
22:52 <LibrarianofHope> lunaaaa
22:53 <Lunanightwind> Hey you two long time no see
22:53 <Lunanightwind> Spent a few weeks in the hospital cuz blazing needed an operation and thete were COMPLICATIONS
22:54 <Lunanightwind> Wasnt even home for thanksgiving
22:54 <LibrarianofHope> everything better now?
22:54 <Lunanightwind> Hospital thanksgiving dinners are trash lol
22:54 <Lunanightwind> Oh yeah im still doing lifting and stuff for him but hes recovering
22:55 <LibrarianofHope> yay
22:55 <Lunanightwind> I have time to stream and stuff again
22:55 <LibrarianofHope> im not doing bad myself, just tired off my noggin by the monotony
22:55 <LibrarianofHope> proofreading is monotous, and i get bored easily
22:56 <Lunanightwind> Try sitting in a hospital room for about 2 weeks
22:56 <LibrarianofHope> ill take mine thank you
22:56 <LibrarianofHope> been in a similarish situation, not fun
22:56 <Lunanightwind> No laptop no games nothing just sitting around watching my husband sleeping and talking to nurses
22:57 <LibrarianofHope> i had my kindle while waiting for my dad to get his third back operation
22:57 <LibrarianofHope> not like i could really focus, but meh
22:58 * LibrarianofHope flops on ali
22:58 * Ali squeaks
22:59 <Ali> So what were they in for Lunanightwind?
22:59 <Lunanightwind> Gallbladder went atomic, the surgeon THINKS it may have had a mini rupture but it didnt staight up explode
23:00 <Lunanightwind> But it wad severe enough to keep up to watch for sepsis
23:00 * Ali nod nods and snuggles Lunanightwind
23:00 <LibrarianofHope> ahh, i know that one
23:01 <LibrarianofHope> they took it off i suppose?
23:01 <Lunanightwind> I did have disney plus but god how much disbwy can you handle before you are sick of it
23:01 <LibrarianofHope> less than 2 weeks
23:01 <Lunanightwind> Teah it was takeb out but like i said it was pretty much atomic
23:01 <Lunanightwind> So bigger scar than normal
23:01 <LibrarianofHope> !link https://youtu.be/D3Edy0KdBUI
23:01 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
23:01 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about Black Christmas (English Cover)【JubyPhonic】ブラッククリスマス
23:01 <LibrarianofHope> song
23:01 <LibrarianofHope> fun song
23:02 <LibrarianofHope> did it develop stones?
23:02 <Lunanightwind> Oh they are off from work from 3 dats before thanksgiving till the 15th at the soonest
23:02 <Lunanightwind> Teah there was a big stone in the bile duct
23:03 <Lunanightwind> He sat on it for a week vefore i forced him to go to the er
23:04 <LibrarianofHope> heck, that hurts a loooot
23:04 <LibrarianofHope> he can take some punishment
23:04 <Lunanightwind> He thought i would be angry with him for missibg work so he kept telling me it was heart burb or indigestion
23:04 <Lunanightwind> Heart burn
23:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: New "Tails of Fallout Equestria" Pony RPG Handbook Released [ http://tinyurl.com/u8h47yj ]
23:04 <LibrarianofHope> good to note for future reference
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23:05 <LibrarianofHope> per my experience, not having a gallbaldder will give him heartburn in the future
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23:06 * Ali nibbles on a Lunanightwind ear
23:06 <Lunanightwind> Yeah we gravbed a few bottles of tums and are trying to stick to a new diet
23:06 * Lunanightwind twitches ar the nibbles
23:06 <LibrarianofHope> there is one called riopan
23:06 <LibrarianofHope> least here in mexico
23:06 <LibrarianofHope> thats way better
23:07 <Lunanightwind> I wanna stream but no clue what to stream
23:07 <Lunanightwind> Too many new games
23:08 <Cepheid> Hallelujah, C# includes a shift_jis decoder.
23:08 <Lunanightwind> Ignoring what i bought on black friday like jedi and borderlands, i bought cod to play with my brother, humvle monthly, humble choice, humble jingle jam
23:08 <Lunanightwind> So many games
23:08 <LibrarianofHope> yeah, back log
23:09 <Lunanightwind> Also xbox gamepass
23:09 <LibrarianofHope> i bought too many minis myself
23:09 <Lunanightwind> Which is 100 games on its own
23:09 <LibrarianofHope> https://images.app.goo.gl/V2ea5UjdELwAGRht7
23:09 <LibrarianofHope> i got that dude
23:09 <Lunanightwind> Blazing bought me a 5 tv hard drive fo4 xmas
23:09 <LibrarianofHope> cause ochentero nene
23:09 <Lunanightwind> 5tb
23:10 <Lunanightwind> Along wity fallout 76, sekiro, and an n64 controller for my randomizer streams
23:10 <Lunanightwind> And a few other things that are surprises
23:10 <LibrarianofHope> 76 is still bad?
23:11 <Lunanightwind> 76 has the npc update coming early next year
23:11 <Lunanightwind> Also 11 dollars
23:11 <Lunanightwind> For 11 vuc
23:11 <Lunanightwind> For 11 bucks ill take it
23:11 <LibrarianofHope> umm
23:11 <LibrarianofHope> their mothman scares me
23:11 <LibrarianofHope> anything that big eyed freaks me out
23:11 <Lunanightwind> Lol
23:12 <LibrarianofHope> majoras mask is one of the things that freaks me out the easist
23:12 <LibrarianofHope> not the game, the friggin mask
23:13 <Cepheid> https://i.imgur.com/TYSKe5q.png
23:13 <Cepheid> Guess I should add in some stat viewing, now.
23:14 <Lunanightwind> I see the name luna im gonna assume its another luna
23:15 <Lunanightwind> Has anyone seen the game announcement for "I am jesus christ" yet?
23:15 <LibrarianofHope> sort of
23:15 <Lunanightwind> Who is that game marketed to
23:16 <LibrarianofHope> the midwesr
23:16 <Lunanightwind> Like i cant see super religious people wanting it
23:16 <LibrarianofHope> the american bible belt
23:16 <Lunanightwind> Like it will nexer ve "good enough" for the super religious
23:17 <Lunanightwind> They might go the comicallt bad route but even then you are gonna upset the ultra religious
23:17 <LibrarianofHope> might just play it straight, like a bible ride ?
23:17 <Lunanightwind> I cant see anyone that will want the game except youtubers
23:17 <LibrarianofHope> it has a market
23:18 <LibrarianofHope> steam seems like a bad place to sell it, but it can be sold
23:18 <Lunanightwind> The fact that tge teailwr has tge crucifixion witg a player ui that has critical health makes me question the play it straight thing
23:18 <Lunanightwind> God i cant ttpe on my phone
23:19 <Cepheid> Lunanightwind: Randomly named Luna, actually.
23:19 <Cepheid> She's an Yggdroid, an android meant to fight eldritch gods.
23:20 <Cepheid> Right now, this display's just gonna be "locked", since I can't actually edit the stats or anything. Yet.
23:20 <Lunanightwind> ...yep thats me, this is me now im an android fighting the eldritch gods
23:21 <Lunanightwind> Lol
23:21 <Cepheid> Sure, why not?
23:21 <LibrarianofHope> like one does
23:22 <Cepheid> Luna is now you. :P
23:22 <Lunanightwind> Honestly the android part sounds like a character i used to play in this sci fi DnD like tabletop game back in HS
23:22 <Lunanightwind> was an android fighting crime and not the gods but close enough
23:22 <Lunanightwind> Wish i could remember the name of that game
23:23 <Lunanightwind> Also i bought the DnD starter kit for blazing to learn how to play DnD while he recovers
23:23 <Lunanightwind> I DM and he plays a single party memver it doesnt work that weel
23:23 <Lunanightwind> Lwell
23:26 * Ali boops Lunanightwind nosie
23:28 * Lunanightwind faints
23:29 <Lunanightwind> So before i went away on that unwanted hiatus you guys were playing a game together, what game was it
23:32 <Ali> Probably Factorio, but that's been awhile
23:33 <Lunanightwind> Ahhh
23:33 <Lunanightwind> Im at such a loss for what to play im gonna play halo
23:36 <Ali> Noo not halo
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23:40 <PrincessRainbows> I agree not halo. Also welcome back dude
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23:44 <PinkieShy> I turned 26 today. :P
23:45 <ADragonDreaming> congrats
23:45 <PinkieShy> Its a birthday with pain though so oof.
23:45 <PinkieShy> My dog hurt me last night..
23:46 <PinkieShy> Scratched a mark on my arm from above the elbow almost to the hand..
23:46 <PinkieShy> Rubbing Alcohol has been used a few times now :3
23:47 * LibrarianofHope gives da hugs of celebration
23:49 * PinkieShy offers LibrarianofHope a slice of cake
23:49 <PinkieShy> Its confetti cake with vanilla icing :3
23:49 * LibrarianofHope noms
23:49 <LibrarianofHope> dog marks are normal
23:49 <LibrarianofHope> cpmes with the territory
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23:53 * PrincessRainbows boops Jackie
23:54 * Jackie cuddles PrincessRainbows
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23:55 <Lunanightwind> Sorry was setting up fable for blazing
23:55 <Lunanightwind> And i timed out
23:56 <ADragonDreaming> blazing?
23:56 * PrincessRainbows pants and chews Jackie's hooves
23:57 * PinkieShy licks PrincessRainbows and offers her some surprise cake
23:57 <Lunanightwind> My husband
23:57 <PrincessRainbows> Yay!
23:57 <ADragonDreaming> Ah, it's a screenname.
23:58 <Lunanightwind> Yeah he has come in a few times and he is Blazingstar1995 here
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