User:Peter Swinkels
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| − | + | I used to and (some times still) play a lot of MS-DOS games and have also tried to reverse engineer and modify them. Programming languages I'm familiar with: Quick Basic, Visual Basic(.NET), assembly language, HTML, JavaScript/VBScript and some C/C++. | |
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| − | I | + | I have almost completely reverse engineerd Cartooners' (year 1988/1989, developer: IDTA, publisher: Electronic Arts, MS-DOS version) actor file (*.act) format and made a program that import and export actor templates. It can be downloaded at: |
| + | [http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?759753-Cartooners-Actor-Viewer-export-and-import-actors VBForums post] | ||
| − | I have | + | Right now I have also made a start at analysing Cartooners' music (*.mus) files. Unfortunately I know very little about MIDI music and the specifics of how soundcards work. Although there is a lot of information in this regard on the internet, I could still use any help offered. A document describing what I already know about the *.mus file format can be downloaded at: [http://www.euronet.nl/users/swinkels/cartmusf.zip cartmusf.zip] |
| − | + | Alright, I just made some progress. It appears that the last byte in a .mus file controls whether or not the music is restarted after the last note has been played. (0x80 = Restart the music. 0x81 = Stop playing the music.) | |
| − | + | Links of interest: | |
| − | + | [http://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=MUS_(Electronic_Arts) A post about Cartooners' music files.] | |
| − | + | [http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=38361 DOSBox forum post] | |
| − | A post about Cartooners' music files. DOSBox forum post | + | |
Revision as of 13:58, 12 May 2014
I used to and (some times still) play a lot of MS-DOS games and have also tried to reverse engineer and modify them. Programming languages I'm familiar with: Quick Basic, Visual Basic(.NET), assembly language, HTML, JavaScript/VBScript and some C/C++.
I have almost completely reverse engineerd Cartooners' (year 1988/1989, developer: IDTA, publisher: Electronic Arts, MS-DOS version) actor file (*.act) format and made a program that import and export actor templates. It can be downloaded at: VBForums post
Right now I have also made a start at analysing Cartooners' music (*.mus) files. Unfortunately I know very little about MIDI music and the specifics of how soundcards work. Although there is a lot of information in this regard on the internet, I could still use any help offered. A document describing what I already know about the *.mus file format can be downloaded at: cartmusf.zip
Alright, I just made some progress. It appears that the last byte in a .mus file controls whether or not the music is restarted after the last note has been played. (0x80 = Restart the music. 0x81 = Stop playing the music.)
Links of interest:
