I was wondering.

[Super_Sonic119]

Is it possible to change the text that appears when Sonic dies? Like "Sonic was killed by whatever" to anything I want, and if it is possible is it possible without programming it in, cause I don't know C++. >.>

 

[SSNTails]

I suppose a hex edit would work for something like that...

 

[JTE]

Yeah, a lot of that is in raw strings, easily hex edited. I once had a crazy internet curse blocking thing that replaced words like "porn" with blank spaces so I got an SRB2 exe that said "Jason the Echidna fell into a (blank)(blank)(blank)(blank)(blank)(blank)(blank)(blank)(blank)(blank) pit!"

 

[hotdog003]

???!?

Crazy, JTE.

Anyways, in a Hex editor, do raw strings have an "End of string" character, or is the string leingth defined somewhere else in the file?

Ex: I know I could edit "Knuckles" to "Tails " with 3 spaces, but could I edit "Tails" to "Knuckles", or do I have to settle with "Knux "?

 

[SSNTails]

0x00 is the string terminator.

Use it if you want to live.

 

[hotdog003]

..
Okey. So it is defined by a character. Thanks.

 

[JTE]

Personally, I like to change the error messages. "Signal Handler: Segment Meltdown. Your computer will now dissolve due to THZ slime."

 

[hotdog003]

Eggman has hacked into your PC. Surrender now.
Or, even Bill Gates has hacked into your Linux conversion!

I've fooled my parents with a batch script many times.

@echo off
echo Bill Gates is mad at you.
echo You must pay a restart tax of $25000 before you can use this PC.
echo Runtime error 0x0001
pause
cls
echo Wrong key. Try again.
pause
cls
echo Wrong key. Would you like fries with that?
pause
echo Why not?
pause
echo I'm melting! I'm melting!
shutdown.exe

Heh heh... I have a little exe in there that turns the PC off.

Of course, you can use Ctrl+Alt+Del to bypass that, but in their panic, they forget. Ho ho ho!
What makes it more realistic is if I put it in the startup menu.

 

[Shuffle]

Buwahahaha! I should make something like that :).

 

[JTE]

I tried something like that once, out of anger at my brother. I used TGF to make a program that logs him off when he trys to log on unless he uses a password thing that I have easy access to changing. I nulled Ctrl + Alt + Del by making it always go on top of everything and thus, it was perfect. No, not even Alt + F4 worked. So... My bro stole my GBA and all my other electronic goods and hid them. :|

 

[Shuffle]

XD, nice.
The perfect program thing, not the stolen stuff :/

 

[ST218]

Hey JTE, was that the same program we could use to log you off IRC by swearing at you?

 

[JTE]

No, that program was a really stupid parental control thing that erased all swears and such and rendered packets corrupt, which is how I would disconnect.

 

[hotdog003]

That reminds me of MouseLock. Gimme a sec...
http://www.segobit.com/ml.htm

This program is pure evil. It's too high security!
Not Alt+F4, no CTRL+ALT+DEL, no reboot, no nuthin' can crack this.
Once, I accidentaly set a time limit and forgot the password. It rendered my computer unusable for about a week until we got it to the computer store.