Is it possible to edit 3drend.dll?

[clairebun]

Title is self-explanatory. It's the only file I know that lets you add altered graphics without setting the game to "ismodified", which is why I ask.

 

[BlueZero4]

You'd want to? You're saying this with knowledge that you're not going to play a few netgames, right?

 

[clairebun]

I don't understand. 3drend.dll replaces most graphics and a few headers, and I can join netgames perfectly. How is altering its graphics going to affect netplay?

 

[Blade T. vampire]

I don't understand. 3drend.dll replaces most graphics and a few headers, and I can join netgames perfectly. How is altering its graphics going to affect netplay?

Has something to do with md5sum I think? especially since your editing
the main source...

 

[clairebun]

Perhaps, but I believe you can edit music.dta freely without consequences. So initially, I assumed it could be the same for 3drend.dll.

 

[I'll Begin]

Probably not, otherwise we'd know that already.

 

[Princess Plushima]

May as well try it, and see what happens. Could prove to be a massive exploit.

 

[clairebun]

I tried editing 3drend.dll with XWE and Lumpmod, but neither seemed to have found any data in it. I tried replacing 3drend.dll with a wad file, but when I tried accessing it through xmas mode, it just gave me a checksum error. Then I tried manually adding it through addfile, and it still set the game to "ismodified".



No luck thus far. :(

 

[JEV3]

Try messing with it in a hex editor. See if you can fix the header to make it think its a wad again. I think I read somewhere on these forums that it was necessary for some secret wads.

 

[clairebun]

You know, I thought I'd really fail at that due to my lack of experience with hex editing. But, miraculously, it looks like I'm getting somewhere.

http://srb2.sapphirecontrol.com/images/dlledit.gif

Now all I have to do is fix the palette!

EDIT: Nevermind, lol. Set the IWAD. =P

 

[Kaysakado]

Yeah, change the first four bits from SDLL to PWAD and it should work. Remember to change it back later.

 

[clairebun]

The dll was successfully edited, but I still got a checksum error when booting up xmas mode. I suppose in order to load in a different file for xmas mode, you'd have to change the exe itself.



...




*gets to it*

 

[Kaysakado]

If you need an MD5 checker, Flame had a topic where Logan gave him a link to one.