Magic Number

jimmsta · Post by **jimmsta** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:40 pm

Does anyone know what the Magic Number is for CE maps?

I'm working on an app, and need to know what the magic is... otherwise, my app is just going to spit out bad data... (yes, it is part of the app "HeXTend")....

Hexblade · Post by **Hexblade** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:28 pm

3 is the magic number - its always the magic number

jimmsta · Post by **jimmsta** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 11:44 am

no, seriously... I think CLuIS might be of some help... or MonoxideC.... but they don't seem to frequent here anymore....

mrhyperpenguin · Post by **mrhyperpenguin** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 3:30 pm

the magic is located in the index header,

just search for rncs (scnr backwards) and it should lead you to the tag class of the scenario in the index, just scroll up a bit from till there is a a lot of zeros, the magic is the first 4 bits eden swapped (should end in 40 for ce)

jimmsta · Post by **jimmsta** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 6:57 pm

Thanks... I think I can figure that out...

I haven't touched this stuff in a LONG time, so It's as if I'm a n00b again... ugh.

mrhyperpenguin · Post by **mrhyperpenguin** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 7:01 pm

no thats not right, thats the index magic, i need to figure out the map magic too

jimmsta · Post by **jimmsta** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 7:17 pm

alrighty... I'll be waiting then... I think there might be a forumula out there... just can't remember....

jimmsta · Post by **jimmsta** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 7:46 pm

Hmm... I managed to get my app working without it... I suppose maybe, that the magic is the same, or disreguarded in my app... which is good if it is, as I was able to get it to think that a CE map was a CE map, without the magic number.....

mrhyperpenguin · Post by **mrhyperpenguin** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 4:25 pm

i think i got it, im just a little off.

edien swap the index magic - index offset, i was just 24 bytes off