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[dmauro]

I think a project like this doesn't seem to far out.  It would be a web based program that would allow visitors to choose options such as: Map, PAL/NTSC, Switch x with x, Flying warthogs, etc.  It would present options for all the latest hacks, and after choosing, the backend would generate either a PPF or IPS patch for them.  This would allow people to play over the internet easier because they could pick their options, generate a patch, then send the patch to whoever they were playing with.  Also, it would be platform independent.  I have a decent knowledge of PERL, but that's about it, so I don't know that I would be able to make something like this. Is anyone interested in workng on something like this?

[CaicedoLuis]

Im interested. i have very good knowledge in VB and am the maker of HXH

It could be a program that would make an executable file that would patch certain offsets. the idea is pretty basic so im in

[Liamb2003]

HXH?
i love that program i make the default.xbe say things like. You picked up a boomstick!

[dmauro]

I can do frontend stuff.  Because I know the offsets very well, and could come up with some hack options that would be very cool.  I am thinking it would load offsets from seperate files based on map, possibly based on Boll's format, or maybe something new that is more parsable.  Maybe I will start working something up in Dreamweaver when I get home.  Unfortunately I don't have internet access at home right now, so I can't really get into contact with anyone about this once I leave work.

CaicedoLuis, glad to have you on board.  See if you can get soemthing that generates both IPS and PPF patches with xxxxxxxx, zz, yyyyyyyy(undo:yyyyyyyy) formated input or something like that.  Thanks.

Anyone able to host?

[CaicedoLuis]

what we can do is have our own format. The program i make allows the user to select wut he/she wants to patch. it will generate a list of items and offsets and save it to a textfile. that textfile will then be added to another program that i make. when u run the second program it asks if u want to patch or remove.. Sound simple??? i think it is and ill start working on it later on

[Large Dopant white]

Just make it downloadable somehow. There's some of us that play over a real-world LAN that don't have access to an internet connection when a game starts.

[dmauro]

What is this running on.  It needs to be something that can run as the backend for php.  I don't know much about that stuff at all.  I've only worked with PERL and MySQL for backend.  Also, the program should not have a set number of hacks it can do, the offsets and values should come from the frontend so that it is easily updatable and easily selectable by users.  If the offsets and values were within the program it would be much more difficult to update.  The way you described sounds a little weird.

[CaicedoLuis]

no the values and stuff are stored in ini files just like in Halo Cache Editor.. Just trust me on this on

[Large Dopant white]

[dmauro]

QUOTE (Large Dopant white @ Aug 19 2003, 07:20 PM)

Just make it downloadable somehow. There's some of us that play over a real-world LAN that don't have access to an internet connection when a game starts.

Well you could run it, download the patch, then patch and play.  How do you not have internet access when you play?

[CaicedoLuis]

dmauro u got AIM or MSN??

my aim: CaicedoLuisA
msn: [email protected]

[Large Dopant white]

As stated, not everyone plays Halo exclusively over XBConnect or one of the other services. For instance, sometimes I have a small LAN party at my home, but the problem is, there's no internet service there. Hell, I talk on these boards mainly from the library or my brother's home.
Back to the point... Halo runs fine on a normal LAN with, say, 2 other XBoxes, when internet access is nowhere in sight. It'd be good to be able to download the patching engine so I don't have to run back to my brother's place every time I want to, say, make a patch for the Scorpion to fly, too, or to patch a different level.

[dmauro]

QUOTE (Large Dopant white @ Aug 19 2003, 07:24 PM)

Could have it refer to an INI file, so users can input their own hacks to put in a 'roll your own' patch. I know I'm all big on flying ghosts and every weapon shooting Scorpion shells.

Well that's the thing, you could have all these hacks as options in the program, and then youwould pick the ones you liked.

[CaicedoLuis]

users can download the patching engine and make patches but the patches are distributable and in EXE format so u wouldnt need the engine to apply them

[dmauro]

QUOTE (Large Dopant white @ Aug 19 2003, 07:29 PM)

As stated, not everyone plays Halo exclusively over XBConnect or one of the other services. For instance, sometimes I have a small LAN party at my home, but the problem is, there's no internet service there. Hell, I talk on these boards mainly from the library or my brother's home. Back to the point... Halo runs fine on a normal LAN with, say, 2 other XBoxes, when internet access is nowhere in sight. It'd be good to be able to download the patching engine so I don't have to run back to my brother's place every time I want to, say, make a patch for the Scorpion to fly, too, or to patch a different level.

Yeah I guess like I said, you could just choose the configuration before hand and just bring the patch to the LAN party.  Or maybe someone could port it to a self-contained app.