About the No time mod.

[unmerged(22029)]

Ive checked the .exe of victoria with a Hex editor and i found 2 times the year 1920 in hexadecimal code. I would like to try replacing it with another date, lets say, 2000, but i dont know how to write it in hexadecimal code.

Is there a converter in the net? Someone can help me? I looked with google but i didnt find one.

 

[unmerged(11982)]

Most good Hex programs will have a replace function, Im no expert and I tried it myself but there are so many bit types and signed and unsigned variables I couldnt get it right ... program would just error out. Hopefully one of the experts will get on it soon


Myros

 

[C.N.]

Could you also try to check for the years 1836 and 1835 and try to change them to an earlier one, and see if it makes making a scenario with an earlier stardate possible?

 

[unmerged(22029)]

The problem is that i dont know how to write numbers in HEX code.

 

[unmerged(22856)]

just use the window calculater
put it into scientific mode and then you will be able to change form decimal to any other form

 

[unmerged(23024)]

Can you say what hex code you think to change in exe?

I try to chahge 0x0780 and 0x0781 to 0790, but it havent any effect.

In what adress you found 1920 stop-year data?

 

[unmerged(50)]

It would be fun if we can have a No time limit patch soon.

Anybody can try to make it ?

 

[forezjohn]

counting Hex

you can of course use the window calculator.
But if you want to be brilliant in society(when you're not playin' vic so not at the moment i suppose), I'll try to tell you how it works.
I'm french so i may have difficulties explaining this but you can ask me what you don't understand.

 

[forezjohn]

Here we go

in hex you count in bases 16
16^0=16*0=1;16^1=16*1=16;16^2=16*16=256...

from 0 to 15 and then you change an example
0=0*16^0=0*1
1=1*16^0=1*1
2=2*16^0=2*1
...
9=9
10=A
11=B
...
15=F
16=10=1*16^1+0*16^0
17=11=1*16^1+0*16^0
...
32=20=2*16^1+0*16^0
33=21=2*16^1+0*16^0
...
256=100
...to infinite.

 

[unmerged(23000)]

Not a time mod but...

This is by no means an unlimited time fix but...

I fiddled with the globaldata, etc. and changed all the start dates to January 1, 1800. (Scenario files, et.c... everything that mentioned a start date) and when I started the senario it initially showd the 1800 date and when the day flippe dit went to January 1835. Not sure if that's supposed to happen (I haven't seen any scenarios with an 1835 start date) and it surely doesn't give you an unlimited time but....

P.S. I tried changing the ending dates to 2000 in the same fashion but the initial scenario screen still says the game ends in 1920. And I haven't played to the end to see what happens. Though I am sure 1920 will be the end. Hmmm... how's it coming with the unlimited patch???

 

[Grosshaus]

You need to at least change all party end-dates to whatever pleases you, some of them already have 2000 as end-date.

I guess many events need extended end-dates as well.

 

[MegaPIMP]

I can play for ever.

jupp wjhen that pop up appears in 1920 just don't klick it, push it into a corner and continue to play

Still annoying thing...

 

[unmerged(13743)]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

Don't hex edit unless you know what you're doing. I forgot to make a backup, change one stupid little bit and know vicky dies with "Your administrator may have changed your permissions..."

WTF?!?!? I'm the admin, it's win98!!!!!

*ahem* Just cause you see 1920 doesn't mean that's the death date, I know THAT for now. OUCH.

*OUCH!!!!!*

But now vicky pissed me off so I have to figure out how to extend it.

Back to the lab...

p.s. think jan 1 1921 is death of scenario? not sure never finished a game yet...

p.p.s there are 2 1920's, 4 1921's if this helps anyone, still randomly crashing, so I'm going to have to check ALL the combinations now... 2^6 = me not happy. This could take a while cause I'm dumb, sorry.

 

[Jayavarman]

Re: FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

Originally posted by Gotthard
p.s. think jan 1 1921 is death of scenario? not sure never finished a game yet...

I recall Sonny mentioning something about playing until the end of 1921...

 

[Hive]

I tried to do the same with EU2 back when there was no mod for it. Doesn't work this way, unfortunately. But someone who knows what to do will probably make a no time limit patch for Victoria soon.