[xoreos-devel] Status request

[Nathaniel Brandes]

There are several ways you can help.

First, some background on reverse engineering: there are two main ways to
do it.

The first is to run the real game, and compare it to the emulator and
figure out what features need to be added. I have been using this approach
for the GUIs in KOTOR.

The second is to reverse engineer the executable, as discussed here.
http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/HOWTO-Reverse_Engineering
As it mentions, an old version of the IDA debugger is free if you want to
try it out.

For KOTOR in particular, I have found Kotor Tool to be an excellent
resource when looking for the names of particular data files.
You can download it here:
http://deadlystream.com/forum/files/file/280-kotor-tool/

If you want to dive into a large system, then the TODO list can give you
some ideas: https://wiki.xoreos.org/index.php?title=TODO
If you want to start out with some smaller stuff, all of the GUIs need a
lot of work. Neverwinter Nights and KOTOR in particular are started but not
finished. The other games are in a very early state, with some inital
loading working.

https://wiki.xoreos.org/index.php?title=Games lists what functions so far
per game.

Before you submit a pull request, please be sure to follow our coding
guidelines:
https://wiki.xoreos.org/index.php?title=Code_Formatting_Conventions

The wiki is also an excellent place to help out, if you are interested in
that. Please let us know if you want a wiki account either here or on IRC
(talk to DrMcCoy), and we'll get you squared away.
In particular, if you do any research, please add it to the wiki for future
reference.

We welcome any assistance you can provide.

ImperatorPrime


On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 6:23 PM, Alex Rinehart <alexandersrinehart at gmail.com
> wrote:

> I am particularly interested in the first Knights of the Old Republic
> game, and I also have experience scripting in the Neverwinter Nights
> toolkit, but I'm not sure how relevant that would be.
>
> In terms of particular aspect of the games, I have no preference.
>
> and I have no experience with binary reverse engineering.
>
> I hope I can be of assistance,
>
> Altrite
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 3:51 AM, Nathaniel Brandes <ndbrandes at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Altrite,
>>
>> Glad to have you aboard!
>>
>> All of the games are in very early stages, and need lots of research and
>> reverse engineering done. We are missing script engines, combat systems,
>> and lots of other stuff.
>> We also have a wiki (http://wiki.xoreos.org/), which we are using to
>> document the system within the game, similar to what OpenMW is doing. (
>> https://wiki.openmw.org/index.php?title=Research)
>>
>> I have a few questions for you to better understand what you are
>> interested in.
>>
>> Are there any games in particular you are interested in?
>> Is there any particular part of these games that interests you? (Combat,
>> items, )
>> Do you have any experience with binary reverse engineering? (Using
>> something like the IDA debugger)
>>
>> If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask the mailing list, or
>> join us in the project IRC channel.(#xoreos on irc.freenode.net).
>>
>> ImperatorPrime
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 9:15 PM, Alex Rinehart <altrite at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello, all
>>>
>>> I am interested in joining this project.
>>> I do not have a lot of time presently, but I anticipate having more at
>>> the end of the month. I do not know much about openGL, but I have a few
>>> years' coding experience.
>>>
>>> How can I help?
>>>
>>> Altrite
>>>
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