I'm wondering how does the Fallout 2 engine prints the messages on the screen, for example "floating" messages over the critters (float_msg game engine function). Hos does the float_msg function actually prints the text? Does it use some sort of printf from WinAPI or just using old style DOS int 21h interrupt (Fallout 1 was DOS game)?
Text printing functions in Fallout 1/F2.
- Thread starter Mulligun
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Mr.Stalin
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there is no 'printf'.
engine copy graphic letters from the fallout font to the window surface.
engine copy graphic letters from the fallout font to the window surface.
Sorry Can You be so nice and elaborate more about that?
Does it mean that it just directly write to the screen memory?
Mr.Stalin
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It's too complicated, you need to learn c++/asm and the game engine code.
QuantumApprentice
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He means the source code is not available.
All we have is reverse engineered/decompiled code from the machine code executable.
And even that isn't readily available.
All we have is reverse engineered/decompiled code from the machine code executable.
And even that isn't readily available.
Mr.Stalin
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The code has long been available in pseudo-С code format.
QuantumApprentice
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Is pseudo-C code good enough to figure out the answer to the op's question?
Mr.Stalin
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Where reverse engineering is done, there is a good code for understanding.
QuantumApprentice
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Would you be willing to post a link?