[anachronox-modding commit] r22 - trunk/AnoxTools
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Date: Tue Apr 10 09:28:58 2007
New Revision: 22
Modified:
trunk/AnoxTools/README
Log:
Update the README file with more details.
Modified: trunk/AnoxTools/README
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--- trunk/AnoxTools/README (original)
+++ trunk/AnoxTools/README Tue Apr 10 09:28:58 2007
@@ -6,21 +6,38 @@
Description:
-----------
-This is a Python script library which can be used to do the
-work involved in reading and parsing the file formats that
-come with the game Anachronox.
+This is a Python script library which can be used to do the work involved in
+reading and parsing the file formats that come with the game Anachronox. the
+most functional part of it is the APE decompiler.
Notes:
-----
-test.txt is intended to be a testbed for all the various
-APE programming language constructs. By compiling it and
-then decompiling it again, it should end up with essentially
-the same code as was initially compiled.
-
-As of 9th April 2007 I believe this is capable of decompiling
-all the APE scripts which come with Anachronox so that they
-can be recompiled without error.
+* dparse.exe
-Thanks to Creaper and Laguna for their help and
-encouragement.
+ There are two versions of dparse.exe, the APE compiler. The first version
+dated 2001 comes with the original release of Anachrodox by the game
+developers. The second version dated 2003 comes with one of the game patches
+named 'anox_build45_bin.exe' and is prone to crashes. It is advised that the
+user obtain the 2001 version.
+
+* test.txt
+
+ test.txt is intended to be a testbed for all the various APE programming
+language constructs. By compiling it and then decompiling it again, it
+should end up with essentially the same code as was initially compiled.
+
+As of 9th April 2007 I believe this is capable of decompiling all the APE
+scripts which come with Anachronox so that they can be recompiled without
+error.
+
+* What if I don't own the game?
+
+ You can most likely obtain the demo from somewhere and find APE files
+within that. And 'dparse.exe' the APE compiler can be obtained from
+two places freely (as documented above).
+
+Credits:
+-------
+
+Thanks to Creaper and Laguna for their help and encouragement.