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L.C. · Last edited by L.C. on Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:07 pm, edited 2 times in total

EDIT :: Download XN Resource Editor (better than the below software) at http://www.wilsonc.demon.co.uk/d10resourceeditor.htm.
Download Resource Hacker at http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/.
Open some of the Continuum/Server files with this. You might find some stuff you've never seen before.

Atleast I have.

Was PriitK planning on implementing a Log Reader into Continuum?

menu038.dll --> Dialog --> 175 --> 1033

BDwinsAlt · Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:52 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

For the first part, it was probably gonna be used to search for text in alt-tab.
Edit> Find, like a more advanced way of finding text. As for the second thing, that is used to store emails so people can reset their passwords.

I bet there is a way to trigger it. Keep digging around. Also try to figure out how to get rid of that stupid unsecured password thing for non-ssc zones.

L.C. · Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:58 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Their passwords aren't the only thing that's stored I bet. Although I might be wrong, Catid's biller has some neat features that the SSC Biller might have. You can "register" your playername (shareware or whatever); by default, Continuum is considered unregistered. You can set name, email, password (duh), etc..some of the similar things the form has. Somehow that form is triggered upon connecting, and maybe this might help us?

EDIT :: With this ability, we can load up our own DLL from one of these DLL files. By being able to load another DLL from one of these, basically we can have Continuum load up in an 'external application' and also load it up with our 'modules.' Eheheh, I wonder how far (limitations) we can take Continuum with this.

Doc Flabby · Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:15 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

erm none of this stuff is new.

the packets to trigger the dialog box are already known. In fact in the TCPBilling protocol it is possible ask for reg data. The find thing exists in continuum already. If you alt-tab and then use the chat client you can find it by clicking edit....find... adv

dont think about hex editing the dlls continuum checks they not been hacked.

L.C. · Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:19 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Oh well. It was fun while the moment lasted... I'm still probably going to find some use for the content in Subspace v1.34.

Mine GO BOOM

BDwinsAlt · Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:27 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

I found it interesting. Cool stuff. Keep it coming L.C.

Maverick · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:39 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Agreed, interesting

Attached is the original Subspace VIE skin. Maybe you can check if it has all the original graphics.
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Smong · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 5:23 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Well I didn't download that skin, but from the name it looks like Akai's recreation of the ss vie interface. Merely the existance of this skin indicates you are not the first person to extract gfx from the old dlls.
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L.C. · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:31 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Chambahs · Power attack Joined: Jun 19 2005 Posts: 820 Offline

In icons.bmp whats the key and that other icon for? I never knew what it did...any ideas? And by Akai, do you guys mean SuSE?

Doc Flabby · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:41 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

I've discovered some interesting strings and messages in continuum.exe as well as some other things. I may post up some of them when i have had a chance to look though the list properly and determined which ones are of interest, and then from that list which are safe to publish.

Mine GO BOOM · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:36 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Doc Flabby · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 4:53 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

ok as promised my interesting strings in continuum.exe this is my cleaned list of some (relatively) interesting strings. Most interesting thing i discovered that is that continuum uses an open source graphics library (which i won't name for obvious reasons).

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Cleaned and removed references that could be misused :P
Text strings found in Continuum.

"shrtfontf.bm2"
"Austria"
"Wav chunk %4.4s
" (%s) %02d-%02d-%04d %d:%02d:%02d"
"wav"
"repel.bm2"
"spanish-chile"
"%s OFF"
"Team is full."
"lines"
"hong-kong"
"Flag game reset."
"Team Victory!"
"Reward: %d points"
"Opposing team won (%d points given)"
"swedish-finland"
"hugefontf.bm2"
"am/pm"
"Screenshot functionality is available only in spectator mode"
"bong%d.wa2"
"Finnish"
"red"
"Ecuador"
"?getsettings"
"?arena"
"::"
"dropflag.bm2"
"xradar.wa2"
"Entering arena"
" Cloak"
"junkjv.bm2"
"Loading graphics"
"hum.wa2"
"radarv.bm2"
"GJ"
"0.39 prerelease 1"
"away"
" Freq Points Win Lose Flag"
"Selfif: %d
"spanish-venezuela"
"Guns upgraded."
"goal.bm2"
"Macro messages ON"
"ChatClass"
"status"
"Reward: %d points"
"Set time diff %d --> %d (%d) ping:%d
"bong%d.wa2"
"Message Lines: %d"
"ProxBomb"
"kill"
"banners"
"Voice: %s"
"Flag game reset."
"Not enough energy to change frequencies."
"spanish-puerto rico"
"great britain"
"warp.bm2"
"Player is not receiving audio messages."
"tiles.bm2"
"Canada"
"tiles.bm2"
"prizes.bm2"
"flag.bm2"
"goal.bm2"
"wall.bm2"
"trail.bm2"
"exhaust.bm2"
"rocket.bm2"
"warppnt.bm2"
"spark.bm2"
"damage.bm2"
"king.bm2"
"turret.bm2"
"turret2.bm2"
"powerb.bm2"
"ssshield.bm2"
"icons.bm2"
"icondoor.bm2"
"disp.bm2"
"engyfont.bm2"
"hlthbar.bm2"
"led.bm2"
"radarv.bm2"
"radarh.bm2"
"spectate.bm2"
"gradient.bm2"
"colors.bm2"
"spanish-dominican republic"
"Connect"
"Shrapnel reduced."
"turret2.bm2"
"new-zealand"
"FLAGS: "
"warp.bm2"
"turret2.bm2"
"star04.bm2"
" %3d Team Sort"

Maverick · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:05 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Doc Flabby · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:11 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

L.C. · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:19 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Why are there spanish-xxxxx strings in there?

Maverick · Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:06 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Smong · Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:13 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Could just be language/locale stuff inserted by the compiler. Compilers can insert all kinds of junk without telling you.

Cyan~Fire · Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:29 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Oh noes! Someone might hack the graphics for Continuum now! They could... uhh... make the ships look different or something!
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Doc Flabby · Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:32 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Maybe u would do best to rember the graphics libary is at least 5 years old and hasnt been patched to include security fixes and other bug fixes etc. This kinda thing could allow people to hack continuum by exploiting the libary. Personally i think i would be irresposible of me to release the name of the libary as the version can be easily guessed from the date when continuum was last upgraded. As well as hacking continuum someone could also potentially upload a specially crafted lvl or lvz file to their server intice u in and gain complete control of your computer.

The reason why it is interesting is it shows that continuum contains 3rd party libaries and that the people who say a new client shouldnt contain 3rd party libararies because continuum doesnt are wrong. Continuum contains at least 3 third party libaries including this one (all used legally i may add) Prittk didnt bother reinventing the wheel for alot of things, so neither should we. I can also reveal continuum was coded in Mircosoft visual studio but thats hardly a revelation....

Bak · Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:21 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

opengl?
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Doc Flabby · Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:43 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Let me explain this to avoid confusion. Continuum doesn't use a game engine library. the game engine i imagine is all written by prittk. The libraries it uses are to help with performing related functions such as loading images from lvz into memory, or loading the ship images to be used by the game engine.

Muskrat · Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:18 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Oh, so that's what graphics libraries do?

...lolz

Smong · Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:51 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

There's no point guessing here, he's not going to tell you.