On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 11:16:50 -0600, Patrick Dughi <dughi@imaxx.net> wrote: >> >I mean, a program that can load a binary player file into circle, then >> >prints out the data in text form (either into a file, or onto the screen). >> >> What I'd do, since I am all for hacks when it comes to temporary >> conversions, is that I'd just stick the save_char stuff that writes down >> the ascii stuff into the old binary save_char code and have it write down >> an ASCII file as well, problem solved. Then you just strip the binary >> one. That is an easy hack solution. I am sure it is easy enough to write >> a script, for a veritable UNIX programmer guru, that takes care of the >> conversion, but that is so beyond my current knowledge. > > I don't know about a script, but I do know that this is the way >that my xapobjs attempts to convert objects. The ascii pfiles patch includes a small program in the utility directory called plrtoascii.c. It's the same one I used to convert a 1500+ player mud to ascii. Sam -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAQ: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | | Archives: http://post.queensu.ca/listserv/wwwarch/circle.html | | Newbie List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/circle-newbies/ | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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