coffeetable Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 (edited) Instructions for decompiling the beta: Go download and install ILSpy: http://ilspy.net/ Run it, then use it to open "Steam\SteamApps\common\Pillars of Eternity - Public Beta\PillarsOfEternity_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp.dll" You can now explore the decompiled code via the "Assembly-CSharp" node in the tree on the left. Thanks to this being C#, it's pretty readable. Most of Obsidian's work is in the "-" subnode, indicating the global namespace. Optional: to export the code from the tool, click on the Assembly-CSharp node in the tree, then File->Save Code. It'll create a .csproj which can be loaded using Visual Studio, or you can just poke around with the text editor of your choice. This thread can be for discussing anything you come across. Be warned, there are obviously gonna be a lot of spoilers in there. If any of the Obsidian programmers happen across this: how did CharacterStats.cs and StatusEffects.cs come about? I know some of it is bloat from the compiler, but both are north of 4,000 lines. Do all games look like this internally? How do you debug them? Edited September 15, 2014 by coffeetable 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensuki Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 I've been using dotPeek. All the data for the old armor system is in the CharacterData as well as WeaponAttack (or whatever it's cold), looks like they haven't been removing things as they go along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimeHydra Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 (edited) Did you get a bunch of errors in PE_StreamTile.cs, in the LoadTexturesAsync() method? It's all mangled... Edit: I'm using ILSpy, and saved the code. Example of what I'm talking about: [DebuggerHidden] private IEnumerator LoadTexturesAsync(string levelName, LevelInfo levelInfo) { PE_StreamTile.<LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B = new PE_StreamTile.<LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B(); <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B.levelName = levelName; <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B.<[DebuggerHidden] private IEnumerator LoadTexturesAsync(string levelName, LevelInfo levelInfo) { PE_StreamTile.<LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B = new PE_StreamTile.<LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B(); <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B.levelName = levelName; <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B.<$>levelName = levelName; <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B.<>f__this = this; return <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B; }gt;levelName = levelName; <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B.<>f__this = this; return <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B; } Also tried dotpeek, got other (different) manglings... Telerik JustDecompiler, no love either... How'd you guys get this to build? Edited September 16, 2014 by PrimeHydra Ask a fish head Anything you want to They won't answer (They can't talk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensuki Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 I used dotPeek, Net Reflector and ildasm also work (for decompiling). To compile I used ilasm, but Reflexil works too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimeHydra Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 I used dotPeek, Net Reflector and ildasm also work (for decompiling). To compile I used ilasm, but Reflexil works too. So you're editing the IL directly, not the decompiled (erroneous) CSharp code? Ugh... Ask a fish head Anything you want to They won't answer (They can't talk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensuki Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Yep xD told you it was not a good way to mod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimeHydra Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Hats off to you then, you're a serious hax0r. I need my Intellisense Ask a fish head Anything you want to They won't answer (They can't talk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensuki Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 I am absolutely woeful at programming, but the code is not toooooo dissimilar. If you use the C# as a reference it's pretty easy to make small changes, but I'm not too confident about adding methods and stuff yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeckul Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 (edited) Did you get a bunch of errors in PE_StreamTile.cs, in the LoadTexturesAsync() method? It's all mangled... Edit: I'm using ILSpy, and saved the code. Example of what I'm talking about: [DebuggerHidden] private IEnumerator LoadTexturesAsync(string levelName, LevelInfo levelInfo) { PE_StreamTile.<LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B = new PE_StreamTile.<LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B(); <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B.levelName = levelName; <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B.<[DebuggerHidden] private IEnumerator LoadTexturesAsync(string levelName, LevelInfo levelInfo) { PE_StreamTile.<LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B = new PE_StreamTile.<LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B(); <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B.levelName = levelName; <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B.<$>levelName = levelName; <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B.<>f__this = this; return <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B; }gt;levelName = levelName; <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B.<>f__this = this; return <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B; } Also tried dotpeek, got other (different) manglings... Telerik JustDecompiler, no love either... How'd you guys get this to build? That's not really mangling, it's because decompilers are not that smart about some high-level C# features like iterator blocks and async methods, so they show you the transformed code rather than its original high-level form. The DebuggerHidden attributes already tells you that this is almost certainly compiler generated code. The name of this method suggests that it should be an async method, but it returns IEnumerator so I'm not entirely sure. Perhaps async is implemented using enumerators underneath. On that note, it's pretty nice that they are using such state-of-the-art features, it shows some high level of expertise with the language and hints that the code is probably of good quality. Edited September 16, 2014 by Zeckul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortalis Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 From George Ziets @ http://new.spring.me/#!/user/GZiets/timeline/responses Didn’t like the fact that I don’t get XP for combat. While this does put more emphasis on solving quests, the lack of rewards for killing creatures makes me want to avoid combat (the core activity of the game) as much as I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimeHydra Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 (edited) Did you get a bunch of errors in PE_StreamTile.cs, in the LoadTexturesAsync() method? It's all mangled... Edit: I'm using ILSpy, and saved the code. Example of what I'm talking about: [DebuggerHidden] private IEnumerator LoadTexturesAsync(string levelName, LevelInfo levelInfo) { PE_StreamTile.<LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B = new PE_StreamTile.<LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B(); <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B.levelName = levelName; <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B.<[DebuggerHidden] private IEnumerator LoadTexturesAsync(string levelName, LevelInfo levelInfo) { PE_StreamTile.<LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B = new PE_StreamTile.<LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B(); <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B.levelName = levelName; <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B.<$>levelName = levelName; <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B.<>f__this = this; return <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B; }gt;levelName = levelName; <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B.<>f__this = this; return <LoadTexturesAsync>c__Iterator2B; } Also tried dotpeek, got other (different) manglings... Telerik JustDecompiler, no love either... How'd you guys get this to build? That's not really mangling, it's because decompilers are not that smart about some high-level C# features like iterator blocks and async methods, so they show you the transformed code rather than its original high-level form. The DebuggerHidden attributes already tells you that this is almost certainly compiler generated code. The name of this method suggests that it should be an async method, but it returns IEnumerator so I'm not entirely sure. Perhaps async is implemented using enumerators underneath. On that note, it's pretty nice that they are using such state-of-the-art features, it shows some high level of expertise with the language and hints that the code is probably of good quality. Would be nice if I could get it into a compilable form. I know "mangling" might not be the right word. How about uncompilable output? It's the same to my eyes Edited September 16, 2014 by PrimeHydra Ask a fish head Anything you want to They won't answer (They can't talk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeckul Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) dotPeek 1.1 and ILSpy boast that they can do this, but I haven't tried. Note that Unity code is likely compiled with the mono compiler rather than the "standard" one in Visual Studio, so it's likely that these tools fail because they're only designed to recognize the specific patterns emitted by one specific compiler. Edited September 17, 2014 by Zeckul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimeHydra Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I tried with dotpeek, ILSpy, Redgate Reflector as well. The output always had some weird unucompilable stuff in it. Eventually found on their forums that they're not trying to produce compilable code, due to security concerns. Makes sense...but I'm all set with hacking IL, I'll leave that to the hardcore. Ask a fish head Anything you want to They won't answer (They can't talk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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