Hi there fellows!
I have get back those files, trying to do what I always wanted to do with gangsters, such a nice game :).
My question is, could I modify everything I want, but what values are admited, for example if i want to increase amount of money gained from exporting cases of alcohol, counterfeited money..
What needs to be done with the beautiful .txt files given? Shall I, if i want to modifiy every value in order to try this or this kind of thing, restart from the .xtxt files?
For example,
I just want to reduce a bit the number of pool halls and gyms, and increase the number of hoods which are recruitable fin them in mean... and so many other things, briging possibly a completely easier (or harder!) experience!
Thanks a lot,
Kind regards,
Ewendoun
johnmisil: Has anyone tried some reverse engineer of this game?
Every year I go back to gangsters and play around with it, its like a recurring obsession.
In summary, this is what I (may) have been able to do:
* I (may) be able to enable some debug log that explains how the IA prepares for the week, whether a crime is processed or not, case dropped, etc.
* I (may) have tried to fix the cases not going to court bug in 1.4, without success. The result (would) have been that all crimes were processed (even extortion) and the lawyer got a full rollodex after a few weeks, and the game (would) have crashed.
* It (may) be possible to extract graphics from data files. The top maps and GUI graphics (may be) fairly easy to extract. The isometric tiles from the streets (seems to be) a bit harder and I (may) be facing difficulties there, same goes to gangsters sprites.
As I understand this (may) be doable under fair use of the software: analyzing how it works for educational, non-commercial purposes.
Im not interested in making a full remake, though something like this would set the bases for a project that approaches Gangsters as OpenTTD approach TTD.
So, anyone interested in sharing this?
I just would like to know how to do those things, but haven't got enough knowledges about it (programming, codes.. etc... ). Nevermind, if iI can bring a bit help about those questions, I am your man ! :)