DecDat

Originally built by Gottfried: original release post

While working on Phoenix I had to decompile compiled scripts from an older demo so it could be passed on to people doing alpha version research. To do this, I changed the source code of DecDat to work on the old .DAT file format.

When I was at it I fixed the string substitution feature and int to instance substitution.

String substitution

The decompiled code now shows the string literals instead of the const string of the string literal.

Before

description = ˙10722;

Now

description = "ENDE";

Instance substitution

Due to the way how Daedalus treats instances (they are basically symbol table indicies) the integers get decompiled back and the instance information is lost.

As a quick fix I introduced instance substitution, every integer higher than 60 is checked whether it is also an instance and then the substitution occurs. This is not a bullet proof solution, so the original integer is placed as a comment right after the substituted instance identifier.

Before

if(npc_knowsinfo(hero, 12408)) {
    return true;
};

After

if(npc_knowsinfo(hero, info_xardasdemon_intro /*12408*/)) {
    return true;
};