4th June 2018, 11:55 PM
5th June 2018, 12:00 AM
The source code is important if the game is to have continued development. It can be reproduced with some effort, but so far no one has been committed enough to do this.
5th June 2018, 12:05 AM
(4th June 2018, 11:55 PM)Eat Me! Wrote: [ -> ]What is the source code?
Ah, the ever-elusive source/client code. The source code is the code written in ActionScript 3, or the SWF file. This code determines how you see the data sent back and forth between you and the server.
(4th June 2018, 11:55 PM)Eat Me! Wrote: [ -> ]Why is it so important?
This code controls mostly everything visual; racing physics, items that you have/use, prize popups, etc. Without the PR2 SWF, all you'd have are messages being sent to and from a server. That's a pretty boring user interface for a game!
(4th June 2018, 11:55 PM)Eat Me! Wrote: [ -> ]Can it ever be found again?
The short answer is no. Jiggmin applied something called obfuscation to the client code, which essentially encrypts the code so that nosy people can't tamper with it. While it's theoretically possible that someone highly experienced in reverse-engineering and/or deobfuscation/decompilation could do it, I know that I'm nowhere near qualified enough to undertake something like that. Even if we were able to do it, the code would likely not be the same as it was before it was obfuscated due to variable renaming and intense code jumbling in the client.
5th June 2018, 4:09 AM
Source code is nerd lingo for "thing you don't want to lose"
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5th June 2018, 4:43 AM
??? @gemj
5th June 2018, 4:59 AM
5th June 2018, 1:35 PM
Lol I know @Zelante
5th June 2018, 3:23 PM
Oh I found the source code just a while ago, here it is:
Pls install this it will make PR2 work good again
Quote:if username=string(bluelightning) {
finished = true
points_awarded = 100000000
give_hats(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13)
}
else { endgame() }
Pls install this it will make PR2 work good again
5th June 2018, 10:51 PM
(5th June 2018, 3:23 PM)Bluelightning Wrote: [ -> ]Oh I found the source code just a while ago, here it is:
Pls install this it will make PR2 work good again
That's code that would go in the server.
7th June 2018, 10:43 PM
How did he lose the source code?
8th June 2018, 9:52 AM
(7th June 2018, 10:43 PM)Eat Me! Wrote: [ -> ]How did he lose the source code?
As he put it, in a "tragic backup accident." He tried to move a folder full of PR2 stuff (among other things) to another drive on his computer, and the computer crashed. When he restarted the computer, it was all gone.
While it could theoretically be possible to recover the source code if data loss software was used, I highly doubt it would be intact after all these years.