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I've been working on a similar project (LEGO Island decompilation). We've developed an extensive set of annotations and corresponding tools that facilitate matc

I've been working on a similar project (LEGO Island decompilation). We've developed an extensive set of annotations and corresponding tools that facilitate matching the assembly/binary: https://github.com/isledecomp/isle/tree/master/tools https://github.com/isledecomp/isle/tree/master/tools We've been considering creating a separate project/repository for the tools since they might be interesting for other projects such as yours as well.

bee_rider 2y ago
I loved that game growing up. Now the brick-by-brick song is stuck in my head. It really captured the open ended nonsense feeling of sitting down and playing with legos.
tnetenbaa 2y ago
Is this Mr.MattKC himself on HN?!
- rzzzt 2y ago
  The profile picture tells me it's a different person, unless he is also a master of disguise.
  - foxtacles 2y ago
    Yeah I'm not Matt :) No idea if he is on HN
krystalgamer 2y ago
> We've been considering creating a separate project/repository for the tools since they might be interesting for other projects such as yours as well. Happy to use anything that makes my life easier! I myself also started to prototype some tools - https://github.com/krystalgamer/spidey-decomp/tree/master/tools https://github.com/krystalgamer/spidey-decomp/tree/master/to... - but didn't get much far. I see there's quite a bit of overlap so I might integrate them on my workflow Curious to know about `patch_c2.py` it mentions a bugged warning. Is that patch just to remove the warning or something deeper?
- foxtacles 2y ago
  It just removes the warning, which is impossible to get rid of otherwise. This bug has persisted all the way into MSVC 6.0: https://web.archive.org/web/20000519112833/https://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q167/3/55.ASP https://web.archive.org/web/20000519112833/https://support.m... Since the warning is relatively useless we opted to fix C2.EXE so that it is never emitted. It generates a lot of noise during compilation otherwise (if you are using templates).
jchw 2y ago
As someone who is very interested in decompiling old Windows executables, this is very relevant to my interests. Thanks for the link!

bee_rider 2y ago

I loved that game growing up. Now the brick-by-brick song is stuck in my head. It really captured the open ended nonsense feeling of sitting down and playing with legos.

tnetenbaa 2y ago

Is this Mr.MattKC himself on HN?!

rzzzt 2y ago
The profile picture tells me it's a different person, unless he is also a master of disguise.
- foxtacles 2y ago
  Yeah I'm not Matt :) No idea if he is on HN

krystalgamer 2y ago

> We've been considering creating a separate project/repository for the tools since they might be interesting for other projects such as yours as well. Happy to use anything that makes my life easier! I myself also started to prototype some tools - https://github.com/krystalgamer/spidey-decomp/tree/master/tools https://github.com/krystalgamer/spidey-decomp/tree/master/to... - but didn't get much far. I see there's quite a bit of overlap so I might integrate them on my workflow Curious to know about `patch_c2.py` it mentions a bugged warning. Is that patch just to remove the warning or something deeper?

foxtacles 2y ago
It just removes the warning, which is impossible to get rid of otherwise. This bug has persisted all the way into MSVC 6.0: https://web.archive.org/web/20000519112833/https://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q167/3/55.ASP https://web.archive.org/web/20000519112833/https://support.m... Since the warning is relatively useless we opted to fix C2.EXE so that it is never emitted. It generates a lot of noise during compilation otherwise (if you are using templates).

jchw 2y ago

As someone who is very interested in decompiling old Windows executables, this is very relevant to my interests. Thanks for the link!