Short: HD Install script & fix for Operation Stealth Author: jffabre@club-internet.fr Uploader: jffabre@club-internet.fr Type: game/patch This installer requires the Operation Stealth original disks (3) from Delphine Software. PATCHES DONE: - Install script - Startup program using JST. Can be started from WB without problems. - Included main executable working will kick3 - Patched executable to remove color protection (tough, did it 5 years ago) - Patched executable to fix saves on HD. Now works! - Localization in french or english (more to come) Well, I had the old version, and it did not work unless I softkick in Kick1.3. I tried to fix it, but I could not. Fortunately, someone sent me the kick3.0 compatible version (rerelease budget version from Kixx) and I modified it to remove this shitty color protection (quite a hard work, took me 10 hours 5 years ago when I did it on the old executable). I fixed the saves also, now you can save on HD without problems. The saves are located in the game directory. I also made a small JST slave to be able to start the executable in degraded mode (killaga or even JST EXECUTE did not work because the code was autodetachable) COMMODITIES: If you've got MultiCX or other commodities intercepting the mouse in the background, I suggest that you add some lines disabling those commodities in the startup script, or else the game can behave weird on mouseclicks. ABOUT LOCALIZATION: I also wrote a general-purpose localization program for use in binary files. The format is the following: 1st line: comment (; as a first char). Generally the string in english 2nd line: offset in hexadecimal in the file to localize 3rd line: translation (be careful, no length checks are performed) Check the .lbi files. If someone can translate the french.lbi file for german, spanish, italian, and other... please send me the translated file. Actually only some few sentences are localized. But the specific game sentences are in the language of your version. I had to do this localize tool because I only got the english kickfixed version. I hope you'll appreciate the effort. Me I'm proud of this one :) Enjoy and report problems. Jeff ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 102728 36279 64.6% 21-Jan-98 22:23:02 +delphine 464 287 38.1% 21-Jan-98 22:36:36 +delphinehd 1543 780 49.4% 21-Jan-98 22:51:36 +empty.lbi 175 99 43.4% 21-Jan-98 23:03:56 +english.lbi 2567 1307 49.0% 21-Jan-98 22:20:02 +french.lbi 125 105 16.0% 21-Jan-98 23:16:58 +GAME 388 260 32.9% 21-Jan-98 22:40:56 +GAME.icon 2935 956 67.4% 21-Jan-98 23:05:18 +Install_Stealth 1884 1018 45.9% 21-Jan-98 23:16:24 +Install_Stealth.info 12568 7638 39.2% 21-Jan-98 20:33:38 +localebin 2195 1146 47.7% 21-Jan-98 23:17:14 +opstealthhd.readme 5146 1624 68.4% 21-Jan-98 23:16:24 +opstealthhd.readme.info 2278 566 75.1% 21-Jan-98 23:17:30 OperationStealthHD.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 134996 52065 61.4% 23-Jan-98 06:48:20 13 files