Help on file

purple1 · Post by **purple1** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 7:32 am

I found this file: qstrat.dat in my data folder for Mac DM2. Any idea what it is for?

(This is the file)

0101: 41 42 33 14 30 15 23 29 16 12 03 40 39 19 17 28 18 25 02 22 43 11 38 06 27 07 09 08 24 10 01 32 05 31 34 26 36 13 04 35 21 00 37 20
0000: 29 12 03 07 14 16 22 02 33 23 19 42 01 41 25 10 38 09 39 08 05 28 32 18 31 34 15 11 17 06 40 26 24 36 13 35 30 27 04 21 43 00 37 20
0010: 29 12 14 07 03 10 22 02 09 19 16 23 05 41 33 28 32 18 31 34 01 42 38 08 06 39 40 15 25 24 26 17 11 36 04 35 13 43 21 30 27 00 37 20

Des · Post by **Des** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:47 pm

Perhaps it's a numeric key which can be used to decode the "Holy Scroll" in the Atari version of CSB?

purple1 · Post by **purple1** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:51 pm

Well, that's certainly an intersting conclusion. The file is obviously hex values, but the values are written as plain text. Opening other data files in a text editor reveals jumbled garbage, but looks more like this in a hex editor. I don't know why it was written as plain text.

Post by **Paul Stevens** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 9:11 pm

Don't look like hex to me. Likely decimal.

Post by **Gambit37** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 9:32 pm

You could try renaming it temporarily, then fire up the game and see what changes/fails. Might give you some clues to it's purpose. It might be something to do with Quicktime possibly, because of the q in the file name?

purple1 · Post by **purple1** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 12:08 am

Nothing failed when I opened DM2, and nothing seemed wrong initially.

If it has something to do with Quicktime, it's not big because it is only a few numbers. It isn't enough to be a movie or picture.

The numbers appear to be memory addresses and variables, but I have no clue as to their application in DM2.

Post by **Gambit37** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 2:00 am

Possibly notes for a quicktime midi?