Popular Post nanakiwurtz Posted September 16, 2012 Popular Post Posted September 16, 2012 (edited) -[Client Hexing Tutorial by nkwz*]- Hi! This is a tutorial for those who are interested in learning how to edit your client.exe from beginning. This tutorial will be divided into several topics: 1. Introduction 2. Basic Knowledge 3. Tools 4. Client Editing 5. Help the rA Community! 6. Credits I want to share my knowledge about client hexing, and I'd like to make this project as an rA Community Project. It's better to have more people joining this project, because it needs lots of effort for making a fully translated client. Suggestion and questions are always welcomed, and sorry for my poor English 1. INTRODUCTION rAthena is one of the popular Ragnarok Online emulator, some of you maybe already know about other emulators such as eAthena or 3CeAM. In order to play RO, we need something named as server and client. rA, eA and the others are Server. kRO, Miruku and the others are Client. Actually you can find another custom client package, just search throughout this forum and you'll find some. Most of rA codes based from kRO, not iRO. And that's why some of the original client (not hexed yet) comes with lots of Korean words hardcoded inside them, although some part of it is already translated into English but we still need to convert Korean letters into Latin first. I recommend to translate the client from Korean into English first, because it'll be easier if you want to translate your own client.exe into your native language later. 2. BASIC KNOWLEDGE 2a. Numeral System In our daily life we use a "Base 10" numeral system, called as Decimal. It goes from 0,1,2,3....10,11,12.... But in programming world, there's also other numerical bases such as: Binary (Base 2), Octal (Base 8), Hexadecimal (Base 16). In Decimal, we count from 0-9, when we add another 1 into 9, the result is 10. In Binary, it only have 2 numbers, 1 and 0. 1 Decimal = 1 Binary, 2 Decimal = 10 Binary. 3 --> 11, 4 --> 100, 5 --> 101, 6 --> 110, 7 --> 111, 8 --> 1000. In Octal is the same, they only have 0-7, there is no '8' in this numeral system. What about Hex? It's Base 16 right? How many numbers do they have in this numeral system? Of course 16. But what to come after 10? Hex has a special case, because Hex borrows 10 numbers from Decimal (That is 0-9) and also borrows 6 letters from Latin (A-F). So if you add 1 into 9, it doesn't become 10, instead it will becomes A. 0,1,2,3.....9,10,A,B,C... What to expect if you add 1 into F? Guess what, it becomes 10! So, 9 Decimal --> 9 Hex, 10 --> A, 15 --> F, 16 --> 10, 50 --> 32, 100 --> 64. That's why they are called as "Base x", x means how many numbers they have in their numeral system. 2b. File Structure This topic isn't necessary though, but I just want to help you to understand how executable file works. There are numerous of file types in nowadays computing world, starting with the widely known txt, mp3, avi, jpg, bmp, xls, exe. This time, what we need to know is only about exe files. In Windows, almost all of applications are 'exe' files. Coders/Developers write out codes in either Low Level Language or High Level one, and after that the codes are compiled into something that we (computer user) could use without knowing anything about programming language. When the exe file is being compiled, it also store something which called as "Header" in it's beginning lines. Different compiler generates different header too. One of the header contains filesize checksum, so that's why we can't edit exe file freely as we want to, because if we're not aware about this problem, our exe file won't work at all... 2c. Hardcode vs Softcode What on earth is that? Hardcode means the code is read from the file itself. So if we want to alter the code, we need some special tools. The case is different for some codes (that some people prefer to call as 'Softcode'), those type of code can be altered because the exe file reads them from outside of the file, the notable example is 'msgstringtable.txt', when you alter the word in that file, you can see the changes when you run your client.exe So when next time someone replied in a post "It's hardcoded in the client", you know exactly what it means 3. TOOLS If we want to edit our client.exe we need some tools, such as: - Hex Editor (Obviously ;P) - Text Processor (I use Notepad++ [set encoding to UTF-8]) - Calculator (Optional) - nkwz rA Toolkit --> http://rathena.org/b...kwz-ra-toolkit/ - Charmap.exe (Can be found in every PC that uses Windows) You can get those tools in the internet. Freeware is okay too.. 4. CLIENT EDITING Phew... After reading those exhausting topics, here we are.. (Afterall I guess that's why you're reading up to this point). First, get some 2012 client.exe. For example here, I use '2012-04-10aRagexeRE.exe', any 2012 version will do, as long as the client developer doesn't change the file structure (>_<') Then open your client.exe in hex editor, you'll notice 3 sections. The leftmost part is called Offset, the middle part is Hex stream/data, the right part is ASCII data. Offset is like a location pointer, and they're increasing if we scroll down. Still remember about Hex numeral system on previous topic? Well.. here they are, the heart of every exe files, hex! The right part is just a translated code from hex into Latin characters, so some of the data can be more understandable to human eye. The problem is the client.exe comes from Korean developers, so they use their native language, Koreans! That's a nightmare for those who doesn't live in Korea... (Yes it is! ) But if the developer creates an English version, then why am I writing this tutorial? Anyway back to the topic... Hmm.. Make a copy of your client.exe, open one client.exe in hex editor, and run the other one. After you login with correct username and password, there's the Char Selection window, go create a new char. Look, our first Korean word has appeared! If you hasn't install the Korean Language pack, you'll see this "Äɸ¯Å͸¸µé±â" (Note: I uninstall my Korean Language pack in order to see those letters). Open charmap.exe, use Arial font (or another font if you want), and find that strange letters one by one. (I know this is exhausting, that's why I want to make this project as a Community Project). After you double click each letter found in charmap, you should have all (or some) of the strange letters, well this part is a little tricky because your eye have to be good to see the correct letter, if you picked a wrong letter in charmap, then your conversion process won't be a success. After you collect the letters in charmap, then open 'nkwz rA Toolkit.exe', and you'll see 2 boxes, one is Input Hex, and the other is Input Latin. Paste the letters into 'Input Latin' and voila! You have those secret codes showing in Output Hex! Äɸ¯Å͸¸µé±â --> C4C9B8AFC5CD20B8B8B5E9B1E2 Then go back to your hex editor, search for 'C4C9B8AFC5CD20B8B8B5E9B1E2' (or some part of it), and if you're lucky, then you'll find the position, if not then you'll need to meet an Arch Bishop and request Gloria for Luk+30... Please note that some hex editor can't highlight all of the code even when it's found, so you'll have to see carefully. Look at the nkwz rA Toolkit, at the bottom of the program I also have write a simple line about how many chars that has been converted in the process. Then think about some name that would fit in the game, in http://rathena.org/b...r-2012-clients/ Razor X and Judas picked 'Create Player'. Back at the nkwz rA Toolkit, type Create Player in the Input Latin, and voila again! Suddenly some magical numbers appeared in Output Hex! Important: Look at the bottom part, 'Latin: 13 char'. Make sure you use same amount of chars as the replacement! If you plan to use other name that is shorter that the original, just add some space to the end at Input Latin, so the char amount is the same like hex chars. The next thing after your convert 'Create Player' or 'Create a Char' into hex, let's go back at the hex editor and edit the value according to the generated value in nkwz rA Toolkit in Output Hex. After that, save it and run the file to see if your changes has been made correctly into the client.exe Congratulations! Now you can make your own 2012 client.exe.. ^________^ And that's a wrap! 5. HELP THE rA COMMUNITY! As like I said earlier in this tutorial, I'd like to make this as a Community Project. How to join? Just post a decent and readable screenshot of Korean garbled letters, and also the location of the window/skill/item/chat window info so it's easy to find it in the game, then help us to find the letter in charmap.exe and paste it here, just follow the example post. After that, think of a good name as the replacement (in English please) If you can't think about it now, don't worry, someone may have a good name for it. 6. CREDITS This tutorial is written by me, after I read this post --> http://rathena.org/b...r-2012-clients/ I got inspired to write this tutorial. I wrote down the codes which floating in my head last night, and that's how 'nkwz rA Toolkit' was made. Umm.. I compress the exe file with UPX, and some antivirus app doesn't like a file with UPX compression D: Thanks to Razor X for his inspiring post Thanks to Utada Hikaru, Ayumi Hamasaki and also Winamp! ^^ You can call me as nkwz* too, and btw I don't have any Twitter/Facebook account ;P Thanks for reading this tutorial and let's add more power to rA! Example: Image: Location: Login --> Create a new char Korean: Äɸ¯ÅÍ ¸¸µé±â Hex code: C4C9B8AFC5CD20B8B8B5E9B1E2 English Suggestion: Create Player / Create a Char Edited September 16, 2012 by nanakiwurtz 19 Quote
jysn Posted September 16, 2012 Posted September 16, 2012 why the navigation system on 2012-04-10 client is untranslated compare to 2012-06-18? i'm using translated msgstringtable.txt on both client so it means its on the hexing of the client? how any idea? Quote
Rebel Posted September 16, 2012 Posted September 16, 2012 (edited) why the navigation system on 2012-04-10 client is untranslated compare to 2012-06-18? i'm using translated msgstringtable.txt on both client so it means its on the hexing of the client? how any idea? Navigation System in 2012-04-10 client is hard coded.. that's why its untranslated.. Edited September 16, 2012 by Razor X Quote
Judas Posted September 16, 2012 Posted September 16, 2012 Awesome!! Well with that said you could find thr strings in 2012-04-10 and overwrite the lines if you know what you are doing. Quote
Brynner Posted September 16, 2012 Posted September 16, 2012 (edited) no need to do hexing for this Example: Image: Location: Login --> Create a new char Korean: Äɸ¯ÅÍ ¸¸µé±â Hex code: C4C9B8AFC5CD20B8B8B5E9B1E2 English Suggestion: Create Player / Create a Char diff your client using this.WDGTranslateClientIntoEnglish.dll Edited September 16, 2012 by Brynner 2 Quote
Judas Posted September 16, 2012 Posted September 16, 2012 true, ai4rei turns it to Make Character I believe. so diffing is the easiest way. But probably this is just an example to lead to better things Quote
nanakiwurtz Posted September 17, 2012 Author Posted September 17, 2012 Hmm.. I realize the benefit of a Diff file, it's very easy to apply the patch, but the major downside for me is, I don't know how to create a diff file and if I want to change the client then I have to wait for a next version diff to be released by Diff maker, such as ai4rei.. And some people may want to customize their language into their natives too Location: Press Esc --> Video Configuration Korean: ÀüÀå Hex: C0FCC0E5 (near 4E6F4374726C00006974656D00000000736B696C6C) Suggestion: More [4D6F7265] Location: Press Esc --> Sound Configuration Korean: ÆÄƼ¿ø ã±â ¾Ë¶÷ Hex: N/A (msgstringtable) Suggestion: Use 3D Effect (?) Inventory Window: Location: Press Alt+E Korean: Àåºñ Hex: N/A (msgstringtable) Suggestion: Equip Korean: °³ÀÎ Hex: N/A (msgstringtable) Suggestion: Fav Korean: ¾ÆÀÌÅÛ ¹ö¸®±â Àá±Ý Hex: N/A (msgstringtable) Suggestion: Item Lock Party Window: Location: Press Alt+Z Korean: ÆÄƼ°á¼º Hex: N/A (msgstringtable) Suggestion: Create Party Location: Press Alt+Z --> Create Party Korean: ÆÄƼ À̸§ µî·Ï Hex: N/A (msgstringtable) Suggestion: Party Name Location: Party Window Korean: ÆÄƼÃÊ´ë Hex: N/A (msgstringtable) Suggestion: Add to Party Location: Party Window Korean: ÆÄƼŻÅð Hex: N/A (msgstringtable) Suggestion: Leave Party Location: Party Window --> Add to Party Korean: ÃÊ´ëÇÒ Ä³¸¯ÅÍ À̸§ Hex: N/A (msgstringtable) Suggestion: Type character's name Location: Party Window --> Add to Party --> Press OK without typing anything Korean: ij¸¯Å͸íÀ» ÀÔ·ÂÇÏ¼Å¾ß ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. Hex: N/A (msgstringtable) Suggestion: Please type the character's name you want to invite to this party. Location: Press Alt+Z --> Create Party --> Press OK without typing anything Korean: ÆÄƼÀ̸§À» ÀÔ·ÂÇÏ¼Å¾ß ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. Hex: N/A (msgstringtable) Suggestion: Please insert the name of your party. 7 Quote
Mystery Posted September 18, 2012 Posted September 18, 2012 For your Mini-Icon area: Location: Press Esc --> Video Configuration Korean: ˟ˌ Hex: C0FCC0E5 (near 4E6F4374726C00006974656D00000000736B696C6C) Suggestion: More [4D6F7265] I wouldn't suggest "More" but "Show" would be more appropriate no? If you toggle it the icon shows on the mini-map and when you untoggle it, they disappear no? Unless, that box beside the Mini-icon word isn't what I thought it's supposed to do?.. Thanks to this topic, we were able to change the wordings for Creating a new Character Quote
nanakiwurtz Posted September 18, 2012 Author Posted September 18, 2012 Hmm.. It looks like there's no one interested about hexing a client. Should I delete this thread? Quote
Mystery Posted September 18, 2012 Posted September 18, 2012 Hmm.. It looks like there's no one interested about hexing a client. Should I delete this thread? Why would you delete a thread that has been combined with useful information?.. If people want to contribute, they would. You just opened the topic.. yesterday? o_o. Quote
Judas Posted September 18, 2012 Posted September 18, 2012 most people want it simple and clean and walk away with something fast. But in my opinion, I love this thread, lots of good information and good for reference Quote
nanakiwurtz Posted September 18, 2012 Author Posted September 18, 2012 Really? Yesterday? It feels like almost a week has been passed.. Hmm... I really need some more sleep then Anyway, let's move on to the next step before I go to sleep (Afterall I can't find the delete button) Navigation Window: Location: Navigation Window Korean: °Ë»ö ´Ü¾î ¼³Á¤ (Ex: ´Ü¾î ´Ü¾î ... Hex: B0CBBBF620B4DCBEEE20BCB3C1A4202845783A20B4DCBEEE20B4DCBEEE202E2E2E Suggestion: Type anything here (Ex: Prontera) [5479706520616E797468696E672068657265202845783A2050726F6E7465726129] Location: Navigation Window Korean: °Ë»ö Hex: B0CBBBF6 (Near B1E620C1A4BAB800B8F1C7A5B7CE20BEC8B3BB) Suggestion: Find [46696E64] Location: Navigation Window Korean: ±æ Á¤º¸¸ñÇ¥·Î ¾È³» Hex: B1E620C1A4BAB800B8F1C7A5B7CE20BEC8B3BB Suggestion: Back to Navigation [4261636B20746F204E617669676174696F6E] Location: Navigation Window Korean: °Ë»ö Á¤º¸ Hex: B0CBBBF620C1A4BAB8 Suggestion: View List [56696577204C697374] / Show List [53686F77204C697374] Location: Navigation Window Korean: º¸±â ¸ðµå º¯°æ Hex: BAB8B1E220B8F0B5E520BAAFB0E6 Suggestion: Toggle Minimap [546F67676C65204D696E696D6170] Currently I don't have any idea about replacement text that shows over Scroll, Plane and Service box. 2 Quote
Tepoo Posted September 19, 2012 Posted September 19, 2012 this guide is awesome. i will try to understand this all and check what i can get my hands on :-) very nice work. Quote
nanakiwurtz Posted September 19, 2012 Author Posted September 19, 2012 Thanks for the feedback Tepoo. I need to know what else that hasn't been translated. It can be any window title, chat text, skills or items. But I'm focusing on 2012-04-10 Quote
Judas Posted September 19, 2012 Posted September 19, 2012 are you going to do the navigation search lines, and mob info in the navigation Quote
Judas Posted September 20, 2012 Posted September 20, 2012 when you enter a map location and click search/go, there are 3-4 navigation lines that come up that tell you what to do next Quote
nanakiwurtz Posted September 20, 2012 Author Posted September 20, 2012 Uhh can you provide a screenshot about it? Monster Info done (I think..) Monster Element: Korean: ¼ö¼Ó¼º Hex: BCF6BCD3BCBA Suggestion: Shdw [536864772020] Korean: Áö¼Ó¼º Hex: C1F6BCD3BCBA Suggestion: Earth [456172746820] Korean: ¾Ï¼Ó¼º Hex: BECFBCD3BCBA Suggestion: Water [576174657220] Korean: ȼӼº Hex: C8ADBCD3BCBA Suggestion: Fire [466972652020] Korean: ¿°¼Ó¼º Hex: BFB0BCD3BCBA Suggestion: Ghost [47686F737420] Korean: dz¼Ó¼º Hex: C7B3BCD3BCBA Suggestion: Wind [57696E642020] Korean: µ¶¼Ó¼º Hex: B5B6BCD3BCBA Suggestion: Pois [506F69732020] Korean:¼º¼Ó¼º Hex: BCBABCD3BCBA Suggestion: Holy [486F6C792020] Korean: ¾ðµ¥µå Hex: BEF0B5A5B5E5 Suggestion: Und [556E64202020] Korean: ¹«¼Ó¼º Hex: B9ABBCD3BCBA Suggestion: Neutr [4E6575747220] Monster Size: Korean:´ëÇü Hex: B4EBC7FC Suggestion: Big [42696720] / LRG [4C524720] <-- Actually it should be Large, but since it's limited to 4 char only, so I pick Big/LRG Korean: ÁßÇü Hex: C1DFC7FC Suggestion: Med [4D656420] / MED [4D454420] Korean: ¼ÒÇü Hex: BCD2C7FC Suggestion: Smal [536D616C] / SML [534D4C20] Monster Race: Korean: ¾Ç¸¶Çü Hex: BEC7B8B6C7FC Suggestion: Demon [44656D6F6E20] Korean: Àΰ£Çü Hex: C0CEB0A3C7FC Suggestion: Demi-H [44656D692D48] Korean: ¹«Çü Hex: B9ABC7FC Suggestion: Form [466F726D] Korean: ºÒ»çÇü Hex: BAD2BBE7C7FC Suggestion: Undead [556E64656164] Korean: ½Ä¹°Çü Hex: BDC4B9B0C7FC Suggestion: Plant [506C616E7420] Korean: ¾îÆÐÇü Hex: BEEEC6D0C7FC Suggestion: Fish [466973682020] Korean: µ¿¹°Çü Hex: B5BFB9B0C7FC Suggestion: Brute [427275746520] Korean: õ»çÇü Hex: C3B5BBE7C7FC Suggestion: Angel [416E67656C20] Korean: °ïÃæÇü Hex: B0EFC3E6C7FC Suggestion: Insect [496E73656374] Korean: ¿ëÁ· Hex: BFEBC1B7 Suggestion: Drag [44726167] Monster Type: Korean: (ÀϹÝ) Hex: 28C0CFB9DD29 Suggestion: (Mob) [284D6F622920] Korean: (º¸½º) Hex: 28BAB8BDBA29 Suggestion: (Boss) [28426F737329] About 'Monster Element', actually it supports up to 6 chars, but if you use all 6, for example: Undead/Netral/Shadow, the element level won't show up. That's the reason why I don't use the whole word. Hmmm... What else did I missed..? Quote
Judas Posted September 21, 2012 Posted September 21, 2012 do you have the navigation strings? http://rathena.org/board/topic/71359-translation-hexed-10-04-2012/#entry140083 Quote
nanakiwurtz Posted September 21, 2012 Author Posted September 21, 2012 I know the location and I can change them, but currently have no idea what they mean.. Any suggestion? 1 Quote
Judas Posted September 21, 2012 Posted September 21, 2012 I think you can post them and leave it empty for now. If we could get the lines we could google translate them or something Quote
nanakiwurtz Posted September 21, 2012 Author Posted September 21, 2012 (edited) Okay then...here they are: Navigation Window (chat info): Location: 1st line after searching for a map. Korean: ¾È³»ÇÏ´Â À§Ä¡·Î À̵¿ÇϽñ⠹ٶø´Ï´Ù. Hex: BEC8B3BBC7CFB4C220C0A7C4A1B7CE20C0CCB5BFC7CFBDC3B1E220B9D9B6F8B4CFB4D92E Suggestion: N/A (up to 36 chars) Location: 2nd line after searching for a map. Korean: ¿öÇÁ¸¦ ÀÌ¿ëÇÏ¿© ´ÙÀ½ Áö¿ªÀ¸·Î À̵¿ÇϽñ⠹ٶø´Ï´Ù. Hex:BFF6C7C1B8A620C0CCBFEBC7CFBFA920B4D9C0BD20C1F6BFAAC0B8B7CE20C0CCB5BFC7CFBDC3B1E220B9D9B6F8B4CFB4D92E Suggestion: N/A (up to 50 chars) Location: Arrived on the specified destination after searching for a map. Korean: ¸ñÇ¥ ¸Ê¿¡ µµÂøÇÏ¿´½À´Ï´Ù. Hex: B8F1C7A520B8CABFA120B5B5C2F8C7CFBFB4BDC0B4CFB4D92E Suggestion: NOTE: You have arrived. [4E4F54453A20596F75206861766520617272697665642E2020] Location: After searching for a NPC. Korean: ã°íÀÚ ÇÏ´Â Npc°¡ ÀÖ´Â ¸Ê¿¡ µµÂø ÇÏ¿´½À´Ï´Ù. Npc·Î À̵¿ÇϽñ⠹ٶø´Ï´Ù. Hex: C3A3B0EDC0DA20C7CFB4C2204E7063B0A120C0D6B4C220B8CABFA120B5B5C2F820 C7CFBFB4BDC0B4CFB4D92E204E7063B7CE20C0CCB5BFC7CFBDC3B1E220B9D9B6F8B4CFB4D92E Suggestion: N/A (up to 70 chars) Location: After NPC has been reached. Korean: µµÂø. Hex: B5B5C2F82E Suggestion: Found [466F756E64] Hmm.. Need some more? (Please post some screenshots / location to make it easier to find) Uhh.. Pressing ctrl+z when typing will erase the existing space/new lines... Edited September 21, 2012 by nanakiwurtz 1 Quote
Judas Posted September 21, 2012 Posted September 21, 2012 Uhh.. Pressing ctrl+z when typing will erase the existing space/new lines... ^ What's that mean Quote
Brynner Posted September 21, 2012 Posted September 21, 2012 Uhh.. Pressing ctrl+z when typing will erase the existing space/new lines... ^ What's that mean i think when you're doing undo? Quote
Yommy Posted September 21, 2012 Posted September 21, 2012 i am confused, all of these are in the msgstringtable ?? Quote
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