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Set dp without leaving it in 'change picture' list (aka break map.dat) by GearGOD on 07-10-2006 at 12:05 PM
Sorry about these multiple questions but this is my only resource regarding Msg+ at this point. Is it possible to change the DP without it showing up later on in the selection list? If not, is it possible to remove pictures from that list?
I basically have a number of frames I want to go through over time but I don't want to be looking at them in the selection list.
RE: Set dp without leaving it in 'change picture' list by matty on 07-10-2006 at 01:16 PM
quote:Not through Messenger Plus! Live Scripting Engine
Originally posted by GearGOD
Is it possible to change the DP without it showing up later on in the selection list?
quote:Not yet, people have figured out how to decrypt the map.dat file but not encrypt it to be saved.
Originally posted by GearGOD
If not, is it possible to remove pictures from that list?
RE: Set dp without leaving it in 'change picture' list by RaceProUK on 07-10-2006 at 01:37 PM
quote:The way Messenger works, each new DP is automatically added to the list, and placed in a special folder. There's no way around this, since Messenger needs the picture in that special folder in order to display it. There's also no documented way to remove items from the list short of simulating user actions, which would create undesireable flicker on-screen.
Originally posted by GearGOD
Is it possible to change the DP without it showing up later on in the selection list?
RE: Set dp without leaving it in 'change picture' list by GearGOD on 07-10-2006 at 02:29 PM
Surely there must be some way to automate display pictures without flooding that list? I tried dynamic image generation so that the output name is static, but it still adds a new item to the list every time that same image is reloaded...
Edit: I have found this map.dat file. Where is the existing information about the encryption? I am assuming it links those strange gibberish names to the real filenames... God, hasn't m$ got anything better to do than randomly uselessly name files and create junky folders.
Re-edit: After a bit of research it looks like people went as far as wrapping the enctyption library with a proxy and tracing the calls messenger makes to it, still with no explanation why rebuilding the file doesn't work. I have however, come up with an idea that seems to half work. I found the path of the current display picture in temp, modified it, and told messenger to set the current display picture to that exact same temp path. It updated the picture. It did not add a new item. It did however, corrupt another display picture in the list. If anyone wants to take this up and see if they can get it working, good luck.
RE: Set dp without leaving it in 'change picture' list (aka break map.dat) by noroom on 07-10-2006 at 07:24 PM
How did you manage to have that? Is it always the same "other DP" that gets corrupted? Would it be possible to add a dummy DP to keep the user's real DPs from being corrupted?
I'd like to do this too.
RE: Set dp without leaving it in 'change picture' list (aka break map.dat) by RaceProUK on 07-11-2006 at 08:48 AM
Messenger doesn't create all those TR files as links to the originals: they're copies with a .DAT extension. And the corruption you see is because you've circumvented the normal method of adding a picture.