i am looking to use the unlimiter again. so i am perfectly happy to also maintain it and do the work myself. i completely understand how _arc would be tired of it. However i am finding this extremely difficult to actually get the tool into a maintainable state.
firstly the source code for the tool is impossible to track down assuming it was released at all.
The source code for the tmx unlimiter is written in C++, so it is reasonable to assume tm2 unlimiter was also written in c++.
c++ is very difficult to decompile into a meaningful assembly. so even if i had access to a decompiler (the best c++ decompiler apparently cannot be purchased online, only through mail???) it is likely to produce nonsense and i cannot make a new tool with that.
the tool has an intentional block that checks the version of the game and refuses to open itself if the version is wrong. I find this quite annoying and overzealous. a version number does not by itself indicate compatibility.
Here are the things that occurred in tm2unlimiter's life:
1. the tool was made.
2. support was eventually removed.
3. the hosting website is long gone so it is now impossible to download any version of the tool.
4. the source code, if it was ever released, no longer exists, so it is impossible for others to maintain the tool even if they wanted to.
5. the source code is written in a language that makes it almost impossible to recover and repair.
6. based on my searching, _arc himself has removed every trace of his existence and account from maniaplanet and the internet in general. (running searches maniaplanet itself couldn't locate an account with that name.) aka it is now impossible to even contact the tool's author to ask questions.
As i said, i completely understand that _arc would be tired of maintaining his tool and answering questions. However if i was a supervillain and i wanted to deliberately frustrate people, these are the actions that i would take.
_arc, i want to maintain your tool and make it work again. please allow me to do so
if any of yall know about arc's whereabouts or ways we can reflect the tool and see how it operates and potentially fix it, please let me know.
edit:
to be clear, my goal is to expand the map size in all the environments (tm2unlimiter did this). if you know of another method to do this, please shout out.
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