Jeff Epler's blog 2012-10-09T02:30:33Z Photos, electronics, cnc, and more Jeff Eplerjepler@unpythonic.net FTL (un)packer for Linux 2012-10-09T02:30:33Z 2012-10-09T02:30:33Z https://gamma.unpythonic.net/01349749833 <div style="float:right;clear:right"><!-- ftl-hacked.png--><div class=albumouter style=width:306px id=><div class=albumimage style="width:306px;margin-left:0.0px;"><a href="https://media.unpythonic.net/emergent-files/01349749833/ftl-hacked-medium.jpg" class="thickbox" rel="album" title="Really? Twelve stuffs? Now I can beat the rebels."><img src="https://media.unpythonic.net/emergent-files/01349749833/ftl-hacked-small.jpg" width=300 height=172></a><div ><div style="float: right" ><a href="https://media.unpythonic.net/emergent-files/01349749833/ftl-hacked-medium.jpg">(M)</a><a href="https://media.unpythonic.net/emergent-files/01349749833/ftl-hacked.png">(L)</a></div><a href="https://media.unpythonic.net/emergent-files/01349749833/ftl-hacked.png">Really? Twelve stuffs? Now I can beat the rebels.</a></div></div></div> </div> <p><strong>Update:</strong> Added some notes about what is in the various files in data.dat <p>Recently I bought <a href="http://www.ftlgame.com">Faster Than Light</a> (FTL), a game which runs on Linux (and also on Mac and Windows). <p>I noticed that there was a lot of stuff in two &quot;.dat&quot; files; the format of the &quot;.dat&quot; files turned out to be very simple, and so I wrote a packer and unpacker: <a href="https://media.unpythonic.net/emergent-files/01349749833/ftlpack.py">ftlpack.py</a>. Fun with iBird on android 2012-07-30T20:08:10Z 2012-07-30T20:08:10Z https://gamma.unpythonic.net/01343678890 <div style="float:right;clear:right"><!-- Screenshot_2012-07-30-15-28-08.png--><div class=albumouter style=width:306px id=><div class=albumimage style="width:193px;margin-left:56.5px;"><a href="https://media.unpythonic.net/emergent-files/01343678890/Screenshot_2012-07-30-15-28-08-medium.jpg" class="thickbox" rel="album" title="Ah yes, the Least Gaga's hatching call."><img src="https://media.unpythonic.net/emergent-files/01343678890/Screenshot_2012-07-30-15-28-08-small.jpg" width=187 height=300></a><div ><div style="float: right" ><a href="https://media.unpythonic.net/emergent-files/01343678890/Screenshot_2012-07-30-15-28-08-medium.jpg">(M)</a><a href="https://media.unpythonic.net/emergent-files/01343678890/Screenshot_2012-07-30-15-28-08.png">(L)</a></div><a href="https://media.unpythonic.net/emergent-files/01343678890/Screenshot_2012-07-30-15-28-08.png">Ah yes, the Least Gaga's hatching call.</a></div></div></div> </div> I can't resist tinkering! So, here are some observations about the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatbird.pro">iBird</a> application on android (besides that it is awesome and if you watch birds and have a compatible device you should buy it like Ingrid did; I think there's even a version for the apple phone and tablet). If things like 'run adb at the commandline' sounds like gibberish to you, don't bother asking for instructions.