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I've recently made a Memgraft patch that re-adds the Afterburners spell that Blizzard removed from the Valkyrie. However, it uses some interesting work around methods to achieve cyclic energy reduction(similar to Cloaking, but much faster). I need about 4-5 people willing to test this spell. It does require a program(which I wrote), to allow the cycle CASM to be applied. The change by this program to your exe is minimal, and will not affect its ability to function over Battle.net(I hope). All it does is allow access to several of the routines that SC has already written that I wouldn't be able to use normally. I'll be accepting requests for this through either PM or by a post. After I have at least 3 people willing to test, I'll PM them the files.

TESTER MUST TEST:
*Does the technology research and apply properly? - This checks the requirement AfterburnersOff. The button must be gray when not researched.
*Does is play the sound properly when activated?
*Does it subtract the energy properly
*Does it increase the speed?
*Does it give the "Not Enough Energy" text and sound when there isn't enough energy?
*Does the cycle action reduce energy while the afterburners are engaged?
*Does the Turn Afterburners Off button show up when the Afterburners are on?
*Does the power down sound play properly when deactivated?
*Does the energy stop reducing when deactivated?
*Does the speed go back to normal when deactivated?
*****DOES IT WORK OVER BATTLE.NET?***** - This is the most important thing.

Not Implemented(nor planned):
'the gathering' energy stuff. I don't want to have to recode it to check for the cheat.

TESTERS:
1. Voyager7456(MM)
2. Rikimbo
3. www.com.au
4. TERRAINFIGHTER
5. Moose77
anyone else?

Since I'm not into just anyone stealing the code, I've passworded the zip.

I would But im not exactly sure what im ment to do. i realise you load the mod file through an mpq editor.. but its a little blurry.

If i knew id do it for sure.

Actually, I'll have two exe's, plus one MPQ. The first exe is MemCycle, which I wrote to enable CASM cycle code through Memgraft editing. The second will be the Memgraft Patch, along with the acompaning MPQ(for tech and tbl strings). Testers would first have to place the files as such:

1. Place the MPQ in your Starcraft Folder. The exes can go anywhere.
2. Run MemCycle.(Only need to do this once)
3. Run the Memgraft patch and test away.

I'm not putting the files up yet, though, because they aren't ready. Besides, I'm going to PM them to the testers. Not true anymore. I figured out that I'm going to password it.

When you say "only need to do this once" do you mean that it takes over regular starcraft as well so when you load the normal exe the mods still on it?

Ugh i hope not..

i just read most of the tutorials so it all makes alot more sense now.

and you want me dl memgraft and then update with a patch?? ok...

MemCycle modifies the PE header of SC. It makes no affect on the playability of the game, it just makes one small byte change to allow me to implement the cyclic energy reduction. It makes the same change as Memgraft when loading, except it applies it to your SC file(I can write an undo exe if you're really worried)so that I'm not forced to even further complicate the CASM code. Technically, it changes the attributes of the .text section so that it can be modified in memory.

In that case, you would have to make it be able to undo or blizzard would think of it as a hack and would ban it

I doubt they'd detect it. PE headers are only read when the game is loading initially. After that, its not read again. If they checked the state of the page, they could figure it out, but Memgraft does more than that. I bet if anything, they'd get you for Memgraft rather than MemCycle. I will write the undo into it. Run once - on, run again - off. Fair enough?

I'll test.

I will also test.

I'm curious.. this is the first time I actually hear about this would-be ability... any idea what it was supposed to do?

It sped up the Valkyries.

Okay. The four of you can test. I'll still allow anyone else to also(5 isn't the limit). I rewrote MemCycle to toggle. But, I did this all in CASM, so it isn't seamless. The energy reduction isn't completely clear(can't fix it), and it doesn't affect acceleration, only speed.

The first time I ran it, it worked perfectly...

...however, afterwards...

The Valkyries would only have the option to turn Afterburners on. The first time you clicked it, the Valk would lose 50 energy and not gain speed. Then after you clicked again it would lose 50 energy and gain speed, but never get the ability to turn Afterburners Off.

But this only occured after the 1st test.

Hmm.. i double click Memcycle and it says Success, CASM writing disabled. Is this right?

ADDITION:
aww crap.. SC couldnt find the patch file even when i put it in in with mpq thingie..

wait i got it..

Sorry but you might have to remove me from the testers list...
it refuses to let me run it with the error "Unable to open Registry"

i want to test this.

ADDITION:
Ive had a few instances where the energy of the valk's has gone 'down' to 200

ADDITION2:
The afterburners off button doesnt show up for a group of valks

hmm.. why is that? because its over LAN?

Sounds good...

Problem: When you activate the spell it subtracts 50 energy and plays the sound, but nothing else happens.