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I have written a UHS compiler and a UHS reader. I just wanted to give the AGI and SCI community a peak at it:

http://www.agigames.com/uhs/

As you can see it allows you to read those 3 UHS files.

Anyway, I would like a volunteer(s) to make their own UHS file which they can then distribute for their game. Please post a response to this asking to volunteer and I will set you up with what you need to make your own UHS for your AGI/SCI game.

is it a uhs 86/88/89a/92 version? what version?

i remember writing a 88 version.. pretty simple ascii encryption stuff. i think they changed it in later formats.. hehehe

Mine is based upon the 88a UHS system. I have some specs on the 95a system as well, and might try that out one day.

pretty simple ascii encryption stuff. i think they changed it in later formats..

Yeah the later versions don't use the same simple format. Mainly because of images and stuff being able to be used in the UHS's.

I think the hardest part was the actual encryption/decryption... the only reason it was hard was because PHP isn't very good at splitting up the string by each character so that it cane be converted then reassembled. My methods work... but I did have to turn error reporting so that it would ignore notices. :-\

i remember writing a 88 version..

What did you write it in?

Also did you write a compiler and decompiler for the uhs files? I do have a compiler written in PHP for UHS, but I havn't written the decompiler yet.

it was just a viewer. i didnt bother with a compiler. it was all in C. i dont remember if i reversed the algorythm or i just used a dictionary for decryption.. i think i remember i had an algo, but everything came out in lower case for some reason..

Oi, then, I've been promising to make a hint system for VG. Dunno' bout that PHP bollocks, though. Lay it on me, gov'nuh.

You don't need to know PHP. I sent you a pm through the board with the info you will need.

I have some specs on the 95a system as well, and might try that out one day.

Where did you find those? Could you send them to me?

The site I found them on doesn't have it anymore. And I would send it to you, but it's on one of my cd-r's... not sure which one though... I had to copy stuff from my old hard drive to my new one after my old computer crashed.

Chris Cromer wrote: The site I found them on doesn't have it anymore. And I would send it to you, but it's on one of my cd-r's... not sure which one though... I had to copy stuff from my old hard drive to my new one after my old computer crashed.

Well, if you find them, please let me know...

What do you need the specs for?

Besides it isn't like it's hard to figure out, they use a cheap encryption which is easily revearsable, and the format of the file isn't too hard to figure out.

Anyways, you can always just search the net for them.

First, I haven't found 95a specs anywhere. And I may reverse engineer the format, but I'm too lazy for it, as I don't need it so badly...

Well, I got the specs from the site of a member of this board named "Mokalus of Borg"... he took the specs down off his site... but you might want to see if he still has them by contacting him.

He is a moderator here:
http://www.wiw.org/~jess/forum/index.php so you can contact him from there.

Thanks, I will do it.

Sounds interesting. I will try it if it is not too hard. Count me in.

Have you made an AGI or SCI game?