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CRC tool (recursive and non-recursive versions), it has two main sections: a CRC-32 calculator, whose purpose is to calculate the CRC-32 hash for any string entered, as Trespasser internally does; and a CRC-32 reversing section, whose purpose is to help finding a valid string that matches a known CRC-32 hash, and can be used to access any unused sounds or textures inside the Trespasser retail files. You can guess the beginning and/or the ending of the string, and the app will find a 4-character or longer sequence which together with them will give the desired CRC-32 value.

There are two versions released together, the even-numbered one (24) is implemented using recursion, while the odd-numbered one (21) doesn't use recursion, and is a little slower. Source code is included.

Recursive version: http://www.fileplanet.com/hosteddl.aspx ... scrc24.zip
Non-recursive version: http://www.fileplanet.com/hosteddl.aspx ... scrc25.zip

These new versions of the tools, 24 (recursive) and 25 (non-recursive), implement some slight improvements to the UI, so that now even Drac should be able to use it easily. Seriously, now, the changes limit the user input choices on some fields as to not waste time innecessarily.

Additionally, I've made experimental versions that calculate the string in backwards sense, but aside from some purely experimental use, there's no reason to use them instead of the regular ones.

http://www.fileplanet.com/hosteddl.aspx ... c24bwd.zip
http://www.fileplanet.com/hosteddl.aspx ... c25bwd.zip

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Sound name listings for the Demo (build 117), Retail (build 116), Beta 103, Beta 99, Beta 97, Beta 96, Build 55, PC Gamer Alpha (build 32) and E3 1998 Alpha (build 22) TPA files

Yes, perhaps Rebel too! I tried an earlier version though I wasn't able to unearth any discoveries and I know from your recently released lists, there's still some ids yet to be found.

Yes, I think there are still over 50 unknown names in the Effects.tpa listing. Stream.tpa only has 4 unknowns left (which Bill Brown could possibly identify if we ever manage to get in touch with him), and Ambient.tpa has still a dozen left. Several of the ones from Effects.tpa are part of a larger group, so if you identify one of them, the rest of the group is also automatically identified.

Here's an example:



These are 3 groups, one of 6, one of 5 and one of 2 sounds. If you find the right name for one of them, you'll know the ones of the rest of the group, as they only differ in the last part of the string. Aside from that, finding the naming scheme for one of these groups may give you a clue of the naming scheme of the other two ones...

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Visit The Carnivores Saga - a forum devoted to modding Action Forms' Carnivores, Carnivores 2 and Carnivores: Ice Age games
Tres WIP: updated T-Script Reference and File Formats documents
Sound name listings for the Demo (build 117), Retail (build 116), Beta 103, Beta 99, Beta 97, Beta 96, Build 55, PC Gamer Alpha (build 32) and E3 1998 Alpha (build 22) TPA files

Yeah, still nada. I'll be trying again off and on though -