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Weird bitmap string.


neG

2007-10-20 09:18:09

Whenever I use the picture to string tool in SCAR the string it returns is quite odd.
Not really how I remember bitmap strings looking..

[PHP]hmmm := BitmapFromString(35, 35, 'beNrl1n1QFOcdwHFtJrVNFB2t' +
'TqdJaqaNnXY6mTFjR9tOx5k0rUnEkICEV18447uCiqhwYIqCgIBQy' +
'UEQPEHgQNE75OWAO48cyMshcuwB9869y97L3t7e++3e3e5dFzOdVP' +
'vPXWr+6m+ev77zzHxmnnl251m27P9kfvubjYxGal527NYtb21Yv/K' +
'Hg+7cKsAdA6hpyGN5iCHdDpD+mF/Q2pBRmLuDkv6Hze/+4mdrX3sp' +
'kM/IC3s5uIONmnmgnOG2sFGEi9k5mIOD2tkofNdroUPqihH2ibprC' +
'dTsD9I/f4/UY1at+F4QN2S5FUL5qGVYPV2nni5yLtZ7za0ozPQ7eL' +
'hnmvBJcFQe9AEB1yiK9PqgJjd4rerKJ1FBXvDht1AY7Q/5Ab9tQiu' +
'8AfDzTfIan6UFtd7BSM7WHbCzg64x3CcmMC2B6QlM4zIURwctcv8N' +
'9YT9j8KEGXfP64AGET9fM1PpeErHoA7Mes8PMzG4yw93+219fjuPw' +
'FROfXSQ5ynnO2jJGg+HAmQUsM9Ixy+RlkX5tcfYgkIdqOWOH+pEoX' +
't+5CHulTl1V6KEBp6D0L5wOEhGfudhgJennCoxzFWZFLUOHd1nbEV' +
'Nrai5HYP7cK/YESXkNvT/F4STcbAlQ9B3WjpWqAEqjJIaq7LOrrnh' +
'BW/5TM0YzA64AYc2OsilZz8P9YZDTjL2N+15xDom+oaqmioB56sti' +
'hpEVevU1/tAut/aF3AL7ZooIV3fixCuIWMvPfWbzkNC7jml4LJhtt' +
'wsrYYXrjs0td7FBtTaE3BNIeqSqCCntudFKCglY8/N5KGOA08GsmV' +
'jXxqAUqOkElZU2dXXPYY6zNobsD9CVNFBDk33i1Bgjow9DZ8PtVOm' +
'2Fmy0XytsBicL4Pk5cjCNY/+Omph+hGeTRkdZFd3PQf5ukN+IRm7G' +
'xJ5jH2TvSclIxe0Ty6Bs1cs0lKbosytq/Sa2jC4H1aURgepWN9Bvq' +
'6QhxnyjZDxQX0Cl7FX0HtUPJyjeVzwFCg0i4tg2WWXptQLNqEQE5Z' +
'HByELzCXITA95WSHPvZDrLuHpJ+OD+nhuW9pEz5F5frZ6MtcwU2Ca' +
'K4AkBU71Zbf+K5+5wyqLDrIp74U9HMLUGHJ3Eq52wtFKOFlk7Po6j' +
'tOSMtH1xdxQ1oIgRzedB4ouWMS5zoV8l6bYa2yxSq+++uorkUOwoj' +
'Pk7ieM9YSTQdhv47abONJBRlbdLk5z0njXgVneceX4ae3U2cWZs+a' +
'5Mw7FOYfygneRDsuqVq38SeSQVXEn5OohwFrc3oTbGoLW+gBUR0ZW' +
'7c7B5t3j9/eJOEcVo5max6cM05km4KRdlmWXn3KoCx2ar8ovxr/20' +
'x9HCsk7CAcLX6wJwjeCEC1grkYXq/TCG0zaxwPNCaPMPQDnC/nIMf' +
'XEccPUMVB4GJEcQaRHEdkJu+I0oqo+kbE9QgiSMXCkM6ivClpqAqZ' +
'rfvCqTdE0xspk0T4cbPpsnJkKcCiy4UPqicO6yYPgkwx4jmKbp9gV' +
'54igHVFVUU99GCFkkbbhMCOoqwiYKv1gKfa0iCzt5dtZtB3c259Os' +
'FKAwX1SPkU1StFN7IdEe+HZNFiUhshOh3AfslBJPfVRhJBZ0hKEmg' +
'PaUv9iCWa4hOkukoVR/hcm7W8PW+IED5JFA+mSob0Lj/bqBWkwkGw' +
'FEiEg0SY9HsK9iLKcmhUxJL4dMDcG1EWYvhDV5aOaXLK0V/71GbRr' +
'sitJNJAiGUpVDqfqxpKgmQRI+CkkjIPFB0nIpiyjZkYKdTbkuDX/9' +
'Ku/RLV5qOa8T51jmm9mlG9n0nbwWhMmH6SJOHvEvDQ5P0k7tpskIO' +
'EuSBgLiw8sQfLSyKGt720yzdO96ouo+pxPlU0u41wTo+L9+7QPuM+' +
'ODhhcOjrF8B7teDIEfGYRxlqmd2qFGW0CAywryTv5ceSf0rH9H0Fi' +
'2jPlDLmMs/Sbl3fdp6Vy2w4Ieg4CXMo8L0XGT9aMJUIzcUvQzE7tV' +
'ErZXT4sKz575O9R/YiKc8mLVPotBM7e3LIpZuefNx5P+9P1fyQO3z' +
'0j4hZIRs5rp7JgcQYExEHAJ2ZhnEl4yCgsW79uVVTQ+nUxoKjRpaA' +
'uQaLGLZtWv/urNe+8ufqNDTEb1q7ctvntE/vfv11NUYwUmUVXLXNU' +
'8ElOevzWtWte/x5v492xfzTO1noXzirGajb/evXvNq755c9jYl5f8' +
'cqPlv/nts2/fys9ftvbb677X97huZnxVnHFlfNJ77yxam3MiueFlz' +
'wJsduWL19GEj8k8pLmX58o8ow=');[/PHP]

What gives? Lol.
(I know that bitmap is huge, its not the point, I mean the lowercase letters and such, it just doesn't seem right? And I dont think it works.)

Santa_Clause

2007-10-20 09:27:45

It's encryption…all bitmaps are encrypted now in SCAR.

Harry

2007-10-20 09:28:43

From: Santa_Clause
It's encryption…all bitmaps are encrypted now in SCAR.


Yeah, do you know why they did this? :confused:

neG

2007-10-20 09:35:41

So does that mean the string to picture tool is useless?
I usually check that the bitmap works with it..

nielsie95

2007-10-20 10:58:18

This new system just makes the loading of (large) bitmaps a lot faster.
It should work (even better than the old system).

R0b0t1

2007-10-20 11:27:14

Ahhh… You mean he traded base32 or whatever he was using for a base64 system? The plus signs gave it all away…

Dark_Sniper

2007-10-21 02:38:32

Ya the update in the bitmaps makes it faster to load them :p

I think it looks pretty cool actully

Markus

2007-10-21 10:37:24

It's base64 instead of HEX now, I don't know if he's still using ZLib to compress the bitmaps.

R0b0t1

2007-10-22 17:22:20

Hah! I was right! It is 64!

BenLand100

2007-10-23 14:42:11

And freddy thought I would be the only person that figured them out… Well, I guess you're all on your way at least :rolleyes:

R0b0t1

2007-10-23 22:48:27

Wait… You know the library or whatever he used to compress the bitmaps with (a supposable) base of 64? Do you know where I would find such a thing… *google hates me*

BenLand100

2007-10-24 09:59:30

From: R0b0t1
Wait… You know the library or whatever he used to compress the bitmaps with (a supposable) base of 64? Do you know where I would find such a thing… *google hates me*

Haven't got a clue about the library (well, I do, but it makes no difference) he uses, but, its generic base 64 encoding… I do know how to go from string -> image however :)

n3ss3s

2007-10-24 14:33:03

I do know how to go from string -> image however


By going to Tools > String to Picture? :p

BenLand100

2007-10-24 15:29:08

From: n3ss3s
By going to Tools > String to Picture? :p

That is one way, yes :p But knowing how its done is another.