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Kick Off 2 extended version

2009-10-18T22:23:48Z

Jesper: Reverted edit of Domc4Tcdar, changed back to last version by Filippodb

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Extended version works only on [[Amiga]] with a minimum of 1MB of RAM, it has extra [[sounds]] effects, [[referees]] and linesman on the field. There're two versions of '''Kick Off 2 Extended Version (1MB)''' :
*1.5e version crack by N.O.M.A.D of Genesis (and The Angels)
*1.6e version crack by Frantic
*v.1.6e ([[CAPS]] preserved).

==Magazine Reviews==

'''CVG'''

[http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/cvg/ko2_exp.jpg http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/cvg/ko2_exp_th.jpg]

== note ==
This is the [[TOSEC]] name of 1.5e:

''Kick Off 2 v1.53 (1990)(Anco)[cr Angels - Genesis][extended version]''

== Useful links ==
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com KOA Kick Off Gathering] - [[KOA]] (Kick Off Association) Official International Kick Off Fan Site (organising [[Kick Off 2|Kick Off]] [[Kick_Off_Gathering|KOA World Cup]] tournaments and testing/developing Kick Off clones since 2001)
*[http://www.abundantsoft.com Abundant Software] - Game Developer [[Dino Dini]]'s current development company
[[Category:Kick Off Series]]

Registration

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To register simply send an email to info@kickoff2.com

We need the following information:

# Full name
# Email address
# Nationality
# Mobile number (optional)
# Bed reservation needed? (4-Bed room in the youth hostel)
# Arrival and departure time if you already know
# Room mates (else the rooms are assigned)

Also you can contact the organization with the [http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 Kick Off Gathering Forum]

The cost of the registration will be about 30€ and it'll include attendance for all events, it does not include [[Accomodation]].

== Players Confirmed ==

==== AUSTRIA ====
...

==== DENMARK ====
# ChristianBJ [highly probable]
# HenrikR [confirmed]
# NickP [confirmed]
# NikiB [confirmed]

==== ENGLAND ====
# [[Mark Williams]] [confirmed]
# [[Steve Camber]] [confirmed]
# [[Robert Swift]] [confirmed]
# [[Mark Bishop]] [confirmed]
# Lee M [confirmed]
# Peter S [confirmed]

==== FRANCE ====
...

==== GERMANY ====
# [[Panni Pansen]] [confirmed]
# [[Christian Dietz]] [confirmed]
# [[Sascha Weigelmann]] [confirmed]
# Michael M [confirmed]
# Patrick D [confirmed]
# [[Wolfram Heyer]] [confirmed]
# [[Peter Sommer]] [confirmed]
# [[Thomas Niekamp]] [confirmed]
# Stefan V aka HelauSV [confirmed]
# Thomas K aka Fixi [confirmed]
# Michael O aka Conan [confirmed]
# Thorsten B [confirmed]
# [[Alex Brante]] (Tripod) [confirmed]
# Sascha F [confirmed]
# Leif D [highly probable]
# Daniel [confirmed]
# Martin O [confirmed]
# Volker K [confirmed]
# Patrick B [confirmed]
# Nils B [confirmed]
# Andreas K [confirmed]
# Michael M [confirmed]
# Markus H [confirmed]
# Daniel T [confirmed]
# TobiasB [confirmed]
# OlafS [confirmed]
# MartinBa [confirmed]
# JensT [confirmed]

==== GREECE ====
# [[Alkis Polyrakis]] [confirmed]
# [[Spyros Paraschis]] [confirmed]
# [[Nikos Andreou]] [highly probable]

==== HOLLAND ====
# [[Gunther Wening]][confirmed]
# [[Mark Poelstra]] [confirmed]
# [[Riemer Poelstra]] [confirmed]
# Kees van der Berg [confirmed]
# [[Niels Tissen]] [confirmed]
# Pascal V (Calimero) [confirmed]
# [[Jan Tissen]] [confirmed]

==== ITALY ====
# [[Filippo Della Bianca]] [confirmed]
# [[Gianni Torchio]] [confirmed]
# [[Marco Stoller]] [confirmed]
# [[Sandro Torchio]] [confirmed]
# [[Alessandro Varresi]] [confirmed]
# [[Marco Damo]] [confirmed]
# [[Mario Fichera]] [confirmed]
# [[Fabio Fichera]] [confirmed]
# [[Gianluca Troiano]] [confirmed]
# [[Giacomo Troiano]] [confirmed]
# [[Franco Chiandotto]] [confirmed]
# Maurizio L [confirmed]

==== NORWAY ====
# [[Jørn Flagtvedt]] [confirmed]
# [[Glenn Loite]] [confirmed]
# [[Klaus Loite]] [confirmed]

==== PORTUGAL ====
...

==== SPAIN ====
# Rodolfo [confirmed]
# JuanSdR [confirmed]

==== SWEDEN ====
...

==== SWITZERLAND ====
# Andreas B [highly probable]

==== WALES ====
# Haydn H [confirmed]

== Useful World Cup links ==
* [[Accomodation]]
* [[Best Defense trophy]]
* [[Cologne]]
* [[Competition]]
* [[FAQ]]
* [[KOA CUP]]
* [[Location]]
* [[Organisation]]
* [[Programme]]
* [[Registration]]
* [[Rules]]
* [[Social events]]
* [[Top Scorer trophy]]
* [[Transport]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 KOA Kick Off Gathering Forum] - [[KOA]] (Kick Off Association) Official International Kick Off Forum (organising [[Kick Off 2|Kick Off]] [[Kick_Off_Gathering|KOA World Cup]] tournaments since 2001)
*[http://www.kickoff2.com kickoff2.com] - Organisator of Kick Off World Cup 2005 and German Kick Off Headquarter

[[Category:2005 KOA World Cup]]

Dino Dini File System

2009-10-18T21:42:39Z

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The [[Dino Dini File System]] is a very simple file system used on the amiga floppies of a number of games created by [[Dino Dini]]

==The File-Table==

An [[Amiga]] DD floppy consists of 80 cylinders of 2 tracks of 11 sectors of 512 bytes each. Cylinder 0 track 0 sector 0 constains the bootblock. The file-table starts at cylinder 0 track 0 sector 2 (position 0x400 when an adf-image is opened in a hexeditor). The file-table contains a number of file-entries of 16 bytes each. The first 12 bytes contains the filename ('\0' terminated if shorter than 12 bytes). The next 1.5 bytes (12 bits) contains the file-offset (in units of 512 bytes (= 1 block)) and the last 2.5 bytes (20 bits) contains the file-size (in bytes). End-of-filetable has been reached when the first "filename" starting with '\0' is met.

Example from 'kickoff2_v14e.adf':

[[Image:Filetable_example.png]]

In this case the file-table has 11 file-entries and the 'end-of-filetable' is reached at position 0x04b0.

==Files within Files==

Some files can include other files, for example pitches.dat and sprites.dat in Kick off 2.
Again, there is a file table that specifies where the included files are. This file table though is a little different than the main one.
The first 4 bytes show the length of the file table. These 4 bytes are not included, so if you want to calculate the offset, add 4 to the value of the first 4 bytes.
(Because each file-entry is 16 bytes, if you divide the first 4 bytes with &h10 or just ommit the last zero and then convert the hexadecimal number to decimal, you will have the number of the file-entries that follow.
In the following example, E0 --> E --> 14).

Afterwards, there is a number of file-entries of 16 bytes each (like in the main file table). The first 12 bytes contain the filename ('\0' terminated if shorter than 12 bytes). The next 4 bytes are the relative offset (starting from the end of the file table) for the beginning of the included file. The end of each file is the beginning of the next (except the last one, which ends at the end of the main file).

Example from 'kickoff2_v14e.adf', file 'sprites.dat':

[[Image:Filetable_example_2.png]]

The 4 bytes that show the length of the file table are highlighted.
Notice that the first file starts at offset E4.

==[[Dino Dini File System]] Tools==

A number of small programs to manipulate adf-images which use the [[Dino Dini File System]] have been developed.

* The program readdisk takes as input an adf-image and writes the individual files plus the bootblock to a directory.
* The program writedisk takes as input a directory created by readdisk and outputs an adf-image.
* The program readfiles takes as input a file and writes to a directory the files contained within this file.
* The program writefiles takes as input a directory created by readfiles and output a single file containing the files.

By first applying readdisk and then writedisk to an adf-image, a working adf-image should be obtained. If not, it means that the original adf-image did not follow the [[Dino Dini File System]] "specifications". An example of this is the Oracle cracked version of [[Player Manager]]. In this image
the the code of the cracker intro screen exceeds the bootblock, and the resulting adf-image will not load (note: this can be fixed by modifying the image to skip the intro screen). The resulting adf-image
of a readdisk - writedisk sequence can be said to be "clean". This is because "garbage" bytes
which are not the part of any legal file are replaced by zeroes by the writedisk operation.

===Download===
* [http://web110.enux.dk/koa/ddfs-1.1.0-win32.zip ddfs-1.1.0-win32.zip] (Windows binaries). See README.txt for more information. 

* [http://web110.enux.dk/koa/ddfs-1.1.0.tgz ddfs-1.1.0.tgz] (Source code) Compiles under both linux and Windows. See README for more information. 

==Games which use the [[Dino Dini File System]]==

* [[Player Manager]]
* [[Kick Off 2]] (all versions and add-ons)
* [[Goal!]]

==Games which do not use the [[Dino Dini File System]]==
* [[Kick Off]]
* [[Kick Off Extra Time]]

==Links==
*[http://www.amiga-stuff.com/xad-filesystems.html http://www.amiga-stuff.com/xad-filesystems.html] - Collection of file-extractors written by Ronald van Dijk and one is about the Dino Dini filesystem. All these extractors are for use with the [[XAD library]].

[[Category:KORPS]]

File:PPJoySetup.zip

2006-02-13T17:12:50Z

Jesper: PPJoy - Parallel Port Joystick driver for Windoze

PPJoy - Parallel Port Joystick driver for Windoze

Talk:Main Page

2005-10-29T14:59:27Z

Jesper:

The Community and Projects sections look really cool. Nice work Filippo! --[[User:Jesper|Jesper]] 10:06, 22 Apr 2005 (CEST)

Page protected because of repeated vandalism --[[User:Jesper|Jesper]] 15:59, 29 Oct 2005 (BST)

Talk:Tournament Rules Discussions

2005-09-27T17:23:20Z

Jesper:

terrible, feels like we put on some kind of "lager" our real disputes to hide them from the visitors! Please keep a copy of the controversy on the original page!!

: Read my comment on the PBD talk page. KORPS is technical Kick Off Research not opinions and discussions. Btw. shouldn't the [[Rules]] be renamed to [[Tournament Rules]]? --[[User:Jesper|Jesper]] 18:23, 27 Sep 2005 (BST)

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Robert Swift

2005-09-01T08:23:26Z

Jesper:

Robert Swift (current ranking 9) is a UK player.

He lives in Rickmansworth, UK and organises London tournaments.

View his stats here:

[[http://www.paraschis.gr/koastats/players/RobertS.html]]

[[Category:Competitions]]
[[Category:2001 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2002 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2003 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2004 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2005 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:Kick Off History]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame]]

User:D

2005-09-01T08:21:23Z

Jesper:

Cut the crap Danny! --[[User:Jesper|Jesper]] 09:21, 1 Sep 2005 (BST)

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2005-08-07T22:01:55Z

Jesper:

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==Mental Notes==

Talk/discussion style guide:

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::baz --[[User:Jesper|Jesper]] 19:30, 20 Apr 2005 (CEST)

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== Essential programs and tools ==
To change the alphabet in the rom, you need a [[tile editor]]. Currently, only [[Tile Molester]] can show the letters in Kick off 2. [[FEIDIAN]] could also do the trick but it's not a [[tile editor]]. It extracts and inserts [[graphics]] from [[roms]].
To edit the [[text]] in the game and for the [[IFF]] replacement, you need a [[hex editor]] that supports [[tables]], like [[Thingy32]].
For the [[IFF]] extraction you only need a [[hex editor]], it doesn't matter if it supports [[tables]]. I like [[Hex Workshop]].
You may want a program only for viewing [[IFF]] pictures in windows. [[ACDC]] supports IFFs, just don't use it for editing because it saves them as large files.
You'll also need [[ADFView]], a great program that is a Windows Explorer extension to support [[adf]] files. You'll be able to open [[adf]] files in windows explorer as if they were folders and also see [[adf]] properties.
You'll need an [[Amiga emulator]], [[UAE]] or [[Fellow]].
Finally, you need a graphics editing program that fully supports IFFs. That could be any version of [[Deluxe Paint]]. You should run this under the [[Amiga emulator]] unless you find the PC remake.
Pen and paper.
Together with this file, come the following files:
*[[6x6.bmp]]
*[[Characters.bmp]]
*[[Characters.xls]]
*[[Kick off 2 GB.tbl]]

== Tables ==

A computer needs a code for [[text]]. For example, PCs and the Amiga use the [[ASCII]] code.
[[Kick Off 2]] uses the [[ASCII]] code but with some differences. In fact, the character set is the one used in the [[ATARI TOS]]. The letters, the numbers and some other characters have the same values with the [[ASCII]] code, but there are some characters that don't.
This means you can edit the [[text]] in any [[hex editor]], but you won't be able to use all the characters [[Kick Off 2|Kick off 2]] supports.
To be able do that, you need to use a [[hex editor]] that supports tables, even if you wouldn't replace the [[Kick Off 2|Kick off 2]] characters with yours.
There are some characters (that are not used in the game) that can't be typed on a PC, so they are not in the english [[Kick Off 2|Ko2]] table.
I made a file, '[[Characters.xls]]', which shows all characters that [[Kick Off 2|Kick off 2]] supports that you can print.
(It uses pictures from the original characters, the medium-size alphabet).

For a translation you need the table for the english version which is available ([[Kick off 2 GB.tbl]]) and at least one with the new, modified characters.
The order of the new characters is important for many reasons.
Firstly, not all characters can be typed in the game; secondly, not all of them can be shown while playing a match!
Another reason is compatibility between all versions/translations.

== Changing the alphabet ==

[[Kick Off 2|Kick off 2]] has 3 sets of alphabets: Small, medium and large letters which have the same order. The small letters are 6x6 pixels, the medium letters are 8x8 and the large ones 16x8.
These three sets don't have different codes so you can't decide which size will appear in the game. The game itself does that.
So for example, the small A, the medium A and the large A, all have the same code (61).

To change the alphabet, you have to run [[Tile Molester]] and open the [[Kick Off 2|Kick off 2]] [[rom]]. Maximise the [[Kick Off 2|Ko2]] window and zoom out once.
From the menu select "View -> Codec -> 1 bpp planar".
Also select " View -> Mode -> 2-dimensional".
If you press the arrow keys while pressing the shift key, you can change the size of the part of the [[rom]] that you can see.
Increase the width to 64 tiles.
Now you can browse the rom with the arrow keys or page up/down.
If you press Page down several times you'll be able to clearly see the characters.
'[[Characters.bmp]]' is a picture of all the characters as shown in Tile Molester.

Generally in a translation of a game, it doesn't matter in what order you put the new characters into the rom, as long as you know this order and make your table accordingly.

In [[Kick Off 2|Kick off 2]], there are some things to consider.
The [[Amiga]] has a keyboard which you can use it to type in [[Kick Off 2|Ko2]], so there are two ways you could put your new letters. One is to put them in the local language keyaboard layout. That means to say, as if you were using the keyboard to write in the new language.

This is a logical thought but has two major problems:
One is that the files saved with that version won't be compatible with the english ones.
The other is that the english names (if you want to keep english characters and names) won't show during a match!
This is a problem here, as not all characters are shown during a match.

Anyway, the correct way to put the new characters is to replace symbols like !@#$%^.
These symbols can be typed in [[Kick Off 2|Ko2]] and they also can be shown during a match.

Of course you have to maintain all the english letters, small and capital.
If there are capital letters in your language that are common with the english ones (like in the greek alphabet), then you are lucky.
You don't have to put in these letters, you can use the english ones for both languages!
So you have to find enough symbols that can be typed and shown during a match, to replace them with new letters.

There are two symbols that you shouldn't change: * and -
That's because * is shown in the cup and world cup to indicate the winner (and you can't change that).
- is shown in tactics like 4-4-2 (and you can't change that either).

The symbols I had to replace for the greek translation for example, were these:
` # @ $ % ^ ( ) _ + [ ] |
If these are enough, use them. If not, you have to experiment a little to find some more.

There's another thing... If the players' names are written with small letters, they are converted to capital ones during a match!
This is done by the program, you can't do anything about it.
So you need to write everything with capital letters. (Even change the english players' names with capitals).

Ok, if you have decided where to put your new letters, you have to decide which of the symbols you replaced, you want to keep.
Let's say you replaced % but you still want it to exist. No problem, you can replace another (unusable) character with it. At the end, you will be able to use % but not type it, or make it appear during a match.
When you have decided about these symbols as well, you are ready to begin editing the alphabet!

First print [[Characters.xls]] and write any new characters next to the old ones.
Then you can begin editing with [[Tile Molester]].
The easiest way to do it is to first drag 'n drop the symbols you will replace but want to keep, to their new positions.
Then draw the new letters (the letters of your language) where you want.

After that, you'll be able to use your new letters (but you'll have to edit the alphabet again later).

== Editing text ==

Now you are supposed to have your new letters written in the printed page of [[Characters.xls]], next to the original characters.
The values of each letter are written there as well.
You have to make a .tbl file, a table with your new local letters.

Open the english table in Notepad and see how it works.
You have to do the same with your new characters.

There are two ways to make that table and this has to do with the characters that are common in both languages (if any).
Type them as if they are non-english and save your table.
Or type them as english letters and save the table with another name.
It will be easier to write in your language when you use the first one, and easier to write in english when you use the second one, so make both.

If the tables are ready, run [[Thingy32]] and load the rom, the english table, and one of your new tables (depends on what language you want to write in).

By pressing "T", you change the table you are currently using.
At this point, you should use the english table, to be able to see the text.

There are many portions of text that need different confrontation.

# At the beginning of the rom, there is a message written by Oracle: "Kick-Off 2, cracked by Weetibix from Oracle. Unfortunately, loader-rippers, there is no interesting ones contained in this crack...try next time ha! (Blackhawk & conq.). This boot-block is NOT a Virus!" Don't change that. If you do, the game won't load!
# You may see some filenames like "[[kickoff2.prg]]", "[[ko16.men]]", etc. You must not change them!
# You can see some isolated words between the garbage, this includes the names of the referees, "Team A", "Team B", etc. Generally, you can change them but you are limited to their length.
# At offset 138FE, you can find many words/phrases, separated by #. Note that # appears in Thingy32 when a value of a character is not included in the table. The separator you see in this case has the value 00. If you want to type the separator, don't type #, type it's value. Hint: you can add this value in your table using a new character so that you can type it in Thingy32 instead of its value. This will be only for [[Thingy32]] usage, not for [[Kick Off 2|Ko2]]. Anyway, this part of the text (that includes the players' names) can be changed easily! You can add characters to a word/phrase as long as you subtract them from another phrase. This is because the size of the whole rom must not change, like the position of anything that comes after that part of that text block. The last word there is "Young" (He's a player). The next character (it's a separator with the value 00) needs to always be at 146B3.
# You will find some words/phrases that are shown when you're playing a match, like "PRACTICE", "INJURED", etc. Unfortunatelly, this part of the text is harder to change. Notice that these words are in some other languages too (but not used really).
With that type of text, you can't change the amount of characters in a word/phrase like before. The program uses pointers to know where each phrase begins. Fortunately, these pointers can be found and I have found some of them. See an example under the section Pointers.

== Text as graphics ==

You may need to write a word that needs more characters than the box they are appearing into can hold.
For example, the box in the main menu with the word "EVENTS", can hold up to 11 letters.
The greek word I wanted to use had 12 letters! Even if I could edit the text in the hex editor, it wouldn't appear correctly in the game.

So I had to "draw" the word I wanted on 11 characters.
I picked a series of unusable characters and I drew the word there.
I did that with Tile Molester, like I did with the new characters.
Let's say the first of them has the value 4D.
In the hex editor, I couldn't type these 11 characters, so I had to put in the values 4D 4E 4F 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 as if they were text!
(These values are just an example).

The word does not show in the hex editor (because the valeus 4D to 57 are not in the tbl file), but I can see it in the game menu just fine!

Avoid using the same values in the alphabets of the other sizes, as a word might appear using any of them.
In that case, you need to paint the word in all of them, just to be sure.
Also, you can't do that with words that appear during a match.
I had this problem with "Team A" and "Team B".
At first I painted them and they were shown fine in the menus, but they weren't showing at all during a match.

Especially with the small sized alphabet, you have to be very careful because it's confusing.
The tiles you see in Tile Molester are 8x8 pixels.
The small characters use 6x6 tiles.
The rest of the pixels are not used and must be black.
There is an example, "[[6x6.bmp]]", use if for words of 6 letters.
Don't draw on white, just ignore it.
After you have finished your word, paint all the white areas black.
The word won't be easily readable after you have done that, but it will be in the game.

== Pointers ==

Pointers are values the program uses to know where to find text in the rom.
You can't change the beginning of that text without changing its pointer.
(To work with the pointers, you should use Hex Workshop).

For example, the word "PRACTICE" is at the address 151B3.
Search upwards for the value B3 (the last two digits of this address). The cursor will go to offset 14C59.
This happens to be the address of the pointer for the word "PRACTICE"!
Experiment with this, change the value B3 to B4, save and play the game.
Select practice and see what it says instead of "PRACTICE".

That way you can change the beginning of these phrases. Their end is the character with the value 00.

The good thing is that you can use the space that has all the non-english phrases.

== Editing graphics ==

Using a tile editor won't help you with the graphics, we were lucky enough to be able to edit the alphabet.
I had another idea, I never had done this before but it worked...

[[Amiga]] programs use the [[IFF]] format, like most of the [[Amiga]] games.
So I found a way to extract [[IFF]] files from the [[rom]].
That way I can edit them using a graphics editing program and then insert them back.

You should read my tutorial about [[IFF]] [[rom]] [[hacking]] and you will be able to edit most of the [[graphics]] in [[Kick Off 2|Kick off 2]].

== links ==

* [http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~kenth/tm Tile Molester]
* [http://feidian.sourceforge.net FEIDIAN]
* [http://www.acdsystems.com acdsystems] - ACDC
* [http://www.viksoe.dk/adfview viksoe] - ADFView
* [http://www.bpsoft.com bpsoft] - Hex Workshop
* [http://www.zophar.net zophar] - The Amiga emulators, Thingy32, other hex editors
* [http://amiga.supergamez.hu amiga supergamez] - Deluxe Paint IV
* [http://www.greekroms.net greekroms] - The greek translation of Kick off 2
* [http://www.ko-gathering.com ko-gathering]
* [http://www.kickoffworld.net kickoffworld]

=== Credits ===

Most of the corrections in v.1.1 were made by Reham!
(http://www.greekroms.net)

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===[[Special:Newpages|New Pages]] and [[special:Recentchanges|Recent changes]]===
*[[Pitches]]: Full panorama pitches extracted.
*[[Text|Text]] Hacking text. How to change text and language on Kick Off games!
*[[How to start|How to start]] Basic informationt to start and edit Wikickoff pages. Register on [[Wikickoff]], discuss on [http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 KO-gathering forums] and write new articles.

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