Category Archives: Programming

Paganitzu PCX Library Files – Part 1

Posted on 01-Dec-2022 by Lee

According to https://moddingwiki.shikadi.net/wiki/Paganitzu, Paganitzu has three data files that are “PCX Library” files.  That same site has good information about the format of these PCX Library files (https://moddingwiki.shikadi.net/wiki/PCX_Library). Use this link to see all the posts in this “Reverse Engineering … Continue reading →

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Paganitzu Font Data

Posted on 30-Nov-2022 by Lee

It’s been a bit since I posted last.  Unfortunately, that seems to be normal for me.  I’ve made quite a bit of progress since last time.  I’ve figured out all the data files, written programs in C# for Windows that … Continue reading →

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Reverse Engineering Paganitzu

Posted on 02-Oct-2022 by Lee

One of my most enjoyable hobbies is reverse engineering old 1980s/90s DOS games.  This is very akin to an archeologist learning everything they can about a culture by examining dug up buildings, bones, artifacts, etc.  The original source code for … Continue reading →

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Building DOSBox

Posted on 17-Sep-2022 by Lee

One of my favorite hobbies is reverse engineering 16-bit x86 DOS games. Being able to step through their code as they’re running and set breakpoints is a majorly useful tool. I was using DOSBox and the normal DOS DEBUG command … Continue reading →

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Sorting C# Enum.GetValue(…)

Posted on 28-Aug-2012 by Lee

This one caused me a bit of frustration.  Enum.GetValue(…) returns a non-generic Array.  I tried all manner of ways to sort it (short of writing my own quicksort).  If I typed Enum.GetValue(…).OrderBy, there is no OrderBy.

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The 32-bit version of Visual Studio Remote Debugging Monitor (MSVSMON.EXE) cannot be used to debug 64-bit processes …

Posted on 01-Feb-2012 by Lee

I’ve gotten used to manually starting IISExpress instead of using [F5] in Visual Studio 2010 to start a debugging session. Whenever I need to do server-side debugging, I manually attach Visual Studio’s debugger to the IISExpress.exe process

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XAML Tags and .NET Types

Posted on 17-Oct-2010 by Lee

One concept I had to get my brain wrapped around when learning WPF was the tight relationship XAML tags and .NET types had.  I’ve done a lot of desktop development in the past (GDI/GDI32, User32, WinForms …), but I’ve done … Continue reading →

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