Getting into Alice 3

[arty-fishL]

I am Arty-fishL, master of the Alice hacks.
Alice 3, feel my wrath.

I've been using Java recently and getting into its groove. So I decided that Alice 3 was too hack free (there isn't even a Jython scripting interface hidden within it).

I decided I'm going to give it a very toned down version of Addons (that I've been developing for Alice 2). It will have only one addon so far, a Jython console.

Alice 3 has been built in such a way that they make it hard to hack, there's no Jython scripting interface and no simple text files in the Alice directory that are run.

Anyway, I found a nice way in; I decompiled the Alice 3 Jar with JD-GUI and extracted the About Alice class (that is executed when you click the About option in the help menu) via 7zip, then I opened it in Notepad ++ and replaced it with custom code. I used the command line java compiler to recompile and I crammed it back into the Alice Jar.

This was just to test it, so it was just a simple dialog. Result:


Next I got to work on a custom Jar that I can drop in the Alice Directory and have executed. In this I packaged Jython. I can use this to run Addons from external Jython files like I do in Alice 2. For this I used Eclipse.

Now I've just got to make Alice execute my custom Jar, and then I've got to modify Addons to work with Alice 3.

After that I should be fully in and the fun can begin.

[x2495iiii]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!

You are indeed the master of the hacks. All hail arty-fishl, wizard of Alice!

Any way you can make a model importer for Alice 3? Right now, that's its biggest disadvantage compared to Alice 2.2.

[Mr Kidnapper]

I did that a long time ago with the Alice 2.2 alice.jar for the about screen. Though I still can't recompile a working alice.jar. If you ever figure it out for 2.2 do tell Mr. Kidnapper.

[jediaction]

Dang...








This is beyond my comprehension. Amazing work once again Arty. I couldn't even figure out Alice 3. I might just stick with pushing Alice 2.2 animations and graphics. All the most experienced Alice users should come together and build the most epic Alice game in the history of Alice...with multiplayer(zonedabone).

[DensetsuNoKaboom]

Originally Posted by arty-fishL

Alice 3 has been built in such a way that they make it hard to hack, there's no Jython scripting interface and no simple text files in the Alice directory that are run.

I think I'll stick with Alice 2.2, thank you very much.