WEEK 1: PRECURSOR: A Brief Look Into Our Essential Tools

Instructor: Raeven
Author: Grapholina


Transmogrifier (continued)

When you downloaded Tmog, you should also have obtained a "Magic Cookie" number. Your Magic Cookie number is essential, and it goes in here:


Fig. 1.5

You see the above screen after you select an object to clone and press the "Clone Object" button.

Magic Cookies make your object's GUID unique. Tmog was designed to handle literally thousands upon thousands of Magic Cookies. Unfortunately, when the program was first released, there was much confusion; a great many people believed they had to use a different magic cookie every time they cloned an object when in fact that was never the case. Consequently, there is an extreme shortage of unique Cookie numbers.

Script Station

After HEX Editors, this is the granddaddy of all hacking tools. It was designed to be robust and possibly the closest thing to Edith we would ever get. Unfortunately, the creator released the program quite before it was completed and well... problems arose and the project was dropped. What we have available is old, largely outdated, yet even today with the more user-friendly programs available, SS is still uniquely powerful. For us, the old school hackers, SS will always remain dear and near to our hearts. This is the SS interface:


Fig. 1.6

 

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