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Re: Marathon Serials... if you need 'em
Posted By: ColdnoseDate: 1/8/09 5:55 p.m.

In Response To: Marathon Serials... if you need 'em (Claude Errera)

Hi! This is Coldnose, the author. I won't post the whole algorithm, since Claude brewed up a web interface for it. But I will post this:

: unsigned short hash (const unsigned short input)
: {
:   unsigned short i, hash = 0xfded;
:   for (i=0; i<input; i++)
:      hash = (hash>>1)^((hash&1) * 0xb400);
:   return hash;
: }

As you can plainly see, the secret sauce of the algorithm contains the number 0xfded, which is the error code on the alien weapon in M1.
http://marathon.bungie.org/story/weapons.html

It's also the seed for the random number generator:
http://marathon.bungie.org/story/newnov-dec00.html

Coincidence?!

:
:
:
:
:
: Hey, all! Good to see this place is still running.

: Just stopping in to point out a new tool whipped up by Coldnose Sloth - he's
: reverse-engineered the serial number generator(s) for the three Marathons.
: It's not a problem if you're using Aleph One, I suppose, but some packages
: contained apps that needed a serial, as I recall.

: Well, if you need 'em, you can get 'em. As many as you want.

: http://marathon.bungie.org/maraserialgen/

: Hopefully self-explanatory, since there's no explanation there. :)

: Cheers!

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Replies:

Marathon Serials... if you need 'emClaude Errera 1/8/09 10:21 a.m.
     Wow, thanks Claude! =)Blake37 1/8/09 10:27 a.m.
     Re: Marathon Serials... if you need 'emNicholai 1/8/09 1:32 p.m.
           Re: Marathon Serials... if you need 'emClaude Errera 1/8/09 2:30 p.m.
           Re: Marathon Serials... if you need 'emtreellama 1/8/09 3:09 p.m.
     Re: Marathon Serials... if you need 'emColdnose 1/8/09 5:55 p.m.
     Re: Marathon Serials... if you need 'em *LINK*treellama 1/8/09 6:08 p.m.
           Re: Marathon Serials... if you need 'emClaude Errera 1/9/09 3:29 a.m.
     Le Awesome *NM*Bob-B-Q 1/9/09 8:56 a.m.

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