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#4522327 - 05/25/20 07:07 PM Is WOFFice still being developed for PE?  
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I found this youtube video showing WOFFice for Woff PE. Does anyone know if this is still being worked on?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgRPXUgUqxI

#4522331 - 05/25/20 07:40 PM Re: Is WOFFice still being developed for PE? [Re: xboxman523]  
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As far as I know, no. I have put it aside some time ago. There exists many restrictions and incompatibilities between current version of WOFF and original WOFFice to overcome.

#4522359 - 05/25/20 09:14 PM Re: Is WOFFice still being developed for PE? [Re: xboxman523]  
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I see, thank you. Does anyone know if its possible to get in contact with OldHat?

#4522373 - 05/25/20 10:53 PM Re: Is WOFFice still being developed for PE? [Re: xboxman523]  
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WOffice was an effort by OldHat to port Office, originally developed by Lothar_of_the_Hill_People as a role-playing add-on for OFF into WOFF.

Unfortunately, neither OldHat or Lothar have been active on the forum or with WOFF for a long time now. If you are able to get in touch with either of them, let them know we miss them and would love to have them back.


“With Major Lawrence, mercy is a passion. With me it is merely good manners. You may judge which motive is the more reliable.”
#4522382 - 05/26/20 12:06 AM Re: Is WOFFice still being developed for PE? [Re: xboxman523]  
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I'll try to contact Oldhat through his youtube channel.

#4522384 - 05/26/20 12:39 AM Re: Is WOFFice still being developed for PE? [Re: xboxman523]  
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I should add that OBD has encrypted the pilot files, making the possibility of creating Office for WOFF PE extremely difficult, if not impossible.

OTOH, maybe OBD would consider unencrypting the files again for WOFF 2020?


“With Major Lawrence, mercy is a passion. With me it is merely good manners. You may judge which motive is the more reliable.”
#4522387 - 05/26/20 01:21 AM Re: Is WOFFice still being developed for PE? [Re: xboxman523]  
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That is a very promising video, but an old one.

I started a google search and found older forum threads on WOFFice. After skimming through some of it, I gather that it is not possible to develop WOFFice without unencrypting the "Pilot*Dossier.txt" file as well as JJJ's talented programming skills to tie it all together. It seems that OH was involved as a tester.

I agree with BB, maybe OBD will consider unencrypting this file for WOFF2020, so that it will allow MODs to integrate with the player's squadmates.

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#4522391 - 05/26/20 01:46 AM Re: Is WOFFice still being developed for PE? [Re: orbyxP]  
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Yeah I had heard about the issues with continuing WOFFice. I just got interested because the video came out during October of last year, and the video shows the Platinum Edition.

#4522397 - 05/26/20 02:50 AM Re: Is WOFFice still being developed for PE? [Re: xboxman523]  
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Last time I heard from OldHat was back in June of last year. I was unaware of his Youtube video.


“With Major Lawrence, mercy is a passion. With me it is merely good manners. You may judge which motive is the more reliable.”
#4522406 - 05/26/20 05:38 AM Re: Is WOFFice still being developed for PE? [Re: xboxman523]  
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WOFFice is written in scripted language REBOL by Lothar_of_the_Hill_People. I have tried to contact him four or five years ago, but he did not express any interest to answer and help us to resurrect WOFFice. So I started on my own, with OldHat and Banjoman as a testers. However, since REBOL is just a scripted language, it is too slow to cope with current versions of WOFF utilising encrypted data. That is why I have to abandon this project in favour of Mission Editor coding. I do not know why OldHat created this video last autumn since he knows all difficulties. The video shows result of our WOFFice porting and restoration up to date.


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