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I have wrapped my head around the compression. And it was a hell of research for me. But I made first progress. I am able to decompress the smaler files. For now I only get the color indices. I still have to surround them by a classic file format. Did anyone created an 'real' image out of an uncompressed block? I will show you an simple example (MENUDATAPIECEDBSQUAREZ2.BMP): 04 04 10 00 10 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 FF FF 00 00 FF FF FF FF 80 00 24 00 44 80 0B 01 41 11 11 14 43 33 33 70 34 00 08 16 0A 38 0A 05 40 00 00 04 0E 42 22 22 24 00 08 16 0A 3D 00 00 04 - BitDepth 04 - NumberOfColors 10 00 - Width 10 00 - Height FF 00 00 - Color0 00 FF 00 - Color1 00 FF FF - Color2 00 00 FF - Color3 FF FF FF - Color4 80 00 - UncompressedSize 24 00 - CompressedSize 44 - First two ColorIndices 80 - BlockHeader (0x10000000; 0 -> direct values, 1 -> RLE definition) The BlockHeader[0] is 1 -> RLE 0B 01 - RLE (go 0x01 byte back and copy the next (0x12 - 0x0B = 0x07) bytes): 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 The BlockHeader[1] is 0 -> direct value 41 The BlockHeader[2] is 0 -> direct value 11 The BlockHeader[3] is 0 -> direct value 11 The BlockHeader[4] is 0 -> direct value 14 The BlockHeader[5] is 0 -> direct value 43 The BlockHeader[6] is 0 -> direct value 33 The BlockHeader[7] is 0 -> direct value 33 70 - BlockHeader (0x01110000; 0 -> direct values, 1 -> RLE definition) The BlockHeader[0] is 0 -> direct value 34 The BlockHeader[1] is 1 -> RLE 00 08 16 - RLE (go 0x08 byte back and copy the next (0x16 + 0x12 = 0x28) bytes): 41 11 11 14 43 33 33 34 41 11 11 14 43 33 33 34 41 11 11 14 43 33 33 34 41 11 11 14 43 33 33 34 41 11 11 14 43 33 33 34 The BlockHeader[2] is 1 -> RLE 0A 38 - RLE (go 0x38 bytes back and copy the next (0x12 - 0x0A = 0x08) bytes): 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 The BlockHeader[3] is 1 -> RLE 0A 05 - RLE (go 0x05 bytes back and copy the next (0x12 - 0x0A = 0x08) bytes): 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 The BlockHeader[4] is 0 -> direct value 40 The BlockHeader[5] is 0 -> direct value 00 The BlockHeader[6] is 0 -> direct value 00 The BlockHeader[7] is 0 -> direct value 04 0E - BlockHeader (0x00001110; 0 -> direct values, 1 -> RLE definition) The BlockHeader[0] is 0 -> direct value 42 The BlockHeader[1] is 0 -> direct value 22 The BlockHeader[2] is 0 -> direct value 22 The BlockHeader[3] is 0 -> direct value 24 The BlockHeader[4] is 1 -> RLE 00 08 16 - RLE (go 0x08 byte back and copy the next (0x16 + 0x12 = 0x28) bytes): 40 00 00 04 42 22 22 24 40 00 00 04 42 22 22 24 40 00 00 04 42 22 22 24 40 00 00 04 42 22 22 24 40 00 00 04 42 22 22 24 The BlockHeader[5] is 1 -> RLE 0A 3D - RLE (go 0x3D bytes back and copy the next (0x12 - 0x0A = 0x08) bytes): 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 We reached UncompressedSize By this we get: 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 41 11 11 14 43 33 33 34 41 11 11 14 43 33 33 34 41 11 11 14 43 33 33 34 41 11 11 14 43 33 33 34 41 11 11 14 43 33 33 34 41 11 11 14 43 33 33 34 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 40 00 00 04 42 22 22 24 40 00 00 04 42 22 22 24 40 00 00 04 42 22 22 24 40 00 00 04 42 22 22 24 40 00 00 04 42 22 22 24 40 00 00 04 42 22 22 24 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 That is it for now.

Comments about Mega Bloks are never made in jest.

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I was going through, organising my room for college, and I found a lot of LEGO stuff that wasn't in my LEGO bag, so I decided to collect it all and take some pictures. Because of that, I think it's time we shared our LEGO collections for the fun of it, and so we all know who has what. Because I expect a lot of images and text, let's keep these to blog posts. I'll first post pictures of my actual LEGO stuff as it stands, and then post some screenies of what my entire set-listing should be. I had a LEGO-themed 18/19/20-th birthday (can't remember which), and so I've kept a lot of the (clean/unused) pieces including the popcorn boxes, cups, plates, cake decorations and (unpictured) wristbands. I have a LEGO Sorting Head and one of the lids from the big boxes of standard LEGO bricks. There's a bunch of Subject Book stickers from a LEGO magazine. I've lost everything except some of the parts and the board for the classic LEGO Board game, "Race to Build It". I bought that LEGO Movie sticker/activity book for the minifigure, and I got that Crazy Action Contraptions book as a present one year. Thankfully, it still has all its parts inside. Since I got both the Collector's Edition and the Special Edition of The LEGO Movie blu-ray, I kept the Collector's Edition but took all the goodies from the special edition (sticker book, vinyl cover) and added them to my Collector's Edition box, then gave the discs away to my college for the animation department. My Darth Vader alarm clock is weirdly enough something I use every day, and I've had that thing for 2+ years now. I have technically opened up the LEGO Club magazine package, but since it's the last one I ever got (somehow I received it while not even subscribed to them since I quit my subscription when they went to paid a while ago)I want to keep it in "decent" quality. Not pictured is my blue LEGO Racers 2 disc I got from another 3 Pack (blue discs and all racing-games this time instead of Yellow and all LEGO games). I'm missing the case of the original Bionicle movie. The Creator and Alpha Team discs are f****ed to hell, to the point that light shines through them. That 10-pack of LEGO games is mostly in Italian, and LEGO Island is German (kindly provided by one of the members here at RRU). All the minifigures (including the Limited Edition Vitruvius from the movie Collector's Edition box) are now part of my bricks collection, but I can confirm that I still have them in good quality. The Ultimate LEGO Book I bought upon reminiscing reading another copy from my local library, but the pages are falling out of the spine. Lots of banners here. I bought the Bad Cop flashlight, and I got the President Business one for my birthday. I haven't deconstructed the Sea Cow yet (thousands of parts takes a lot of time), but the box contains every single other set I had in my room which I've deconstructed in the past 72 hours, as well as bags of sorted parts from my previous attempts to organise my collection. You can also see an official RRU sticker! Thanks Cyrem! You might also see a (mostly destroyed) green LEGO Club sticker. I used to own a giant sticker board with lots of Bionicle and LEGO City stickers, but I threw it out when I found it taking up too much space in my room. You're looking at well over 10,000 parts sorted by colour in individual bags, locked in a draw until I can count them all and purchase replacements for the missing or broken ones. Blacks and Light Greys. You can see my Spybot, which no longer works due to rusted battery springs and (probably) damaged internals. At least all the peg holes are in working order and the battery cover is still there. I even have the remote and the serial cable (in another bag). The brown box contains minfigure torsos and legs that need to be shuffled around to their correct order, as well as heads that are too faded for use and other LEGO parts that need sorting. The blue box contains broken parts which I use for animation purposes. The pen is still in my bag somewhere. I swear I'm missing a white 1x1 plate, but I won't know for sure until I finish up counting all the bricks. I guess I must have lost or traded in my LEGO Stars II PS2 disc, but I still have the guidebook (which I bought as a talking point for my cousin and I) and the PSP version my friend gave me. The batman mask was from EB Expo, and does contain an image of Batman's mask on the opposite side. Now that we've seen the images, let me show you my set list: Rebrickable - McJobless Sets In total, that's (an estimated, there may still be old sets I haven't figured out based on what parts I have) 113 sets, with around 30,000 parts. Unfortunately, I've lost some stuff as well, including: LEGO Club Australia Wristband (a red rubber wristband with studs on it, given out with one of the magazines) One LEGO magazine from the 90s, and then every LEGO Club Australia magazine from 2001 - 2010 (thrown out, destroyed and generally mistreated) LEGO Bioncle Alarm Clock LEGO Toa Tahu Nuva Wristwatch LEGO Island Xtreme Stunts, LEGO Rock Raiders discs (Yellow, part of a 3-disc multi pack) LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy PS2 discs Every piece except for a hand (x303c01, black) and a limb (x313c01, black) from the Galidor Gorm set (8311-1) Pretty much almost all of the boxes and over half of the instruction manuals to the sets

I want an RRU sticker! And yes, you have a much bigger collection than I do. > 10,000 pieces? Haha, yea. I've never owned that much LEGO in my life.

You lied to me. Did you even watch the video? It totally has one. -snip- Fixed.

Hahaha you kept the the RRU sticker! I might make a new sticker for the new logo (shhh!) Awesome collection.

As you may already know, It's possible to edit the .LEB files in the PIECEDB folder to change what bricks are available in what color in any given category. (Or, by editing a small bit of binary, add additional bricks.) So for those of you who don't wish to mess with these files yourself, or if you just want a nice base for editing with some of the more common ones already there, I've compiled this little mod which will add the following bricks to your game without overriding anything: 11 new basic bricks in beige to the Johnny Thunder menu 14 new green bricks to the Veronica Voltage menu (The 12 basic brick types, plus the flag and spoiler) 1 new green brick to the Castle menu (the Castle theme flag) As for why I didn't split the green bricks up between the Standard and Racing menus, there's an unfortunate hard limit of 30 bricks per menu, forcing me to add to menus with smaller amounts of bricks. Download This is fairly basic for now, but I plan on adding additional pieces that could benefit from additional colors that I can find space for, and it's a good place to start if you want to edit these menus yourself. Remember, you can always edit these files to get any brick you want in any color temporarily, and then switch it back when you're done. I'll also look into any possibilities of getting around the limit of 30 bricks per menu, but for now, enjoy.

At time of post, UHC Round 3 is mid-way through completion, but I thought I'd attempt to summarise the round in my perspective; (Just you wait until you see me release an unedited version of my recording, then you'd get the joke)

JimbobJeffers: (21 February 2015 - 10:40 AM) Sugarpop doolally, in a daisy chain. JimbobJeffers: (21 February 2015 - 10:40 AM) I've got a squishy, messy big brain. JimbobJeffers: (21 February 2015 - 10:41 AM) Time to go home, watch some Michael Caine. JimbobJeffers: (21 February 2015 - 10:41 AM) He's that dudish butler whose master's insane. JimbobJeffers: (21 February 2015 - 10:41 AM) "But you're already home, JJ" JimbobJeffers: (21 February 2015 - 10:42 AM) Oh, go shove a brick down the banana you egg.

I've been working on a little project on my private Minecraft Survival server, having watched and very much enjoyed the latest series of Doctor Who. I'm not sure how many others exist out there, but I've managed to build a working TARDIS on Vanilla Minecraft. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajy2D7VfAQk It's still very much under construction, but the fundamental teleportation mechanic is there. I plan to add various rooms seen in the show and through various other Doctor Who media. Rather than type everything up again, I'll just copy over my description from the YouTube video: This TARDIS will certainly make travel between my friends' and my own distant structures a lot faster (and much more interesting)!

Responded to your PM. Texture pack? Oh that is so outdated. Now days we call them resource packs. =P Which does makes sense since packs can contain more than textures now. What is the resource pack you modified anyhow? Oh yes, my mistake, I should have known that considering I made sounds and music in it too. The resource pack in the video is Sphax, but I've added a TARDIS resource pack of my own creation on top. It uses a roof which I modelled myself along with textures, sound effects (e.g. teleportation) and the music tracks, but it operates fine if you don't have the resource pack. I would like to share it but I'm pretty sure I'd have to get permission from the various different creators of the assets I used, and certainly I wouldn't be able to add the music in.

[03:31:50] Jim Brickkeeper: Huh. You can cause a minifigure to keel over with a seizure by tapping on them in LEGO Fusion. [03:32:14] Jim Brickkeeper: Oh wait, [03:32:29] Jim Brickkeeper: I'm sorry, you can cause them to laugh. [03:32:41] Jim Brickkeeper: Yes, laughing, that's it. [03:33:01] Jim Brickkeeper: You can cause them to keel over laughing. [03:33:11] Jim Brickkeeper: Laughing. And just for reference in 10 months' time: [03:33:20] Will Kirkby: guys I want this on record: [03:33:26] Will Kirkby: LegoOrange is going to be the Star Wars 7 game [03:33:49] Will Kirkby: either a standalone or a 7-9 compilation game but I'd wager a standalone [03:34:06] Will Kirkby: in august 2013 Disney did this: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Orange_Harvest --- snip --- [03:34:26] Will Kirkby: in oct/nov 2013, Lego Marvel arrived with the first known occurance of "LegoOrange" in the game executable [03:34:28] Noghiri: I'd wager a 7-9 compilation, that's how LSW1 went, so did LSW2 and LSW3 --- snip --- [03:34:42] Will Kirkby: it's appeared in every TT game binary since with seemingly no finalized game [03:35:15] Will Kirkby: every other notable franchise has had its codename accounted for by me, so it seems logical that Star Wars 7 is going to be LegoOrange. [03:35:37] Will Kirkby: I'm now going to post this in the quotes thread so we can look at how right I was in 10 months' time. [03:35:53] Will Kirkby: note: this is pure speculation on my part

Sounds like someone is overreacting and taking remarks made in jest (well, at least my remarks are) a tad too seriously....

I don't have all my sets in my apartment, but i'll post the ones I have. I'll share the rest when I get to my parent's house.

The first version looks very much like in the game. Amazing! Ordered many parts for the Torq Racer yesterday, lucky to find a shop that had many needed parts.

You lied to me. Did you even watch the video? It totally has one.

30 is the maximum. I just checked it by adding images until the message appeared.