LifeDISA

This is a disassembler for LIFE scripts in Alone in the Dark series.

Supported

• Alone in the Dark 1 / 2 / 3 (CD-ROM, floppy, demo)
• Jack in the Dark
• Time Gate: Knight's Chase (CD-ROM, demo)

Command-line arguments

LifeDISA -version {AITD1|AITD1_FLOPPY|AITD1_DEMO|AITD2|AITD2_DEMO|AITD3|JACK|TIMEGATE|TIMEGATE_DEMO}
         [-raw]  
         [-verbose] 
         [-output FILENAME]

Instructions

1. Create a new folder named "GAMEDATA" (located in same folder as the LifeDISA executable).
2. Copy the following files from game to GAMEDATA :
   • LISTLIFE.PAK
   • ENGLISH.PAK (or FRANCAIS.PAK)
3. Copy the file OBJETS.ITD (from AITD folder) into GAMEDATA folder.
4. Start LifeDISA executable with appropriate arguments. A file named output.txt will be created.

TrackDISA

Supported

Same as LifeDISA

Command-line arguments

TrackDISA -version {AITD1|AITD1_FLOPPY|AITD1_DEMO|AITD2|AITD2_DEMO|AITD3|JACK|TIMEGATE|TIMEGATE_DEMO}
          [-verbose] 
          [-output FILENAME]

Instructions

Copy file LISTTRAK.PAK into a folder named GAMEDATA

MemoryViewer

Allow to view DOS memory in realtime. Each pixel is a byte. Current VGA palette is automatically loaded.

Supported :

• All DOS games (even non AITD related)

Command-line arguments

MemoryViewer [-width WIDTH]
             [-height HEIGHT]
             [-zoom ZOOM]

Commands

Key	Description
ctrl + mouse wheel ctrl + + or -	increase / decrease zoom
ctrl + 0	reset zoom
page up	decrease memory offset by 640KB
page down	increase memory offset by 640KB
space	display DOS memory control blocks (MCBs) green = free blue = used red = current executable yellow = not current executable
p	show palette

VarsViewer

Supported

• Alone in the Dark 1 (CD-ROM, floppy, demo)

Command-line arguments

VarsViewer [-view {vars|cache|actor|object}]
           [-width WIDTH]
           [-height HEIGHT]

Commands

Key	Description
F1	vars view
F2	cache view
F4	actor view
F3	object view
control + mouse wheel	zoom in/out
f	freeze capture

Commands (vars)

Key	Description

| s | save state | c | compare current state with saved state

Commands (cache)

Key	Description
s	change sort mode (default, memory, lru)
space	display cache entries timestamp / name
F5	clear all cache entries

Commands (actor/object)

Key	Description
space	show/hide inactive actors/objects
page up / page down	scroll
tab	compact/full view

PAKExtract

Extracts files from PAK files.

Supported

Same as LifeDISA

Instructions

• Copy PAK files to GAMEDATA folder
• Run PAKExtract (all PAK files in GAMEDATA folder are extracted)

You can also drag and drop a single file into PAKExtract executable

Command-line arguments

PAKExtract [-background]
           [-svg "[rotate {0|90|180|270}] [room 1,2,3,...]"]
           [<files>]

Required files

• CAMERAxx.PAK, ITD_RESS.PAK (backgrounds as png)
• ETAGExx.PAK (floor colliders as svg)