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      Windows user here, can't yet make plugs but have been studying the Nova Bible and looking at Azratax2's resource spreadsheet.

      The letters in the various flag fields. How exactly am I supposed to read them? I assume they point to more than one digit/space in a given flag, but is there a specific rule that can be applied to reading them? Sorry if this is a stupid question.

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      It's hexadecimal, which means base 16 instead of the normal base 10. It's a condensed way of writing binary, since every 4 binary digits ('bits') can be written as one hex digit. The letters A through F are used to stand for the 'digits' 10 through 15. Hexadecimal numbers are usually prefixed with "0x". So, 0x40AF would be the equivelant of 0100 0000 1010 1111 in binary, since 4 = 0100, 0 = 0000, A = 1010, and F = 1111.

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      Originally posted by scapegoatsoup:
      **Windows user here, can't yet make plugs but have been studying the Nova Bible and looking at Azratax2's resource spreadsheet.

      The letters in the various flag fields. How exactly am I supposed to read them? I assume they point to more than one digit/space in a given flag, but is there a specific rule that can be applied to reading them? Sorry if this is a stupid question.

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      What he said. 🙂

      _bomb

      (This message has been edited by Bomb (edited 10-22-2003).)

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      Many thanks, I think it's starting to make sense to me. So, in practice, in the Nova scenario is this how it works... ?

      If, for example, a flag reads 0x0F08, this would indicate that flags 0x0008, 0x0100, 0x0200, 0x0400, and 0x0800 have all been set? Am I getting this?

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      You certainly are. Well done.

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      How 'bout that, you CAN teach an old dog new tricks... thanks.

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