LifeDISA

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

Supported

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

Command-line arguments :

LifeDISA -version VERSION [-raw] [-verbose] [-output FILENAME]

Argument	Description
-version VERSION	Must be one of the following values: AITD1, AITD1_FLOPPY, AITD1_DEMO AITD2, AITD2_DEMO AITD3 JACK TIMEGATE, TIMEGATE_DEMO
-raw	Raw output. Disable IF ELSE and SWITCH CASE statements detection and indentation
-verbose	Display byte information on the left side of the disassembly
-output	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 VERSION [-verbose] [-output FILENAME]

Argument	Description
-version VERSION	Must be one of the following values: AITD1, AITD1_FLOPPY, AITD1_DEMO AITD2, AITD2_DEMO AITD3 JACK TIMEGATE, TIMEGATE_DEMO
-verbose	Display byte information on the left side of the disassembly
-output	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 [-screen-width WIDTH] [-screen-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

VarsViewer

Supported

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

Command-line arguments :

VarsViewer [-screen-width WIDTH] [-screen-height HEIGHT]

Commands

Key	Description
f	freeze capture
s	save state
c	compare current state with saved state

CacheViewer

Supported

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

Commands

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

PAKExtract

Extracts files from PAK files.

Supported :

• Alone in the Dark 1, 2 and 3
• Jack in the Dark
• Time Gate: Knight's Chase

Instructions

• Copy PAK files to GAMEDATA folder
• Run PAKExtract

Command-line arguments :

PAKExtract  [-raw] [-AITD1] [<files>]

Argument	Description
-raw	Extract files in binary data, without extra processing
-AITD1	Extract overlay masks from ETAGExx.PAK files
<files>	Specifies a list of one or more PAK files to be extracted. If no not specified, all PAK files in GAMEDATA folder are extracted

Files that are exported as PNG:

• backgrounds (CAMERAxx.PAK and ITD_RESS.PAK)
• overlay masks (ETAGExx.PAK (AITD1), MASKxx.PAK or NASKxx.PAK (AITD2/3), MKxxxxxx.PAK or NKxxxxxx.PAK (Time Gate)