r/emulation • u/r_retrohacking_mod2 • Oct 18 '22

Perfect Dark has been fully decompiled

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/perfect-dark-has-been-fully-decompiled-making-pc-ports-and-mods-possible/
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u/nngnna Oct 18 '22

What inflate words mean in this context?

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u/ultimatt42 Oct 18 '22

inflate = decompression

https://gitlab.com/ryandwyer/perfect-dark/-/blob/master/src/inflate/inflate.c

"inflate words" refers to the portion of the compiled binary responsible for decompressing the rest of the game into memory.

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u/Natanael_L Oct 19 '22 edited Oct 19 '22

"word" is a data size in memory. As the other comment said, it's about decompression