C++ Decoding 469 (STEPHAN VOGLER's files) - I'm in need of a PIC extractor/editor

[TibiCAM]

I am in desperate need for a Tibia.pic extractor/editor that includes everything from the file, not just the login background.
I remember using one 15 years ago that extracted everything.
What I am interested in is the letters/characters it included.

It included a list of all ASCII characters that are allowed in the game.
They were printed inside of the PIC image.

DarkGladir posted SOME of them here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/TibiaMMO/comments/osjmgn/list_of_all_ascii_symbols_possible_to_use_in_tibia

But he only included the special characters.
I need a list of ALL chars that the game uses, or used.

Specifically looking for old PIC editors for e.g. Tibia 7.6.
If anyone knows how to extract all the chars in any way, please let me know.

I have a wild theory that 469 can indeed be solved.
Looking at Stephan Vogler's work "Numbers" here: Numbers - Stephan Vogler - Digital Art (https://www.stephanvogler.com/en/2015/03/01/numbers/)
He mentioned that "6653184326643486635834546035076418400106306154239717921" equals "Everything is a number!"

If you go to Zamicol's Base Converter (https://convert.zamicol.com/)
And insert the following:

( IN )
Alphabet: 0123456789
Input: 6653184326643486635834546035076418400106306154239717921

( OUT )
Base 256 (Extended ASCII/ISO 8859-1/Latin-1) (8 bits)

It will indeed output the phrase "Everything is a number!".
So I think if we use the "Tibia alphabet" (list of chars allowed in the game, extracted from the Tibia.PIC file) we can possibly generate sensible output from the "Beholder language" files.



Furthermore, he has a work called "Secret":

Secret - Stephan Vogler - Digital Art

Only I know the the content of the work. The file of the work was electronically signed by myself und put under my license. Accordingly the usage rights of the work are transformed into a tradable immaterial good. Title: 7637f962f41b02f4d555e5db752d0be4bd240795c0999c19eb964ba269072091 Signature...

www.stephanvogler.com

Its signature file is here:

https://www.stephanvogler.com/wp-content/uploads/Works/Secret/7637f962f41b02f4d555e5db752d0be4bd240795c0999c19eb964ba269072091.p7s

But the file itself is not to be found. I've tried various file formats on that path but can't find it.
I believe it may be a clue.

The Tibia client has a very specific list of chars allowed. E.g. the ÜüÖö characters. They do not allow all chars from common charsets. They were specified inside the PIC file. And it was changed in Tibia 11+ because for example the "€" no longer works. So I need to base this off of the old Tibia.PIC file from e.g. Tibia 7.0 and onwards, possibly even earlier.

So if you are aware of a Tibia.PIC extractor that included the image with the list of allowed chars, please link it.

 

[Way20]

I don't remember if this one extract the characters image but you can try it.

Thread 'Elime's Pic Editor'

May 15, 2016

With this application you can replace the images stored in the Tibia.pic file. This will change the appearance of the Tibia client.

Download

GitHub Repo​

• Elime
• github
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[DarkQ]

Seems like this one works?

Tibia Thread 'Pic Editor v3.0 by Trooper'

Dec 29, 2008

Hello,
I have just founded PicEditor . Sources included.
Readme:

Pic Editor v3.0 by Trooper

What is this?
	This is a tool for editing the Tibia.pic file. The pic file stores all images
	used by the Tibia's graphic user interface.

	This parser should work with *any* Tibia version.

	It's a command line tool. It means you must know know to use the Windows
	command in order to use it.

	The source code is included under GPL.

How do I install it?
	Just extract all the files into a empty folder.

How do I extract the images?
	Use the -x option to extract the images. This option...

• Technic
• attached
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[tibiacast]

The encoding is Windows-1252 without Ž/ž and with ‰ visually identical to %. The characters don't change between 7.11 and 8.62, possibly longer but those are the versions I had at hand.

 

[TibiCAM]

Thank you so much guys! That's exactly what I needed.

I believe there's a clue left by Stephan Vogler ("Steve") on his website. He is very fascinated about this type of stuff. And it makes me think that "469" could actually have a solution. Maybe all strings need to be reversed first and then try decoding them, or something. Or maybe all beholder books must be put together first. And what is his "Secret" file about? Why would he publish it on his site like that?

We have seen so many wild theories about 469 but in my opinion his site might actually be a clue.