Reader borking a value

[TheMurderousCricket 5,104]

Any idea, why entering a value of 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFF4 returns 0xFFFFFFFEFFFFFF4 upon hitting the "Apply" button?    

iLives 0.9.3

[rsc204 21,866]

Have you tried converting your desired entry into decimal and seeing if that correctly converts to Hex? I can't say what's going on, but that's a very large number, what Exemplar/Property are you editing? If you have too many or too few digits (from the expected entry), that might explain what's happening.

[twalsh102 1,601]

I don't have 0.9.3 installed (using 1.5.4).

It's obvious you're trying to modify a Sint64 hex value. Normally one only needs to enter the significant digits, and Reader (at least 1.5.4) will add in any leading zeroes needed for a particular Data Type. Given that all the Sint64 values I've looked at (for building exemplars) only have a value range between 0 and 10 billion (i.e.  0x00000002540BE400), it is possible that the values you are trying to enter (which are WAY outside that range) are confusing Reader. Have you tried entering a leading zero before your hex value (i.e. 0x 0FFFFFFFFFFFFFF4) to see if that makes a difference. 

You've definitely piqued my curiosity! What possible property are you trying to modify that would use such a LARGE decimal value (1.1+ QUINTILLION)?

[TheMurderousCricket 5,104]

Thank you for your replies @rsc204, @twalsh102.

4 minutes ago, twalsh102 said:

You've definitely piqued my curiosity! What possible property are you trying to modify that would use such a LARGE decimal value (1.1+ QUINTILLION)?

I'll be happy to explain. 

I'm trying to edit the cost of some of my park buildings so they have negative maintenance cost (hence, bring an income when plopped).

I noticed that Cori's "Park Pays" mod has values like 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFF7 for "Budget: Item Cost" and it apparently works. I figured that this is roughly what twos complement (negative values in hex) is all about.

I eventually used LeProp and entered the values I wanted. The "Business Deal" parameter has appeared in the file. Much easier.

[twalsh102 1,601]

Thx! That explains it. I've never had to deal with negative numbers in Hex before.