Darkalchemyxex

I ran a hex editor on the Microsoft Comic chat software recently- poking around see what I can do , one of the errors that shows as a return print syntax error is this software cannot run on MS-DOS lol . It's a relic software of the past yes , but I repurpose it for art . People love it on my twitch page and never heard of it . Can't blame em though they weren't even born when this software was popular lol

My first post I want it to be beneficial to old and new Microsoft Comic Chat users . Windows 10 & 11 as some may know , backwards compatibility for the Character editor does not work unless a virtual machine is set up with a installation of a older Windows operating system which in my opinion takes a large amount of space and resources. However Windows 10 & 11 has a Windows Linux Subsystem that can be used to run the Character editor as well . Follow the guide carefully . Any questions I will answer as soon as I can . Installing Windows Linux Subsystem and Ubuntu----------------------- *First make sure windows has done all updates, check your windows updates *Bottom left had corner Windows search bar type in CMD Open CMD *In CMD window Type in wsl –install *When Linux subsystem and Ubuntu finish installing restart the computer *after reboot linux will continue installation and promt to set up a user name and password , if nothing opens after your computer restart click the start menu and select ubuntu to finish installation *Ubuntu will open in terminal and the user will make a username and password Installing Flathub Repo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *when installation finished type in sudo apt-get update *when the update is finished type in sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y *when that finishes type in sudo reboot *go to start menu and reopen ubuntu type in sudo apt install flatpack -y *now type in sudo reboot *re open ubuntu from the start menu *now type in sudo flatpak remote-add –if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpackrepo *now type in sudo wget https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.gpg Installing Bottles--------------------------------------------------- *now type sudo flatpak install flathub com.usebottles.bottles *select yes for all installations. *Now type in flatpak run com.usebottles.bottles *when bottles open follow the prompts to finish installation, do not close the ubuntu window . Installing Microsoft Comic Chat Editor Bottle-------------------------------------- When bottles finished click the bottles tab and create a new bottle Name the bottle : Ex Microsoft Comic Chat Editor select custom under runner select sys-wine 8.0 Architecture Select 32 bit click the create bottle close the promt on microsoft comic chat editor bottle you created click the “>” icon next to the gear icon click settings scroll down to Compatabilty , Select windows version Windows 95 Upper left hand corner select back “<” scroll down to tools and click the drop down icon where it says Legacy Wine Tools“\/” select configuration click graphics tab set screen resolution to 192 dpi click apply then ok – leave bottles open - Go to your start menu and type in file explorer On the address bar click and type in Linux and make your way to the following folder Ubuntu > Home > “ a folder with your user name”> Drop the msccedit.exe file here Go back to bottles and click run executable click +other locations click computer now go to the following folders home > “your user name” > click on msccedit.exe Click Yes on all promts Go back to bottles Upper Left hand corner select back “<” Click +Add Shortcut Right click somewhere in the empty window where msccedit.exe resides and select “Show hidden files” make your way to the following folder .var > app > .com.usebottles.bottles > data > bottles > bottles > microsoft comic chat editor > drive_c >program files > microsoft comic chat editor > Click on Ccedit.exe Upper right hand corner Click “Add” Under Program you should see Ccedit with a play button and 3 dots Click the 3 Dots Add to Library Click the back button , upper left hand corner “<” Click on Library Should see a square with no icon , hover your mouse over it and select Launch --------------------------------------------------------- Q&A How do I start this everytime? I don’t know how to set a shortcut like a normal windows program , Just open Ubuntu from the start menu and type in flatpak run com.usebottles.bottles When I open Comic Chat editor , Im missing other tools like line, paintbucket ect? On the Microsoft Comic Chat Editor bottles , select “>” scroll down to tools and click the drop down icon where it says Legacy Wine Tools“\/” select configuration click graphics tab set screen resolution to a number higher than 192, but don’t max it out . The windows will become unusable. Slowly change it and try the program again until you reach a desired result . For some reason the program refuses to adjust to a proper resolution , making fonts bigger does help but do it a few at a time until you reach the desired result or else the windows will become unsuable and you will have to delete the microsoft comic chat bottle and start a whole new microsoft comic chat bottle process. Have fun making characters again Cheers ** -DarkAlchemyXEX