Clarification on the Workhouse assignment

[davidalangay]

Hi. I was going over the Workhouse assignment and am a little confused on what name Ember-2 was using. In the 300 file, it's NORMALHUMAN but in one of the modified 2xx USER host files (revealed by SHOW GOAL) it's actually NORM STANDART (it's full of 75 dollar amounts except for the last one.).

I don't know if that is a glitch or maybe a misunderstanding on my part, but I'll keep examining the other files on the other hosts.

EDIT: In the secure room there is a file, probably a tape drive, that contains NORMALHUMAN and the name of the file I need to modify.

[Songbird]

"Norm Standart" there is a throwaway "Real name" Ember-2 is using that is basically just padding on the file as far as you're concerned. Similarly, in test 1, "BLOODONTHESTAIRS" is the username for Katie Martin. The table of usernames and the file they correspond to is in file 199, and all you need to worry about is that you get the right file number to change from there.

[davidalangay]

Originally posted by Lupus Albus:

"Norm Standart" there is a throwaway "Real name" Ember-2 is using that is basically just padding on the file as far as you're concerned. Similarly, in test 1, "BLOODONTHESTAIRS" is the username for Katie Martin. The table of usernames and the file they correspond to is in file 199, and all you need to worry about is that you get the right file number to change from there.

Thanks for the prompt reply.

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EDIT: Disregard. There's only one user per 2xx file. I don't have to do a search

[Songbird]

You should not be interacting with the entry "NORM STANDART" in any way, shape or form. You get the file to modify from file 199, and you change the numbers in it so that you maintain the same sum formed by the number 75 repeating and the remainder.

Edit: Sounds like you got it. You already have the file number and there's no further checks needed to match Ember.

[davidalangay]

Originally posted by Lupus Albus:

You should not be interacting with the entry "NORM STANDART" in any way, shape or form. You get the file to modify from file 199, and you change the numbers in it so that you maintain the same sum formed by the number 75 repeating and the remainder.

Edit: Sounds like you got it. You already have the file number and there's no further checks needed to match Ember.

Yeah, sorry about that. I completely got confused. Next time I'm going to go through every file before posting a question