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Thread: Massive Heroes tools update
GrayFace
GrayFace


Promising
Known Hero
posted April 27, 2015 09:06 AM
Edited by GrayFace at 09:12, 27 Apr 2015.

Massive Heroes tools update

Here are new versions of my tools, now all with source code. Go to https://sites.google.com/site/sergroj/wog#TOC-MMArchive-v1.1 for download links.

MMArchive v1.1
Fully-featured M&M and Heroes 3 archives editor. Supports all archive types except ".hwl".
[+] Full files Drag&Drop and Copy&Paste support
[+] "Merge With..." menu item
[+] "Extract For DefTool..." menu item
[+] When importing 24 bit bitmaps into icons.lod an adequate palette is generated
[+] Drag&dropping an archive gets it opened. You can still add an archive as a file using "Add" menu item.
[+] *.pac files association
[+] Def frame shown under trackbar when seeking manually
[+] Text format for Favorites list ("Store Favorites As Text" menu item)
[+] Favorites can be sorted manually
[+] Shift+Delete removes the file without creating a backup
[+] Rename
[+] Custom lods support
[+] RLE bitmaps support (including those saved by PhotoShop)
[-] Palette numbers weren't displayed for bitmaps.lod files in MM
[-] Critical bug in adding files to VID archives
[-] Adding files to games.lod wasn't handled properly
[-] File backups were only created for LOD archives
[-] Files added to MM SND archives weren't being compressed
[-] Crash when quickly browsing through SND archives
[-] Big Favorites list was causing a delay on close
[-] Favorites list wasn't saved in some usage scenarios
[-] Drag&drop issues of Favorites list
[-] Sometimes MMArchive wasn't able to select the file chosen in Favorites
[*] Better handling of corrupt files in SND archives
[*] Proper delays for adventure map defs


LodCompare v1.3
Lets you compare two lod/vid/snd archives and see which files have changed. Lets you create a new archive containing only those files. Thus you can minimize size of a mod by distributing only this archive and merging it to user's archive using LodMerge.
[+] Now similar files that were compressed differently are be considered the same (but not in MM lods)
[+] Shows number of different files.
[+] Allows adding files to an existing archive.
[-] Fixed progress bar behavior.
[-] Correct handling of .vid archives.


LodMerge v1.1
Lets you merge two lod/vid/snd archives together.
[+] /bf modifier makes the program create backups for individual files.
[+] /r modifier makes the program rebuild the archive.
[-] Critical bug in adding files to VID archives
[-] Adding files to games.lod wasn't handled properly


SimpleLod v1.3
A simple way to add files into .lod archives of Heroes 3.
[+] RLE bitmaps support (including those saved by PhotoShop)
[-] Critical bug with adding files fixed
[-] BackupFile ignores extraction errors now
[*] New MapEdPatch oriented ModHomm import


Def Tool v3.3.2
Lets you create .def files. It can also help with editing interface pictures.
[+] RLE bitmaps support (including those saved by PhotoShop)
[-] Attempt to open H3DefTool.exe as .hdl on start
[-] The check for all frames having the same palette was buggy
[-] "Standard Special Colors" check had no effect if all frames have the same palette


Txt Edit v1.2
Txt tables editor for Heroes 3 and M&M.
[+] Find&Replace dialogs
[+] Select Row, Select Column
[+] "Add to context menu for *.txt" option
[+] Immediate language switching


Heroes 1 & 2 tools
The tools have been updated to support RLE bitmaps. See https://sites.google.com/site/sergroj/heroes

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Salamandre
Salamandre


Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Wog refugee
posted April 27, 2015 09:43 AM
Edited by Salamandre at 09:46, 27 Apr 2015.

Hi, and thanks for update.

As I reported in previous def tool, the last provoked serious bugs (corrupted images) so I had to switch back, I even provided a set of pictures to help tracking the bug. But it was long time ago, did you check them here?

The new text edit looks great with search feature but the edit button creates every time error and closes the program.
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Macron1
Macron1


Supreme Hero
posted April 27, 2015 10:03 AM

"the last provoked serious bugs (corrupted images)"

How it looks like? Do you have screenshots?
I didn't see them. But maybe i just missed this error in DEF files.

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Warmonger
Warmonger


Promising
Legendary Hero
fallen artist
posted April 27, 2015 10:05 AM

Quote:
serious bugs (corrupted images)"

How it looks like? Do you have screenshots?

Brace yourself, new townscreen is coming!
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Salamandre
Salamandre


Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Wog refugee
posted April 27, 2015 10:11 AM
Edited by Salamandre at 10:11, 27 Apr 2015.

I tried again, using same frames and I see the bug is fixed, and now deftool also reads from last directory. As I see the frames were downloaded 1 time, I guess GF did it
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GrayFace
GrayFace


Promising
Known Hero
posted April 29, 2015 04:37 AM
Edited by GrayFace at 04:41, 29 Apr 2015.

Salamandre said:
As I reported in previous def tool, the last provoked serious bugs (corrupted images) so I had to switch back, I even provided a set of pictures to help tracking the bug. But it was long time ago, did you check them here?

The new text edit looks great with search feature but the edit button creates every time error and closes the program.

No, I didn't check it. Thanks for reports. What error does TxtEdit show?
The frames you've attached work fine for me. I need the .hdl as well.

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Salamandre
Salamandre


Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Wog refugee
posted April 29, 2015 10:44 AM

Textedit Edit button and MM archive trying to extract an item do same error:



Win7 64 bit.
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GrayFace
GrayFace


Promising
Known Hero
posted May 08, 2015 05:58 PM
Edited by GrayFace at 18:11, 08 May 2015.

Follow-up update

MMArchive v1.1.1
[-] Crash on some computers

Txt Edit v1.2.1
[+] Drag&drop files onto TxtEdit
[-] Crash on some computers
[-] Find/Replace didn't select text in multiline cells properly

Def Tool v3.4
[+] Drag&drop frames in tree
[+] Group option in Reposition tab
[-] Possability of crash on some computers
[*] Now Reposition works like this: if frame is moved, shadow is also moved. If shadow is selected, it's moved on its own

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Salamandre
Salamandre


Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Wog refugee
posted May 10, 2015 11:04 AM

MM archive crash is gone for me, but Textedit, the edit button same issue.

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RerryR
RerryR


Promising
Supreme Hero
Researching Magic
posted May 10, 2015 01:10 PM

Can confirm; Textedit Edit button causes Error

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GrayFace
GrayFace


Promising
Known Hero
posted May 13, 2015 10:19 PM

Turns out I uploaded TxtEdit with a wrong name. Please redownload it.

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Uhm
Uhm


Hired Hero
posted September 25, 2015 08:50 PM

I often know the name of a sought file, but there is no possibility of direct search in mmarchive. The search tool is my little request for the next release.

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Macron1
Macron1


Supreme Hero
posted September 25, 2015 09:58 PM

It will be good feature, if MMArchive also could display DEF size in pixels (example 192x160) with displaying DEF contents.

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