New GRFCodec 0.9.5 released

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New GRFCodec 0.9.5 released

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[edit]See this post for the announcement of the latest version.[/edit]

After a long delay, I've finally released an update to GRFCodec and the related tools, seeing how many people are working (or want to work) on updating TTD's graphics.

You can get it here: http://www.ttdpatch.net/grfcodec/grfcodec_0_9.zip
(or visit the GRFCodec website at http://www.ttdpatch.net/grfcodec/)

Aside from fixing many bugs, in particular in GRFDiff and GRFMerge, I also added the option of translating a GRF file between the DOS and Windows palettes. To use this, run something like:

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grfcodec -m 1 -e file.grf
To see a list of possible translations, use "-m ?".
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Way to go man!!!
now lets test it 8)
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ahhhh still the same... doesn't work for me...what a bad 200th post.. :cry:

does grf codec works for anyone here?
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Mad Dog McKill wrote:ahhhh still the same... doesn't work for me...what a bad 200th post.. :cry:

does grf codec works for anyone here?
It works for me (the old one) what does it NOT do??? I had problems but I solved them... let me know about it plz..

Thanx Josef... as soon as I get back to my grf encode stuff Ill download it...
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look here, "observer" eheheh...probably you were not observing well

http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?t=1917

P.S. if i send you my changes in the pcx file (i'll crop it to a very small size) could you encode it into a grf file then zip it and send it over to my email?
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Whenever there's a bug, Marcin fixes it.

He's made a bugfix release of GRFCodec available at http://kufel.immt.pwr.wroc.pl/~mgrzegor ... 021218.zip

Please use that instead of the download from the GRFCodec site, until I have a chance to update it. Probably not before January...
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Mad Dog McKill wrote:look here, "observer" eheheh...probably you were not observing well

http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?t=1917

P.S. if i send you my changes in the pcx file (i'll crop it to a very small size) could you encode it into a grf file then zip it and send it over to my email?
Try using the -C while compiling back to grf...
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the command doesn't work...it goes goes through the grf encoder file and closes it. Everything happens within 1 sec. No error, nothing
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What is the output then? There is always some output...

You'll be able to copy and paste it from the DOS command line too. If you're not running it from the DOS command line, then that'll be the problem... it's not a "click-and-run" type of program.
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Errr I use Windows Commander or Total Commander...whatever you call it... here, try it, Patchman, its a very very helpful program especially when looking through an ISO file... :arrow: http://www.ghisler.com

Dunno what's output...
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I've posted version 0.9.2 now, which doesn't really change anything except that it handles two error conditions that caused a crash on earlier versions. This is the case if the .nfo is missing the version info header, or if a pcx file cannot be found.

Now it'll show a useful error message instead of just crashing.
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I should have posted here the GRF Wizard update.
Yes, GRF Wizard Version 1.2 is ready for download at the GRF Wizard site from my signature. In that page you will find the changes in this version.
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did not work

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this is grfcodec not work with me what i can do now ???

1- i dwonload grfcodec
2- there inside 8 files
3- grfcodec.exe did not work ??

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Post by SHADOW-XIII »

GRFCODEC.EXE works .... read it's manual ...
to decode graphic you must enter: grfcodec -d XXX.grf
and you should run it from TTD directory :roll:
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If you extract everything into your TTD Directory and Download GRFWizard, then follow instructions it shouldn't be that hard.
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GRFCodec 0.9.3 posted

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I've posted version 0.9.3, which should fix a number of crashes while encoding.

It turns out that at some point I was reading beyond the size of a buffer, which causes a GPF on some systems (not mine, unfortunately). I wasn't able to confirm that the crash really is fixed, so if you had crashes while encoding, please test this and report.

I've also improved the speed of encoding and decoding, as well as slightly increased the efficiency of compression. Not that it really matters to much...

Like always, you can get the new version from http://www.ttdpatch.com/grfcodec/
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GRFCodec 0.9.4 available

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I've posted 0.9.4 now.

Changes in version 0.9.4:
  • fixed yet another crash while compressing
  • sprites no longer need correct numbers in the .NFO file; just use "-1" for each number and it will be assumed to be correct
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GRFCodec 0.9.5

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And here's GRFCodec 0.9.5.


Changes in version 0.9.5:
  • Self-extracting executables now work on Win2K etc., which doesn't pass the full path to the C library
  • GRFMerge will just skip .grf files it can't find, instead of aborting
  • Making sprites larger didn't work if they're at the right edge; it complained that ofsx too large; now it just uses the background colour
  • GRFDiff didn't work with e.g. "-l 1254" (single value in -l), it complained that there were no differences and made no output
  • Allow GRFMerge to read GRFDiff's .exe files, both for -l and other options
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Problem with RESIZE sprites...

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I installed grfcodec.exe. Perfectly! Editing sprites, decoding, encoding - I understanded, it`s easy. BUT HOW TO RESIZE SPRITES? How to make different size. May be this it is depends of _offsets_ in *.NFO-file?! Help me, please. Thanks (sorry for bad english:-)
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one of the .txt files that comes with grfedit clearly tell you what to do. :roll:
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