[REL] mySH3-TooL_v1 small SH3 Mod-Helper Tool (this is not a Mod)

[propbeanie]

Originally Posted by Hebe Vollmaus

*Bump*
Update to 2.1d

Renumber now accept EQP-file CargoDef.cfg DefSide.cfg Dials.cfg Locations.cfg

add mkDBs "DB_Dat.csv" info about near-Zero-sized 3D-objects, images, shadows, index
add Config DatNoZero3D= search will ignore named files (without Path and Extension)
add Config Max3DobjSize= search for limited variable Size 3D-objects
add Button [sns Check]

add ButtonMenu [Dat Del.All.Idx.2.NewMod]
Will create a Mod-Directory (JSGME ready) of all found Dat-files with index. The index will be deleted.
With this Mod you can test your install if there will be any time-difference on Load the Game for example into the Museum with and without an index in DAT-files.


Greetings.
Have fun!

Excellent news Hebe!!! Thank you very much

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Thank you, Hebe. Good stuff.

[itadriver]

Thank you

[Hebe Vollmaus]

Hi All,
a very profound user has directed me to a Dat-file which crashes my Tool on makeDBs. I can reproduce this, and found the exact place where this ugly Bug is sitting and the reason why it is running wild.
The underlying reason is this: i create a buffer in memory and sometimes i read beyond the end of the buffer, which is not allowed. So the Operating-System gives a "NoGo!" with a 0xC0000005 "STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION".
A simple Programmer mistake.
What bugs me is as big fat this little thing is/was, why it it does not crash always and only on specific files. Hmm, lets see - comes time, comes knowlege.

What i like to say is - a bugfix is in progress.

[propbeanie]

Thank you Hebe! Most excellent news. Looking forward to your edits, and I want to thank you again for this fine tool!

[Anvar1061]

@Hebe Vollmaus
We are waiting for a fix for the latest version, which actually crashes sometimes.

[Hebe Vollmaus]

Bugfix need some time as i try to do also other things in it.

40+ GB of 10.300+ different SH-Dat-files on my HD needs around two and a halfe houre to scan.
Only 2 crash on a Release-buld. None in Debug-build.

[Hebe Vollmaus]

*Bump*
Update to v2.1e

I dont want you stand still in the rain for that long. So here it is.

Bugfix #1 - makeDBs - Crash while scan Dat-files.

Bugfix #2 - delAllIdx2NewMod - Abort scan after found first Dat-file without index in a drawer. (Filenumber in Library was much too less.)
Added some Hints redirected into a file named "DB_idx.csv" when found mystic things as the lots of found ugly files are too much for a Screen-only Message when scan thousends of files. "Abort" here means the file is not copied, as it may be broken afterwards when deleting a index with a defect index-lenght.
You may be amused how many files can not read by S3D, or how many files have more then one Index, or the index is not on End of file.
And also here, there is no such mystic things in clean vanilla SH3v14.

Whats left are these non-ansi Filenames/Drawernames by Cyrillic alphabets writing people like in "War Elite Mod" (WEM). Blucher.dat, NCA_BlБcher, what means Blücher.dat. Heavy cruiser named after "von Blücher". 'Ü' umlaut written by 'Б' or other things like that. If you have some dirs/files named like this you get a Warning "File not found". These files are ignored. This is by Design for now.

Greetings.
Have fun.
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[Hebe Vollmaus]

Some words about "==Sort order -- something after idx==".
Most of the files i have seen have this note added in "DB_idx.csv". This means what it says, there is something after the index. Sometimes the index is in the middle of the file, sometimes near the end.
But it can also mean that the index-header-lenght is broken, somewhat too short. You can see this in S3D as an Unknown Chunk on the end with unusual huge numbers on Type and Subtype. For example Type: -732102642, Subtype: 1799828.

In general all thouse files with these false index-header-lenght can be easily 'repaired' with a Hex-Editor. Naturally there are also other files which S3D will not read, not only those with index-problems.

Greetings.

[propbeanie]

Oiy yeah!!! I know 2 modders that are VERY Happy!



Thank you very much Hebe Vollmaus!