Heaven/TQA Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 again struggling in packing and depacking... any simple way to use Superpacker from Madteam on Windows using Deflate there, save the data segment and want to use Fox' inflate routine. but it does not depack the stuff.... what is the correct process? or which PC packer can I use (exomiser?) which I can pack data files and depack them in my program? do i need to set the depack adress already in superpacker? best would be using the windows tool and not command line tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xuel Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I use Cygwin and then follow 0xF's inflate directions. You can use gcc to compile his gzip2deflate utility. It is command-line, but it's all on Windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 Xuel... I tried Fox' routines and instruction but failed yesterday... maybe I try the other MADS examples... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 ok... again fails here... I have Fox routine running and in one case it works (slow but works) and in another it does not exit and fills complete memory. Is there an reliable packer (PC tool like exomizer, deflater etc) with working depacking routine? Otherwise I am going back to Flashpack 2.1 native packer but this would be a pain with copy data files to ATRs and back etc... I would like to use exomizer but did not get it work. I tried all examples MADS is delivering but I need a reliable solution. WHat are you using and how??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 ok. pucrunch seems to work... only suboptimal thing is that I need to specify memory adress of the packed data before I pack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JAC! Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 (edited) I always use FOX' inflate and it works fine: set path=%PATH%;C:\jac\system\Atari800\Tools\PAK\Inflate gzip -c -9 %1 | gzip2deflate >%1.dfl dir %1* Inflate.zip Edited March 2, 2014 by JAC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JAC! Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 (edited) Regading incorrect behavoiur: Keep in mind that the routine needs (inflate_data) buffers during execution, be sure not to overwrite them ; Compile with xasm (http://xasm.atari.org/), for example: ; xasm inflate.asx /l /d:inflate=$b700 /d:inflate_data=$b900 /d:inflate_zp=$f0 ; inflate is 509 bytes of code and initialized data ; inflate_data is 764 bytes of uninitialized data ; inflate_zp is 10 bytes on page zero Edited March 2, 2014 by JAC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 Thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted March 3, 2014 Author Share Posted March 3, 2014 I am sticking to Pucrunch til Forever Party Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted March 3, 2014 Author Share Posted March 3, 2014 we are really missing something like codebase64.org 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebe Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 (edited) Heaven, first install 7zip (32bit) in Windows http://www.7-zip.org/ Edited March 18, 2014 by tebe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 (edited) @TeBe: Can you also include LZ4 compression/decompression into Superpacker ? (Theres already Exomizer and Deflater, but LZ4 would be nice too, maybe for next version of Superpacker ?) According to XXL depacking with LZ4 is really fast, theres maybe no need then to add a decrunch-effect code, just a black/blank screen would be enough... -Andreas Koch Edited March 19, 2014 by CharlieChaplin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebe Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 @TeBe: Can you also include LZ4 compression/decompression into Superpacker ? (Theres already Exomizer and Deflater, but LZ4 would be nice too, maybe for next version of Superpacker ?) According to XXL depacking with LZ4 is really fast, theres maybe no need then to add a decrunch-effect code, just a black/blank screen would be enough... -Andreas Koch yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JAC! Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I also have a small request: Currently the File Browser alsways opens at the same location where the "super_packer.exe" is. So whenever you load or save something you have to browser through the file system to find the right folder again (load DOS file, pack, SAVE ...). It would be very help if SP remembers starts from the folder (at least as long as it is running). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebe Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Super Packer v4.5 http://madteam.atari8.info/index.php?prod=uzytki#sp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JAC! Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 (edited) Excellent, works fine. Thanks! Edited March 23, 2014 by JAC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebe Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 update - Super Packer v4.6 http://madteam.atari8.info/index.php?prod=uzytki#sp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Hello TeBe, thank you very much for including LZ4 into Superpacker ! Can I report some graphic/display glitches of Superpacker 4.6 - under Win XP (with service pack 2 still in use) ?!? 1) When a XEX file has been loaded, a) the text in the boxes on the left side (buffer area, depacker area, etc.) disappears, you see only empty boxes and b) on the right side a part of the file-selector (or directory) window is still visible instead of the packer options (load, save, erase, append, etc.). The file-selector window disappears on the right side, when I move the mouse pointer at one of the packer options... 2) Also when I click on a data-segment, it is highlighted with a blue cursor, but then the tag box to the left of it (where one can set an "x" to tag it) disappears. One has to click on empty space to make the tag box appear again. Nevertheless, packing A8 files works. Maybe I have to install service pack 3 or some other stuff in Win XP first to make Superpacker 4.6 run and display correctly...?!? (Besides, my subdir of Superpacker still includes the old versions 3.3 and 4.1 of Superpacker, but MADS, Exomizer, Deflater, Def7z and LZ4 were all updated/replaced.) Greetings, Andreas Koch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebe Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Super Packer v4.7 little fix for Windows XP (ListView-Checkbox) http://madteam.atari8.info/index.php?prod=uzytki#sp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Hello TeBe, thanks for the update of Superpacker ! - problem 2) with the checkboxes is solved/repaired now... - alas, problem 1) with graphic/display glitches is still there. Greetings, Andreas Koch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a8isa1 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 (edited) Hello tebe, I'm using TinyCore Linux 3.0.21 and wine to use Superpacker (because I don't own any Windows boxes). While I had no problems using Superpacker version 4.1 with version 4.7 I can no select the packer (see screenshot below). EXOMIZER is available by default and packing did work but I can't change the packer. No choices are visible nor available.. When I invoke Superpacker I see these messages in the terminal: fixme:process:GetLogicalProcessorInformation ((nil),0x32fe04): stub fixme:wtsapi:WTSRegisterSessionNotification Stub 0x1007a 0x00000000 err:listview:LISTVIEW_WindowProc unknown msg 109d wp=00000000 lp=00000000 The second two messages are repeated each time I open and then close a dialog, 'configure' or 'about'. However, there are no messages when I try to change the packer. The pulldown menu for this is simply blank. I hope that this information is useful and that there is an easy fix for you -SteveS Edited March 27, 2014 by a8isa1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebe Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 try with v4.9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 try with v4.9 Hello Tebe, I feel really sorry, but I have to report (using WIN XP, Service Pack 2) that with Super Packer 4.9: 1) display/graphic glitches described above are still there (wheras in Super Packer version 4.1 everything was fine!) 2) playing with the packing algorithms gives bugs: click on Exomizer and it shows the depacker+buffer area of Exomizer, then click on Deflater and it does the same, click on LZ4 and it does the same; NOW: go back and click on Deflater again and the program still shows the depacker and buffer area of LZ4; next click on Exomizer again and the program shows the depacker+buffer area of Deflater, etc. (this did not happen in Super Packer 4.1). A simple method to avoid this could be: Don`t click 2x, 3x, etc. onto the packer algorithms, but on the other hand, if you load e.g. 9 files (one after the other) and pack them with different packer algorithms, then this bug will show up; e.g. load file one and pack it with Exomizer, load file 2 and pack it with deflater, load file 3 and pack it with LZ4, then load file 4 and try to pack it with deflater - wrong depacker/buffer is shown... -Andreas Koch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebe Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 new v5.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a8isa1 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) I tried 5.0. (I'm still using linux/wine). I can now select the packer, so that's fixed but I have have a couple new problems - The slide bar (for viewing more segments) can't be selected. In my pic (below) you can see where an operation is selected but the highligted field is below the slide bar. Attempting to move the slide bar results in a BEEP. There are more segments but I can't gain access. - When packing begins the list of segments disappears until packing is complete. This give the illusion that something has gone wrong. Behavior is different than version 4.1. -SteveS Edited March 29, 2014 by a8isa1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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