ROM Properties Page shell extension

[CheatFreak47]

There is an easy fix for that.

Instead of putting every single piece together, you can just simply use the badge preview, which is at offset 0x1100 and has both the 64x64 (length of 0x2800) and 32x32 (length of 0xA00, comes right after the 64x64 image, might be useless for this) images.

He fixed it already in the rom-properties code, the main reason I suggested this is so it'd be easier to put together badge sets using official data.

@TheMachinumps in case you can't be bothered to build it, I made a release package of the latested master at this time.
https://u.teknik.io/8Kb1p.7z (note that this is an unofficial build and is not a release)

 

[GerbilSoft]

There is an easy fix for that.

Instead of putting every single piece together, you can just simply use the badge preview, which is at offset 0x1100 and has both the 64x64 (length of 0x2800) and 32x32 (length of 0xA00, comes right after the 64x64 image, might be useless for this) images.

I had the tiling rows/columns reversed. Easy fix.

I was wondering what was stored at 0x1100 for mega badges, since the actual badge tile data starts at 0x4300. I guess a small preview makes sense. Not sure if I'll make use of that for anything.

 

[GerbilSoft]

Due to some issues, I had to reset my GitHub repository. All of the code is still there, though I need to reupload the releases.

If you were previously watching the repo or had it starred, you'll need to rewatch/restar it.

 

[k7ra]

How fast it create tb for cia and 3ds?
Because it skip all

 

[GerbilSoft]

How fast it create tb for cia and 3ds?
Because it skip all
View attachment 97235

You need the encryption keys set up in order for rom-properties to handle encrypted CIA and 3DS files. A sample keys.conf file is included, but no keys are provided. (There's a Pastebin with the keys available; search for pastebin keys.conf.)

I'm most likely going to release rom-properties 1.2 this week, though I'm also going to implement one more thing: CDI parsing for Dreamcast. Redream's CDI parser is fairly readable, so I'm going to write up a more comprehensive CDI format documentation and implement my own parser for rom-properties.

 

[GerbilSoft]

v1.2 is out. Check the first post for more information.

 

[chronoss]

v1.2 is out. Check the first post for more information.

Thanks !

 

[GerbilSoft]

Getting closer to a v1.3 release. The major change in v1.3 is support for localization, though there's only going to be a few translations at first.

I have also added support for other systems, including the Tiger game.com:

Other newly-supported formats in the upcoming v1.3 release include:

• Texture formats: Khronos KTX, Valve VTF, Valve VTF3
• Texture compression formats: ETC1, ETC2, RGTC, LATC
• ELF executables (including Wii U RPX/RPL)

 

[GerbilSoft]

v1.3 is out. See the first post for more information.

 

[GerbilSoft]

v1.3.1 is out. Minor bugfix for a crash that occurred on Windows for certain file types whose internal image widths were not a multiple of 8.

 

[jelbo]

This is fantastic. Great job. The attention to detail is insane. Great UI choices as well in the dialogs.

 

[GuyInDogSuit]

Doesn't seem to work with GameCube GCZ images, WiiU WUX files, or some CIA dumps. Would be cool to have support for Sony systems as well as older Nintendo systems (SNES, NES, GBA). Switch support would be awesome, too.

I know that's a lot to ask, but it's worth a shot making the suggestions and seeing what happens.

 

[k7ra]

Doesn't seem to work with GameCube GCZ images, WiiU WUX files, or some CIA dumps. Would be cool to have support for Sony systems as well as older Nintendo systems (SNES, NES, GBA). Switch support would be awesome, too.

I know that's a lot to ask, but it's worth a shot making the suggestions and seeing what happens.

All my cia dumps work, SONY roms are iso-cso images, Switch roms in early stage and format can change with releasing free emunand

 

[GerbilSoft]

@GuyInDogSuit WUX should definitely be supported. Let me know what image you're trying to use and what tool you used to create it, and I'll try it myself over the weekend.

For CIA dumps, make sure you have all the keys configured in %APPDATA%\rom-properties\keys.conf . If not, search Google for "keys.conf for rom-properties". If the CIAs still aren't working, let me know.

Switch ROMs are going to be a pain because of the multiple layers of encryption. I'd rather not require a copy of hactool to be downloaded separately. (I don't think I can include a copy of hactool in the packages due to license restrictions or something similar.)

I've been considering adding support for various PlayStation images, but haven't gotten around to it. (PS Vita card images use exFAT; other discs use ISO-9660 and/or UDF.)

 

[GuyInDogSuit]

@GuyInDogSuit WUX should definitely be supported. Let me know what image you're trying to use and what tool you used to create it, and I'll try it myself over the weekend.

I don't know, it's not my dump. As far as the keys.conf goes, isn't there a way to update it via internet? A few of the CIAs that don't show icons are fairly old, but popular games, so I would think it exists.

 

[GuyInDogSuit]

No....?

 

[SomeGamer]

I was so looking forward to using this but installing it makes Windows Explorer slow down a lot.

 

[SomeGamer]

OK so I got it to work but the keys didn't stick when added through the config exe. Manually adding them to keys.conf did work. Now I'm getting invalid key errors on some .cia files despite the config showing every key as valid.

 

[GerbilSoft]

I was so looking forward to using this but installing it makes Windows Explorer slow down a lot.

That's odd, I haven't noticed any slowdown in Explorer when testing on Windows.

OK so I got it to work but the keys didn't stick when added through the config exe. Manually adding them to keys.conf did work. Now I'm getting invalid key errors on some .cia files despite the config showing every key as valid.

Not sure why your CIAs are getting invalid key errors. I've tested a bunch of different types, including retail-encrypted and debug-encrypted.

Meanwhile, here's a sneak peek at something I'm adding to rom-properties v1.4:

 

[chronoss]

Meanwhile, here's a sneak peek at something I'm adding to rom-properties v1.4:

Any news ?