POD

Mercury a écrit :Still, is there any tool to make the job easier?

The source code is included. If you do not have Delphi, I can add the "missing" button - just send me an email to nicode@gmx.net with [pod] in the subject.

Veliouh a écrit :Do you want a dedicated pod source poster ?

Very funny, isn't it?

It's funniest to find everything by yourself :D But it takes time, that's right... i'm working on Trackmania files for more than 4 years (time to time) and still does not have finish the uncompression (dont even speak about compression :roll: ). Maybe I can help, who knows... (but not next week, we...

My reason is 'Why geaving file format, the community is so small, who cares, this will not help the game' Most probably it will not "help" the game, that's true. I doubt that there is anyone left in the community, who would invest the time and effort to finally develop something that wasn...

Well, no comment

We try to export something from Blender (i think) in the past, but it was 'too limited' to put all params needed (grip, face visibility, ...). I'm aware of the problem that Blender doesn't support custom datablock properties (yet). However, before doing anything in Blender, I'm forced to reverse en...

I don't think this (BLx format) is the real problem. Like said by Rob, to have new track, we only need track creators, and this is the problem... One of the limiting factors might be, that artists need 3dsm to create the tracks. From my point of view, the only protection of POD is its 'unknow' form...

The Fileformat isnt really hard to understand. [...] (nico [...] (he has also programmed many games)) You tend to exaggerate... Firstly, if the file format would be "easy", you wouldn't ask for more informations. Secondly, I'm not a game developer. As you can see on MobyGames , I was only...

NicoDE a écrit :In the next version I'll add an IMG-editor - but my time is limited...

Just to let you know (after three years )... guess what, there will be no next version of PodPaint.
All my old and new POD-related stuff will be merged into a project for/with Blender.

If you're referring to my Pod cpuid patch:

If the patch doesn't recognize your POD binary (code elements found = 0), drop me an email to nicode@gmx.net

BandietoSkubi a écrit :But how can i found out, how many textures are used in the file

Well, PodPaint comes with source code

Amazo_Phanto a écrit :What's the difference?

Special encryption.