[aru]

Since I'm not maintaining this software anymore... source code is now provided.

Source (GPL): here

A few things were started but never completed... including rebuilding. See spark.txt for the milestones I had.

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I know there are a couple of IMG editors out there... so why another one?
Well, a couple of reasons...

1. New files get added to the end of the IMG file, which means the archive will get bigger and bigger in size... until you rebuild it. But what happens to the space that was reclaimed from deleted files?
2. The concept of keeping the layout state of the archive in memory. What this pretty much means is that you should be able to add new files or delete files from an IMG file without worrying about (a) accidental overwrites of existing files, (b) accidental deletion of existing files. Unless you ask to save, nothing is saved.
3. Integration with other Windows programs... Drag and drop from Explorer (or even winzip/winrar) into a IMG file?

I have been writing a simple IMG editor (named Spark) that takes these factors into account. It's only for GTA:SA for now... it doesn't support the old archive format. As I haven't tested it as much as I would have liked to, and since it doesn't have all the features I want it to have, I'm just going to release it here as a beta.

Some Screenshots:





Current Features:

- User friendly interface
- Open, save, and create new IMG archives for GTA San Andreas
(older version of the IMG format from GTA3 and Vice City are not
supported currently)
- Sort files by name, offset or size.
- View files in a detailed view, list view or iconic view
(Note: Iconic view might be slow for large files such as gta3.img)
- Search for files in archive directly from the toolbar.
- Automatically reuses space left over from previously deleted files
reducing the need to rebuild archives.
- Maintians the layout state of the archive in memory allowing you
to add/remove/delete files without committing directly to disk.
Nothing is saved until you say you want it to be saved!
- Drag and drop support from and to Explorer, and any other program
that supports drag and drop of files.
- Some limits to prevent accidental drag and drop of the all the files
in the archive.

Some things that are not supported yet... but planning to add support for them soon:
- Association with .IMG files
- In-place archive rebuilding

Download Here

Source Code

Any suggestions, comments, etc are welcome .

This post has been edited by aru on Saturday, Sep 12 2009, 20:06

[aad]

I never saw an build in txd viewer in an img tool so i would like that if you could make a small addon in this for viewing and browsing the txd files at the same time this time it will speed up searching for cool textures.

[satasha]

Sort by type would be helpful. Congrats on your prog!

[Cerbera]

Some very good ideas and a pretty design too!

Presenting the contents of the IMG in an Explorer-like folder view is an inspired piece of interfacing. Making the right-click menu mimmick some of the features of Explorer and generally making this tool operate like an extended Explorer form could really help newcomers get an easy introduction to installing modifications. Things like "Arrange Icons > Name/Date/Modified/Size" and "View > Icons/List/Details" in the right-click menu would make this a fantastically easy tool to work with.

Not saving the file until the user selected Save or Save As... is a sorely missed feature. Would you be coding much of an Edit > Undo feature for this?

Looks like you are using C++ or C# perhaps? In VB6, the drag-drop code is handled by a pair of OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) events of the main form.

CODE

Private Sub Form_OLEDragOver(Data As DataObject _ , Effect As Long, Button As Integer, Shift As Integer _ , x As Single, y As Single, State As Integer) On Error Resume Next 'very basic error handling 'Determine what is being dragged over the form: If Data.GetFormat(vbCFFiles) = True Then 'data is file list:    Effect = vbDropEffectCopy And Effect 'inform source of intentions Else 'data is not file list:    Effect = vbDropEffectNone 'inform source of intentions End If End Sub Private Sub Form_OLEDragDrop(Data As DataObject _ , Effect As Long, Button As Integer, Shift As Integer _ , x As Single, y As Single) On Error Resume Next 'very basic error handling Dim i As Long 'used with looping Dim FileItem As Variant 'used to loop through Data collection 'Prepare for operation: Screen.MousePointer = vbHourglass 'change cursor Call mnuViewData_Click(0) 'Standard Data view 'Test what has just been dropped onto the form: If Data.GetFormat(vbCFFiles) = True Then 'data is file list:    For Each FileItem In Data.Files 'loop through them all:        'Test if this item is actually a folder:        If FSO.FileExists(FileItem) = True Then 'valid file path:            Call ReadFile(FileItem) 'open the file                        'Recover from operation:            Me.Caption = "CFG Studio - [" _            & FSO.GetAbsolutePathName(FileItem) & "]"            Screen.MousePointer = vbNormal 'return cursor            Exit Sub 'stop subprocedure here        Else 'invalid file path:            'do nothing        End If    Next FileItem Else 'data is not file list:    'do nothing End If 'Recover from operation: Screen.MousePointer = vbNormal 'return cursor End Sub

That's the way I am using it. FSO is the "File System Object" scripting library. It's fairly readable and I always write lots of comments in my code, so you might be able to find equivalent events and commands in the language you are using?

Automatically detecting and supporting GTA3 and GTAVC IMG formats would be a real bonus for the modern modifying scene, since all three editions are still worked with by many people.

This post has been edited by Cerbera on Friday, Jun 24 2005, 14:15

[Jackington]

It dosent work .

This is the second img editing tool Iv tried and NONE OF THEM WORK!!!!

When I click on spark.exe, or open the program in any way, it says "application failed to initalize properly (this is a long number which I can't rememba) Click OK to terminate application"

What shall I do? Please help!

I am so at this because I cant get this, a single program, to initialize!!!

[Stretchnutter]

lol... i like your interface style aru, just likemy iRipper program, but more aimed toward just GTASA .... mine was designed for several titles with 'structured' archives... gtasa just has a huge list.. something my program cant handle too well

anyway, great job!

[aru]

aad: I wrote up a quick TXD loader and a DXT decoder.



Doesn't work with all the txd files yet... I'm going to fix up it first before releasing the update

I had to decode the txd file over again since I couldn't find the txd specifications on the forum... it got deleted when the forum was prunned for archives... anyone still have a copy of it?

satasha: That shouldn't be a problem. I think I can add that.

Cerbera: Yup, I'm doing something very similar for drag and drop. It's written completely in C# though. GTA3 and VC will come on later... the current object model of the program is such that it's not such a big issue adding new formats. Undo... possible, but I would have to think about it.

Jackington: You probabbly need the .NET framework. Read the requirements section of the readme.txt file.

This post has been edited by aru on Saturday, Sep 12 2009, 20:05

[aru]

New version... Added TXD Preview support plus a bit more. Here's the new features list:

Version: 0.9.2002

- Sort by file type

- "Arrange Icons By" menu in the View menu

- New "Explorer" view for previewing files inside archives

- Explorer preview support for San Andreas TXD files

- File association support (Manual association required)

For previewing TXD files, click on View -> Explorer.

Download Here

[DiCanio]

looking great
nice to be able to see TXDs

keep up the good work

[Marklund]

Now that's great!
How's it going with it? Would be awsome with a dff viewer in it.

[LeeDFXP]

awesome job m8, gonna test it out now

[aru]

QUOTE (Marklund @ Jul 2 2005, 18:47)

Now that's great! How's it going with it? Would be awsome with a dff viewer in it.

I could... if someone can give me a file format description for the SA dff files.

[Vercetti Gangsta]

Very nice job! Could you also do it VC & GTA3 compatible?

[YeTi]

Cool good work. I'll try it out later.

[gtasanandreasmaster]

it aint workin for me
get this error

[aru]

QUOTE (gtasanandreasmaster @ Jul 4 2005, 11:25)

it aint workin for me get this error

You need the .NET framework. Read the "Requirements" section of the readme.txt file.

Ways to get it:
- Windows Update (http://www.windowsupdate.com)
- Direct Download:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en

[gtasanandreasmaster]

thx will this affect the way any of my other progs work?

[aru]

QUOTE (gtasanandreasmaster @ Jul 4 2005, 12:20)

thx will this affect the way any of my other progs work?

Shouldn't really... it's an official MS update.

[gtasanandreasmaster]

kk shud be no probs if it is a ms update

[Voodooman]

Cool tool, and will be realy cool with embeded DFF viewer (maybe textured).
Thx again for console version.
And how about 2 recompile it using Visual Studio 6 to aboid framework adiction?