Anyway, since this is a bit of a rushed release, there's a number of "suboptimal" things done here, such as me not really checking stuff (so if you find issues, please report so I can fix :P).  Sanity checking in the code really sucks, so it should be easy to stuff up the program too, but please still report these so that I know where to prioritise checks xD.


About
Rcomage is a general RCO manipulation/creation tool, which I hope, will replace RCO Editor (and potentially rcotool in the future).
It's a CLI (command-line interface) however I've provided a simple Windows GUI to save you from remembering commands (though you may need to trawl through an XML file).

It currently only has two main functions - "dump" (dumps contents of an RCO) and "compile" (compiles an RCO from a dump).
For modifying an RCO, you would dump it, modify the dump, then compile it.
A dump will consist of an XML file, which contains all the metadata of the RCO (basically, it's structure) as well as various resources, such as images, sounds etc.


How to use
Well, as mentioned above, basically dump and compile is the only thing you can do.
As for information on the XML structure, I don't really have the time to write a good guide, so I guess you'll probably just dump various RCOs to get an idea of how it works.  (I'd be willing to assist if someone would write a guide for me :P)
A quick idea of the structure is shown in the readme.

!! I strongly suggest that you don't use Notepad to edit the XML files.  Suggested applications include Notepad++ and Notepad2 (or your favourite text editor; most should overcome the deficiencies of Notepad).


Notes
Because I was silly when writing RCO Editor, it doesn't put in adler32 checksums for compressed images, etc, and thus, anything modified with it will generate a warning in Rcomage.  Otherwise, should work fine.
Also, Sony's GimConv, which is used to convert GIM images, is a little slow, so if you choose to perform the conversion (affects both dumping and compiling), expect to wait some time...


Unknown values
If you go through dumped XML structures, you may notice a number of "unknown" labels for various objects (and some anim entries).  Finding out what these values do is, unfortunately, a little time consuming and I don't really have that much time to test what each thing does.  It would be great if people would volunteer to play around with these values to see what effect they have, and I can add the definitions to Rcomage. (thanks in advance :) )


Credits
- highboy for his WAV <-> VAG conversion sample code
- Z33 for sample GIM handling code and his various RCO tools as well as guides/investigations on various file formats
- creators of 7-zip for their awesome implementation of deflate
- supporting libraries: libxml2, iconv and zlib
- alpha testers, for discovering some issues and supporting theme development
- everyone else supporting PSP customisation and homebrew scene (too numerous to name)
- anyone I forgot to mention

lovely. Zinga strikes again.

nice tool comes~

Thanks guys :P

crazy editor! awesome!

whot it does,. whot not?!! ;p

And so it comes... congrats!



(This is probably a good time to invest in MyPlaza?)

Finnaly its out , yesssss.

awesome :D  Any changes since last alpha build??

Id like to add if rcomage crashes while compiling its usually because of a typo in the xml ;)

In a world where darkness reigns and hope is extinct, The Mage rises from his eternal slumber and promises a new age of gold.  From his staff shined blinding light, bathing the world in a long forgotten brilliance, and the awestruck people did bow down at the spectacle.

Errr.... yeah...




(btw, if this and GEN-D doesn't carry my MyPlaza investments into gains, I'm going RAGE!!!)

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