Posted February 19, 2020 This is a tool that compresses/decompresses Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary PC map, ipak, and s3dpak files. Have fun! Also, make sure to run MCC with anticheat off if you use any map files compressed with this tool. Otherwise, bad things will happen. Source code: https://github.com/kavawuvi/ceaflate Download (win32): ceaflate-build-win32.7z License is GNU GPL v3. ST34MF0X, PopeTX28, Sunstriker7 and 4 others like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 20, 2020 That was fast. Was this built from scratch and how similar does it feel to CE? "You're nothing but a thing to me." -Tucker933 2016 "Mine's not huge, but neither are my hands, so it's a real good fit." -Badga666 2017 "It's not incest until it's in." -Caesar 2017 "Poison dart frogs aren't poisonous. Mankind is a poison and the dart frogs are the cure." -Somewhere on the internet "I felt left out so I added myself to your signature." -Pfhunkie 2020 "English isn't my primary language. It's also the only language I know." -ShikuTeshi ???? "In the quiet the silence is louder." -My Sister 2021 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 20, 2020 1 minute ago, ShikuTeshi said: That was fast. Was this built from scratch and how similar does it feel to CE? I wrote it from scratch twice! The first time was just as an experimental little test. The second time was because I wanted to add some threading and error handling and finally release the thing Multiplayer-wise, Halo CEA is way better. The netcode completely dumpsters Halo PC. Visual and audio-wise, though, it takes a bit of a step back. I made a video yesterday that got a bit of traction from the community, so hopefully 343i fixes the issues. ST34MF0X, Sunstriker7, Takka and 2 others like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 20, 2020 At the end of your video you mentioned about making a (polite) stink about these issues and I would love to do so. Anyone have any suggestions about the most effective channel of communication to take this to? ST34MF0X likes this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, Sunstriker7 said: At the end of your video you mentioned about making a (polite) stink about these issues and I would love to do so. Anyone have any suggestions about the most effective channel of communication to take this to? Rent a billboard. Sunstriker7, tarikja and ST34MF0X like this Oddly, this is familiar to you... as if from an old dream. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 20, 2020 22 minutes ago, Tucker933 said: Rent a billboard. Sceny likes this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 20, 2020 I've pushed an update to ceaflate that removes the check for if it's a CEA map or not. It turns out that other files use this compression format, such as the s3dpaks and ipak files. Takka, ST34MF0X, Zatarita and 1 other like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) put ceaflate and desired files to decompress in the same folder, and you can use this bat file to decompress in a batch (remove /r to only do current directory, and not subdirectories) FOR /r %%i IN (*.*) DO ceaflate d "%%i" "%%i_decompressed" Edited July 4, 2020 by Zatarita Kavawuvi likes this Specifications: S3dpak - format - Imeta/ipak - format - Fmeta - format Programs: H2a-inflate - SuP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 4, 2020 I've updated the download to include a copy of the GNU GPL v3. I forgot to do this, so it led to some confusion over whether the binary can be distributed (it can under GPL v3). Takka, WaeV and Zatarita like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites