QuiCript 1.1 - Context menu (De)compressor

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*Note* h2am map compression has changed. This tool will not work right for modern h2a maps

 

QuiCript 1.1

QuiCript is a one tool fits all solution to MCC PC compression. With a simple right click you can decompress a file, and with another you can recompress. No need for command prompts, typing out a long path, or copying files around.

 

Today I am happy to present the 1.1 beta update. This still requires some testing, so there may be a few bumps here and there, but version 1.1 is available for you to play around with. (Version 1 is still available if you prefer. See bottom of post)

 

What's new?

    - Halo 1 Anniversary Compression now uses the minimal header size variant. Reducing the file size a bit more.

    - Implemented Halo 2 Anniversary Map Compression ( Beta - Back up your maps before testing )   [EDIT: Currently found issues with compression. Decompression should work fine; however, use assembly for compression currently]

    - Implemented a new notification system. ( Also included a version that doesn't have notifications in case some people find it annoying )

    - Now allows selection of multiple files.

 

Notifications felt like a natural progression from multiple selections. This lets you let it run in the background, and when it finishes it will give you a windows notification like so:

 

 

 

Installation

Python is required for this tool.

Installation is simple.
Open the zip file included

Open the folder to the version you want (notification, or non-notification)

 

Press Windows Key + R and type %Appdata%

 

and drag the contents straight into the appdata folder. (note don't drag the root folder. if you see QuiCript 1.1 you need to navigate into that folder and drag that folders content into appdata. the folders should be named Microsoft and QuiCript. See reference below)

 

That's it! from there you should be able to right click on any compressed MCC file, hover over Send To, and select the corresponding ( De ) Compression algorithm.

Releases

 

If you're curious on how compression works for MCC see this post

 

Version 1

Spoiler

I made a "quality of life" script to help with handling compressing and decompressing h1a/h2a files. This adds a shortcut to compress/decompress in the windows context "send to" menu.



Since H2A_inflate couldn't handle compression, this almost acts like a successor to it.
I got tired of having to open up a cmd every time I wanted to compress with H2A inflate, or CEAflate.

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Note: this script requires python

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To install is simple. Download the .zip file. Then press windows key + r to open a run dialog. Type %appdata% in there, and it should open a file browser in your appdata's roaming folder. Extract QuiCript into that folder. Voila, it should show up inside your send to menu. I originally wanted to give it it's own action; however, that requires editing the registry, and I personally find that a bit extreme for something like this.

 

 

 

This script WILL replace the original file; however, it's designed to only do so if it successfully decompresses the file, you can always "undo" by recompressing. Err on the side of caution, and always keep backups.

QuiCript.zip

 

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Version 1.1 - Beta Bumped
See original post for update information