XTool 2020 (Main Project)

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Originally Posted by L33THAK0R

Quick question, or I guess just asking for some clarification, in regards to "bms2xtl", can you only process a given file with your generated database, if the codec is one that xtool supports? So for example xtool wouldn't be able to process a COMTYPE if it isn't deflate, lz4(hc/x/f)... etc.? I guess what I'm asking in essence is am I correct in saying external, quickbms-native COMTYPEs aren't supported.

Use xtool.ini to add COMTYPEs that QuickBMS supports. Bear in mind that QuickBMS built in compression can vary wildly from that of what the original input file is compressed with so this is really only suitable for encryption algorithms where you're more likely to get a correct output.

Also, not every algorithm that QBMS can decompress it can also compress - such as LZ2K, of which no compression code exists publicly.

You also have totally different implementations of algos althogether such as LZSS where it's basically different every time you see it.

In short xtool.ini compression with QuickBMS is hit/miss.