64Digits

<FONT SIZE=5>NEW VERSION COMING SOON.</font>

This will be incorporated into 64Digits V3 as well. No arrangements can be made with Mark or Yoyo games, as they cannot seem to make up their minds or reply to an email.

This is just a little announcement; <b><u>GM7Zip</b></u>, the compressor I have been blogging about recently, is up for its first public release.

It has also earned the Marbs seal of approval I sorta gave him. XD

In order to convenience the general public, a few provisions have been made; two involving the program, one more global provision involving 64Digits.

The first two of these are keys in the registry to make GM7Zip easy to access. One is for GM7z files, the other for right click exes. Both are optional, see below.

The 64Digits modification, done by FireStormX (thanks again, by the way [:)]) is simply support for GM7z files in your file manager. Another great reason to use this here.

Now, the link:

<font size=+2><a href="http://www.64digits.com/download.php?name=GM7Zip.zip&id=17829">Download GM7Zip now!</a>

<a href="http://www.64digits.com/download.php?name=GM7Zip_Vista.zip&id=17843">Download Vista Compatible GM7Zip release!</a>

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(I ask that people who use this program do so as an alternative to, or have as an alternative, standard Zip)

GM7Zip is a compression program used exactly like WinZip that is designed specifically for GM7 executables, and also supports GM6.1 executables. GM7 executables are reduced by a quarter less than 2MB (1752030 bytes), GM6.1 executables are reduced by 575KB.

<b>Installation</b>

There is no installer. When you run the game for the first time, it asks to be put where it can stay.

You then choose what to associate it with. You can choose to association with GM7z files, EXE right click menus, Both, or Neither. It is perfectly safe, so I recommend both.

<b>After that it is ready to rock.</b>

If you associated with GM7z files, you can now double click them for instant decompression. Or, whether you associated or not, you can open the program normally and select decompss. Alternatively, you can drag a file to decompress into the program icon or shortcut.

If you associated with executables, you can right click one and select "Compress with GM7Zip" to do so instantly. To compress alternatively, or to compress multiple files together, you can open the program and select "Compress" (limited number of files) or you can dRag all files into the icon (unlimited number of files, but only one executable can be super compacted).

This program uses Zip compression after the first compaction to finish the job, see credits below.

Thanks to all who participate.

Also, User Bar:

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–OR–

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Here are some screen shots:

Here is a very practical example featuring JakeX’s <i>Sapphire Tears.</i> This look like it should be your game?

This is a show of the pure power of this compressor. You make somewhat small games? I’ve seen similar C games at this size. That is just how useful this can be.

And with a constant compression rate, you’ll always have that base file size chopped off.

<table class="ex" cellspacing="0" border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="3" bgcolor="#B9DCFF"><td><font size=+12>Credits</font></td></table>

<font size=+1><b>Josh @ Dreamland</b></font>

Program Design,

research on compression,

GMVER scripts,

and all graphics

<font size=+1><b>Ism Avatar</b></font>

Absolutely stunningly

and completely amazingly

lightning fast binary

splitter/joiner Dll

<font size=+1><b>CoderChris</b></font>

GMZip Dll for Game Maker

that furthers compression

and binds additional

resources.

<font size=+1><b>DeadGames</b></font>

The interesting for GM

text boxes are by Dead Games.

Thanks dude, very

professional.

JoshDreamland 17 years, 7 months ago

biggoron–

purely convenience. It is so you don't have to have the icon on your desktop for single files, and so you don't have to keep opening the program. Thus it is optional.

C-Ator9 and Aeron–

Re-download please. Sorry for the inconvenience.

biggoron 17 years, 7 months ago

Ah, I understand. For a sec I thought it was mandatory.

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Btw, I really hope this catches on. It will likely save whole gigabytes of downloads if it does.

FredFredrickson 17 years, 7 months ago

So I don't really understand what is going on here - basically you are lopping off the part of the executable that is redundant between all GM exe's, and then adding it back at runtime?

Me too. I hope so!

FredFredrickson–

Yes.

ALL-

Please redownload as of 6:10 EST today, April 13.

Doesn't it seem like a bad idea though, for people who have never heard of your program? I mean, I wouldn't distribute my games on another site in this manner, since anyone who just downloaded the game would more than likely not be able to use it. [:P]

Yep, so I can only ask that people include a Zip as alternative.

If and when this catches on, that won't be a problem now will it?

Alright people, let's see some re-downloading.

<font size=16>IF</font> this is the first time you are reading this message, re-download.

Thanks. [:)]

Hehe, well it won't be a problem in the community… but if you distribute your game outside the GM circle, it just creates confusion, and makes the potential user have to download a second file just to play the game. It's a great effort and project, but overall it's just impractical, in my opinion.

s 17 years, 7 months ago

@coolgeorge=No,it cuts off the constant memory that the EXEs use for running purposes,and adds it back when uncompressed

Perhaps. Or WinZip can start supporting it in the next Windows update. You NEVER know.

coolgeorge423–

What serprex said.

<font color=white>GM7Zip Public Release</font>

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