GridStream Productions

[Gridfan]

AO-Skintool's purpose is to replace the current/old scripts and myriad of tools
that exist to extract and compile the ingame skin file, and the planetmap.
It is able to extract just about all skins and planetmap images be it old gui/new. RK and SL.

The purpose of this tool is not to be the best or THE only skintool,
the purpose is to help set standards to avoid issues in the future!

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PS! I also did a test extract/compile of CSPmap (holy cow that thing is huge and takes a while to process) so AO-Skintool should have no issue with giant maps.

Features:
Skin file extraction/compiling, planetmap extraction/compiling.
Small, fast, simple, easy. It does what it does and do it well!
Uses OptiPNG to optimize the size of PNG files to a minimum filesize.
(optional choice during compiling of skin/maps).

[Gridfan]

Releases/Changes:
v2.4 - 14 August 2006
- Included OptiPNG v0.5.4
- Settings are now stored in C:\Documents and Settings\Username\AO-Skintool
- Temporary file (for compiling the map binary) is stored in C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Temp\
- Now automatically creates the map folder!
- Minor improvements!

v2.3 - 16 April 2006
- No longer depends on dekstop color depth!
- Compiled using PureBasic 4!
- Updated to latest (at time of writing) OptiPNG.
- Remove all the Skinpack feature, nobody was using it (that I noticed),
AO-Skintool is a bit smaller now and the total package is much smaller now!

v2.2 - 8 Mars 2005
- Misc improvement!
- Some minor tweaks to the manual, and the program.

v2.1 - 28 February 2005
- A rather urgent bugfix release!
- Fixed a evil bug in file cleanup routine, that could cause the workdir to get deleted!
- Improved cleanup routines, making them more efficient.
- Changed internal naming schemes and added some additional name checks.

v2.0 - 27 February 2005
- First full featured release!
Yes! Finally it's complete, and damn does it rock!

v1.0 - 11 August 2004
- First release, took a full day to code.
(and I mean full. gah. I soo need sleep right now heh)
Basically a proof of concept, mostly for myself!