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 mhergenrader |
TIGCC Tools Suite Help - Total Noob Question |
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Posts: 189 (2006-01-13 06:31:44) |
I know this may sound a total newbie question, but how exactly do I use the TIGCC tools suite so I can exepack my programs? Or am I totally off base here? I think this is the thing that uses "decompressing..." before lots of programs, right? I see it in a lot of games, and I was just wondering if that was in here and how I would use it.
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Kevin Kofler |
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Posts: 7049 (2006-01-20 03:30:54) Admin |
The easiest way to exepack a TIGCC program is to use the builtin compression support in TIGCC. Just check the option in the project options in the IDE or pass -pack to the command-line compiler.
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TRgenius |
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Posts: 1843 (2006-01-20 18:33:39) |
If you have trouble doing that, make sure you checked the box to support exePack compression when you installed TIGCC (I remember someone having that problem before).
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Kevin Kofler |
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Posts: 7049 (2006-01-20 19:39:34) Admin |
Right.
We hope to be able to resolve the licensing issues so we can enable ExePack by default. The original pucrunch author already relicensed his code to a GPL-compatible license, but we need Samuel Stearley to follow suit for his ASM version(s) of the decompression code. This is currently being negotiated. |
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mhergenrader |
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Posts: 189 (2006-01-21 00:29:32) |
So I really don't add the tools suite programs to the Tools... Configure option?
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Kevin Kofler |
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Posts: 7049 (2006-01-21 00:32:02) Admin |
No, that would be a bad idea because they all need command-line parameters.
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mhergenrader |
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Posts: 189 (2006-01-21 00:58:37) |
I'm a little confused here. (Should I be?
 ) I reinstalled it and it said that exepack was included, but when I specify the -pack option in the GCC switches: it gives me an error: "unrecognized option: -pack" for every source file, but it still runs. Is it correctly exepacking and I am not seeing it, or is it not working at all?
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Kevin Kofler |
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Posts: 7049 (2006-01-21 06:02:58) Admin |
-pack is not a GCC switch, it's a command-line tigcc.exe switch. In the IDE, there is a checkbox "Compress program" in the Project Options dialog.
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mhergenrader |
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Posts: 189 (2006-01-21 20:10:20) |
So does "decompressing..." only show up when my program is pretty large?
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TRgenius |
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Posts: 1843 (2006-01-22 01:12:26) |
I think it always does, you just notice it (because it's there longer) when the program is large.
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Kevin Kofler |
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Posts: 7049 (2006-01-22 01:14:02) Admin |
There is no "decompressing..." message in current pstarter launchers to reduce launcher size.
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maxtheterrible |
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Posts: 4 (2006-02-24 07:50:14) |
But looking at a different point of view, if you don't have the source code of the program to be packed, what I always do:
1. Copy the program to be patched to the TT bin directory or TTPPGGEN to the program directory 2. Run "TTPPGGEN [NAME OF PROGRAM TO BE PACKED] [NAME OF OUTPUT PROGRAM (w/o extension)] 3. Send the .89y (or .9xy) file to my calc and run it with SuperStart by Greg Dietsche (Read SuperStart readme) You can obtain SuperStart @ Super Start |
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Kevin Kofler |
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Posts: 7049 (2006-02-25 04:11:58) Admin |
Or you can rebuild pstarter with the correct program name to get a customized launcher (and the latest version at that).
1. Get the pstarter source code: www.tigen.org/kevin.kofler/ti89prog/pstarter.zip. 2. Replace "tempprog" with the name of your PPG. 3. Rename pstarter to what you want your program to be called. Other alternatives are ttstart or the TICT Explorer. |
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