XCoder

Nodes.js Tool for processing .sc files with various options.

Installing:

Create a folder in any place convenient for you. Then open a terminal inside it and run the command:

npm install @daniil_sv/xcoder -g

After the first launch, you will go through a small configuration process during which working folders will be created.

How to run:

Run command:

xcoder

After that you will see options menu

Available features:

Textures

• Decoding .sc to .png
• Encoding from .png to .sc

Compressing

• File decompressing
• File compressing

Textures

This version has some changes compared to "original" python one. The main goal is to provide maximum flexibility by removing dumb restrictions.. Because of this, here all information about textures is contained in readable json and not in binary .xcod files. Json is composed of a list of textures that can be changed or added to. Below is a table with a description of each parameter of such a texture. Each parameter can be optional

• All descriptions are taken from "supercell-swf

Name	Type	Description	Possible values
pixelFormat	string OR number	Texture pixel type	GL_RGBA8, GL_RGBA4, GL_RGB5_A1, GL_RGB565, GL_LUMINANCE8_ALPHA8, GL_LUMINANCE8 or index of these values
linear	boolean	If enabled, writes a pixel linearly. Otherwise, it uses a special pixel blocking system.	true, false
downscaling	boolean	Allows you to use mipmaps on texture.	true, false
magFilter	string OR number	Mag filter	GL_LINEAR, GL_NEAREST, GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST or index of these values
minFilter	string OR number	Min filter	GL_LINEAR, GL_NEAREST, GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST or index of these values
width	number	Texture width. If it does not match the size of the actual texture, it will be prompted to change it or ignore it.	Any positive number to 8096
height	number	Texture height. If it does not match the size of the actual texture, it will be prompted to change it or ignore it.	Any positive number to 8096

Decoding .sc to .png

To decode sc to png you need to copy your files to Sc-Textures/In-SC-Textures/ and run the operation in XCoder, after that get folders with output in Sc-Textures/Out-Textures/. Folders contain textures and a "json" file with information about them.

Terminal access:

To decode file, run following command:

sc2tex

Command arguments:

-i, --input : Required parameter. Path to folder with files or path to file. If a folder is specified and no output is specified, creates a new folder with "_textures" prefix that will contain processed files.

-o, --output : Optional parameter. Name of output folder.

Examples:

sc2tex -i sc/ui_highres_tex.sc -o sc/ui_textures

OR

sc2tex -i sc/

output will automatically be "sc_textures/".

Encoding from .png to .sc

You have 2 ways:

1. "Decode" and modify existing files and add them to Sc-Textures/In-Textures/.
2. You can create textures from scratch. Create a folder in Sc-Textures/In-Textures/ with name of texture and put png there. Json file is optional.

After that, you can get files in Sc-Textures/Out-SC-Textures/.

Terminal access:

To encode textures, run following command:

tex2sc

Command arguments:

-i, --input : Required parameter. Path to folder with .png textures.

-o, --output : Optional parameter. Name of output folder.

Example:

tex2sc -i ui_highres_tex -o ui_highres_tex.sc

Comressing

There are also changes here. In Python version, compressor could only decompress csv files. This one supports compression of all files. Be careful if you want to compress or decompress a .sc file, make sure its name ends in ".sc".

File decompressing

Place your files in Compressing/In-Compressed-files/, start decompression operation and take files in Compressing/Out-files.

Terminal access:

To decompress file, run following command:

sc-decompress

Command arguments:

-i, --input : Required parameter. Path to folder with files or path to file. If a folder is specified and no output is specified, creates a new folder with "_decompressed" prefix that will contain processed files.

-o, --output : Optional parameter. Name of output file. If not specified and if input is a file then it will be overwritten.

Examples:

sc-decompress -i sc/ui.sc -o sc/ui_decompressed.sc

OR

sc-decompress -i sc/

output will automatically be "sc_decompressed/".

File compressing

Place your files in Compressing/In-files/, start compression operation and take files in Compressing/Out-compressed-files/. Uses compression method currently selected in XCoder.

Terminal access:

To compress file, run following command:

sc-compress

Command arguments:

-i, --input : Required parameter. Path to folder with files or path to file. If a folder is specified and no output is specified, creates a new folder with "_compressed" prefix that will contain processed files.

-o, --output : Optional parameter. Name of output file. If not specified and if input is a file then it will be overwritten.

Examples:

sc-compress -i sc/ui_decompressed.sc -o  sc/ui.sc

OR

sc-decompress -i sc/

output will automatically be "sc_compressed/".

Authors:

• @Daniil-SV - All code
• @Vorono4ka & @MasterDevX - Сode for console and general concept

TODO:

• Sprite decoding feature
• Decoding to JSON