Open Source SHP Builder: Information

tomsons26lv · Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 7:34 pm Post subject:

I tried just reinstalling in the same folder i started the exe now i'm getting
Access violation at address 00405FB9 in module 'SHP_Builder.exe'. Read of address 00000000.
Access violation at address 004058E2 in module 'SHP_Builder.exe'. Read of address 01573050.
almost everytime i start it
Also all cameoBG files are 0kb and the commlist is still the wrong file(its a xml)

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tomsons26lv · Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 7:35 pm Post subject:

Forgot to mention,i ran it as Admin when I installed it

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Banshee · Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 7:39 pm Post subject:

Delete all these files and re-download the SHP_Builder.exe from the link from the first post.

All the bugs you've mentioned were already fixed.

tomsons26lv · Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 7:49 pm Post subject:

I am using the latest version, clean install, all those bugs are still present for me, now i get the address errors even if i copy the latest exe over a older working installation(37 beta 12 downloaded as tar from the svn)

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Zaaz · Disk Thrower **Joined**: 21 Apr 2013 **Location**: Canada

I'm having some exceptions too. I think it has to do with write/reading the added LastPalettePath property.

Banshee · Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 4:20 am Post subject:

I've tested installing it in the same dir and in a different dir using my windows XP and it worked correctly with no warnings/exceptions, etc so far. I'll have to test it in Windows 7 as soon as possible.

Zaaz · Disk Thrower **Joined**: 21 Apr 2013 **Location**: Canada

@tomsons26lv
I cant post anything here, so I created a thread in beta testing. Tell me if that fixes your issues.

Im a link. Click me.

Banshee · Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 3:02 pm Post subject:

Revision 39 has a very minor attempt fix for it, although I can't test it if it fixes it, since I'm unable to reproduce this problem on my Windows XP.

Edit: I've tested revision 39 with Windows 7 and UAC. Now it always runs as administrator (the setup trick in the description has successfully fooled UAC). The installation was successfull and nothing wrong happened. When I've left the program, windows has suspected that the program wasn't properly installed, but I had to tell it that it was installed correctly. Then, I've executed the program again and I've seen one access violation message. Then, when I run it again, there are usually 2 access violations.

I still don't know what causes it. Once I return from a party, I'll test a version with a bunch of ShowMessage to be able to debug where exactly are these access violations happening and why do they only happen with Windows 7 and not with XP.

Banshee · Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 4:47 am Post subject:

Update: The recent revisions from OS SHP Builder 3.37 seems to fix all installation issues reported by tomson26lv, Bittah and Zaaz and it is running quite in a stable way.

Bittah Commander · Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 3:15 pm Post subject:

One thing that could be improved in the installer is that it doesn't seem to accept certain keyboard commands. When I try to paste a path in it via Ctrl+V, nothing happens, while right-clicking and then clicking Paste does work. Ctrl+A also doesn't select the whole path that's already been entered (for this I need to put the mouse cursor at the beginning of the line, hold shift and then press End).

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Banshee · Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:14 pm Post subject:

That seems to be a bug from the VCL TEdit component.

Banshee · Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 9:06 pm Post subject:

Update 03/01/2014: OS SHP Builder 3.37 has been officially released! (revision 58)

Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

Is the one on the link in the first post the latest?

Banshee wrote:

- Download OS SHP Builder 3.37 HERE (1.88mb + downloads in the first run)

I downloaded that and the 338 beta on the link above and they don't seem to have any changes.
-selection is not new
-loaded palette is reset back to unittem.pal whenever i open a new SHP
-TS grid is misplaced

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Banshee · Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 2:22 am Post subject:

3.38 Beta is just a way to call the latest SVN build. And the latets SVN build is indeed 3.37 at the moment. So, there is no difference.

Even in the future, there won't be any difference at all, because the installer naturally downloads the latest version of the program in the SVN.

ramil16 · Civilian **Joined**: 03 Mar 2014

wish you can create a step by step video tutorial on it

Banshee · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 7:26 pm Post subject:

You mean a video tutorial to upgrade the program? That's not necessarily at all. The images should be quite helpful at the post at the following link:

http://www.ppmsite.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=502305#502305

Matthias M.

Banshee wrote:

This tool is a freeware.

It is not. Please don't mix Free/Libre Open Source Software with this term usually associated with closed source programs. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html#freeware

Banshee · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 6:04 pm Post subject:

This is not closed source program. It is open source and it does not cost a cent.

Go to http://svn.ppmsite.com to get the source code.

The only thing that it does not do is to follow any of the GNU GPL liscenses.

Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

He means SHP Builder is not a "freeware" per definition of freeware.
Since it is Open Source it should be called "Open source software" or "free software".

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Banshee · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 11:15 pm Post subject:

Edit: With all due respect, I like a part of GNU's cause, but not its means, nor its fanatism for free software. I do not support GNU.

I couldn't care less if their so beautiful definition of freeware doesn't match SHP Builder's case.

I usually understand freeware as a program that doesn't cost a cent, regardless if the source code is available or not.

Edit 2: In order to avoid confusion, I've edited the freeware part of the text.

Matthias M. · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 11:34 am Post subject:

Choosing a http://opensource.org/licenses does not mean you support any ideological course. It just helps to avoid misunderstandings. Which terms have you chosen for OS SHP Builder?

Banshee · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 2:10 pm Post subject:

None of them and I have no plans to change that.

Quote:

This program was made by Banshee and Stucuk, with contributions from PaD and VK. You can make anything with it as long as the authors receive credit for their work. If you make an unoficial patch of the program, this liscense must be unchanged and Project Perfect Mod must be credited for hosting support for the official OS SHP Builder.

Matthias M. · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 6:39 pm Post subject:

http://choosealicense.com/no-license/ explains why this is a bad idea.

Graion Dilach · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 7:56 pm Post subject:

Technically speaking, the quoted lines are already a license.

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Banshee · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 1:57 am Post subject:

Correct.

xanax · Vehicle Drone **Joined**: 14 Nov 2013

The link svn://svn.ppmsite.com/shp_builder in the first post seems dead.

Banshee · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 8:21 pm Post subject:

It's a link to be used by your SVN client. If you try it with the browser, it will be dead indeed.

Milch&Muesli · Civilian **Joined**: 27 Dec 2011

Hello Banshee,

over at OpenRA.net your shp builder gets used quite frequently for sprites and custom units in the RA and TD universes for custom maps.
I planned to use this tool for a OpenRA mod map of Dune 2000 as well, but unfortunately your tool does not support the d2k palette :/

Its very similar to the palette of Tiberian Sun, but not the same. Could you please implement the d2k palette as well, so i can use the shp builder for this Westwood game as well? Wink

I could provide you with the palette.bin if required. Send me a message. I just don't know how to translate that into your custom .pal format. ^^

Thanks very much!

Reaperrr · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2017 1:38 pm Post subject:

@Milch&Muesli:

The d2k palette.bin is just a normal, simple Westwood 6-bit palette, same as what SHP Builder uses.
All you should need to do is to rename the palette.bin to d2k.pal and copy that into the Palettes\User subfolder of SHP Builder. Then you should be able to select it.

ApolloTD · Commander **Joined**: 19 Nov 2003

Reaperrr wrote:

simple Westwood 6-bit palette

In truth we call it only Westwood 6-bit (or in total 18-bit) since saw it there but it is actually VGA Classic standard, not actually Westwood designed at all.

http://www.shikadi.net/moddingwiki/VGA_Palette

Milch&Muesli · Civilian **Joined**: 27 Dec 2011

Thanks for the hints.

Importing from the images with the d2k palette selected fixed the color-issues in the editor. And exporting as shp(TS) might have fixed some issues with broken shp(TD) exports.

But still haven't had success so far. I am not sure I use the settings correctly and using TS settings for the d2k content is kind of far fetched, too Very Happy

Having d2k options for import/export would be so much better Smile

...and i would not have to suspect any potential errors there...

Banshee · Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 9:31 pm Post subject:

If you tell me what are the best options to set there when importing D2K infantry, buildings, animations and cameos, I can set profiles there to speed up the process.

Milch&Muesli · Civilian **Joined**: 27 Dec 2011

I can't right now, since i just recently found a way to get the shp's to work.

* using d2k custom palette from the palette.bin file for importing, optimized for TS.
* using XCC to convert the shp(TS) of SHP Builder back to png's and then into shp/shp(TD) format. Only then it works fine.
@banshee: you compare your output shp(TD) and XCC's output shp for the same file, maybe you can fix that issue with your shp(TD). XCC does it the right way.

Aftter collecting some experience with Builder I will report back Smile

Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

If you go over XCC anyway, why not convert the PNGs with XCC Mixer directly?
Just add the D2K Palette to a mix file which XCC finds, select that palette and then import the PNG frames with XCC Mixer.

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CrAshB63 · Civilian **Joined**: 13 Oct 2021

Banshee wrote:

Anyway, the latest revision should fix most of the problems that were reported above. I just don't know if it solves the issues of installing things on program files without the bless from UAC, which is what I plan to test asap.

The SHP's, link seems to be down. I can't download the program.

4StarGeneral · General **Joined**: 14 Sep 2006 **Location**: Limbo

Banshee wrote:

It's a link to be used by your SVN client. If you try it with the browser, it will be dead indeed.

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Banshee · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2021 6:52 pm Post subject:

For those who are confused, from the first post of the topic:

Quote:

Our Latest version is 3.38 Beta and the latest official release is the 3.37. Both are downloadable in the links below:

- Download OS SHP Builder 3.38 Beta HERE (approx. 1.8mb + downloads in the first run)

- Download OS SHP Builder 3.37 HERE (1.88mb + downloads in the first run)

You may require to download additional files when you run the program for the first time.

dica nguy?n · Civilian **Joined**: 24 Nov 2020

How to add new shortcuts to shp builder, specifically the shortcut to add a new frame.

Banshee · Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2024 5:45 pm Post subject:

At the moment, this is hardcoded.