[WIP] - CryTools Update

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Originally posted by Vehn

Fellow forum member Clivey has provided us with some updates of his CryTools tool that replaces the old Crysis Launcher. The tool was completely rewritten from zero to become a toolkit for the CryENGINE2 and now has Punkbuster 1.21 checking, Mod Clean Up, Mod Mashing and Map MD5 Checking (needed for map updating) embedded into the one application.

Update
Most recently, he has been doing some bug fixing from posts here and from some of the PM's, as the tool should be released within the next week or so for release 2. Clivey would also like to gather feedback as to what features/functions you users would like to see in Crytools. For instance, have you ever thought I'd wish I had a tool that did X or Y?

The application now updates itself after verifying versions with the server and updates can now be pushed out Automatically. This concept has also been embedded into the Map updating, where via a simple Server solution, maps and applications can be updated automatically and also rolled back, should there be an issue with the latest release.


Additional Features

• Standardised Benchmarking
           Record benchmark History
           Run standard benchmarks for real comparisons
           Create Forum Sigs from Benchmark Results
  
• Mapping Tools
           Automatic recompression of level.pak file with options to move custom assets into pak
           Automatic renaming of maps with Custom Objects (its not a simple map rename)
           Wizards for Map Distribution
           Cry File Repair Attempt (cant always guarantee a fix depending on corruption)
  
• Mods
           Backup Options for Mods
           Integrated Mod Cleaner Tool into Crytools
           Integrated Mashup Tool into Crytools         
  
• Mutiplayer
          Add Favourite Servers
          Join Direct to Fav Servers through Crytools with the option of doing a PB check before laoding
           Integrated PB Online Checker into Crytools (now checks Bin DLLs as well)
           Added MD5 Checks of 150 MP maps to stop user being kicked for map mismatch
           Added options to make MD5 Level Hash for map makers, so the MD5 Hash can be downloaded automatically to other Crytool users, thus can be checked by them
  

WIP Features
Optimise Config 60% completed - User specifies the FPS they want eg 30FPS. Crytools then takes control of Crysis and runs configurations until it achieves the FPS required or as close as possible. Function can take a bit of time as it requires mutiple loading/unloading of Crysis, so its one of those run it and wait patiently.

Mod Wizard 20% completed - A wizard that enables the user to create a new Mod, by allowing easy changes to weapons, vehicle etc settings via simple GUI controls, then outputs a Mod. Functionality will the integrated into Mashup function, for 100% Mashing.

AutoMap Downloader - A functionality that allows downloading new maps from a server directly. A forth coming feature will be for server admins, so they can subscribe to a system, where the map versions on each server are syncronised, thus reducing the amount of errors and also downloads people have to do.

Related Links:
- Forum Thread CryTools

-CryMod Staff Team


Source: CryMod News


Auto downloader O_O

Enjoy!

Reason for the scarce news can be found in the link below.

http://www.crysis-online.com/forum/index.php/topic,25785.new.html#new