MuCruncher2 by Epilogue
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| | Code: Deathangel's Shadow | Released: 02Sep06 |
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| Alaskan-- |
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| | | We bring to you the second version of our .net exe-packer |
| O | MuCruncher. |
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| | We still use the powerful LZMA compression algorithm, with |
| | some much needed enhancements over the first version. It is |
| | now completely written in .net, with no C stub at all... |
| | this means that there's no more temporary file writing at |
| | run time. |
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| | Additionally, because of how many possible variations there |
| | are in settings for the compressor engine, and the fact that |
| | there was no perfect setting (different binaries compress |
| | better with different settings), we have added an |
| | 'exhaustive' mode that tries every possible combination. |
| | This is, of course, a very intensive process... even with |
| | our modifications to utilize both cores, it takes about 24 |
+---+ hours to maximize compression for a 64k input file on my |
| | FX-62... and the gain was only a few hundred bytes. So, it |
| d | is probably not needed for everybody but if you have the cpu |
| e | time to burn, then the option is available. |
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| t | If you use the exhaustive mode, it is fault tolerant - if |
| h | your computer crashes in the middle, it will pick back up |
| y | approximately where it left off the next time you start it |
| . | back up. In order to further improve this, we are also |
| e | working on a distributed network compression engine so all |
| p | the members of your group can contribute cpu cycles to the |
| l | search... we expect to release that in the future. |
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| c | We have tested the exe packer to work with both regular .net |
| c | executables as well as XNA productions in anticipation of |
| s | the people that will be interested in creating demos and |
| @ | other productions on this new platform. |
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| m | There is a caveat with XNA binaries that is not related to |
| a | MuCruncher but is still important to know - in order for |
| i | productions to work with x64 systems, it must be compiled |
| l | for x86 rather than AllCPU (which is the default). For more |
| . | information, see http://abi.exdream.com/blog/ |
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| o | We hope you enjoy using this packer in your productions, and |
| m | if you do use it then please remember to greet us! |
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| Alaskan-- |
| ----Pride Copyright 2006, Epilogue |
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| | | We send greetings to the following people: |
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| | | Addict * Brainstorm * Fulcrum * Futuris * Fuzzion |
| | Guideline * Kakiarts * LowFuel * Marshals * MovSD * Neural |
| d | Prototype * Speckdrumm * Squary * Titan * Traction * Tristar |
+---+ Zone Neutra * All past and present Epilogue members! |
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