ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ RA-MIXer 5.1 for Command & Conquer RED ALERT [ENGLISH/GERMAN/FRENCH] and Counterstrike [ENGLISH/GERMAN/FRENCH] and The Aftermath [ENGLISH/GERMAN] Copyright (C) 1997,98,99 by Moritz Mertinkat (Bluebit Software) eMail: ramixer@gmx.net WWW 1: http://come.to/tesla (THE TESLA COIL) WWW 2: http://members.xoom.com/tesla (THE TESLA COIL) WWW 3: http://home.t-online.de/home/moehrchen (Turbo Pascal) ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Documentation [ENGLISH] ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ CHAPTER 1: About RA-MIXer [1.1] Important notices (IMPORTANT!) [1.2] Files in this archive [1.3] Built-in viewers [1.4] MIX-Support [1.5] Hardware requirements [1.6] RAMIX.INI (NEW!) [1.7] Hotkeys [1.8] QuickInfo (IMPORTANT!) [1.9] RA-MIXer Style Sheets (NEW!) [1.10] The BIG RA-MIX test CHAPTER 2: Tools in this package [2.1] Conversation tools [2.1.1] CPS => PCX [2.1.2] SHP => PCX [2.1.3] WSA => PCX (NEW!) [2.1.4] TMP/RMT => PCX [2.1.5] AUD => WAV and WAV => AUD [2.1.6] PCX => SHP [2.1.7] PCX => CPS [2.1.8] PCX => RMT (NEW!) [2.1.9] Palette converter [2.2] MIX-Fix! CHAPTER 3: RA-MIXer ADD-ONs (VERY IMPORTANT!) [3.1] RAMView (MPR-viewer) [3.2] AUD Play CHAPTER 4: About MIX-files [4.1] General information [4.2] SHP-files [4.3] TMP-files [4.4] RMT-files [4.5] CPS-files [4.6] Palettes [4.7] VQA-movies [4.8] WSA-animations [4.9] AUD-audio-files [4.10] PCX-files (ZSoft) [4.11] MPR-files APPENDIX A: RA-MIXer versions [A.1] History [A.2] Support and bug-fixing APPENDIX B: Other information [B.1] The NEW MIX-format (IMPORTANT!) [B.2] Official RA-MIXer Web-pages [B.3] Thanks ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ CHAPTER 1: About RA-MIXer ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ This program was written to extract the graphics, sounds and MIXs from MAIN.MIX. All files (in the MIX-files) have to be defined in NEWMIX.OFS - this is because the new MIX-header is encoded in any way, but I don't know how to decode it! If YOU have some information about RA-MIX-files, please contact me at: ramixer@gmx.net (Moritz Mertinkat) - THANX..... > Example on how to extract CONQUER.MIX from MAIN.MIX on the CD: > (1) Start RA-MIXer from any directory on your HD. > (2) Press ALT-F1 to change the drive (using the arrow-keys). > (3) Move the cursor on MAIN.MIX and press ENTER > (4) RA-MIXer should now read the MIX file and switch to > MIX-Mode where should be able to see some files in MAIN.MIX > (5) Select the file (e.g. CONQUER.MIX) you want to extract > (6) and press "E" to start the extraction of that file > (7) Enter [a path and] a filename and press Enter. > Download the LATEST version of NEWMIX.OFS from "THE TESLA COIL": > http://come.to/tesla [1.1] Important notices ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ "Command & Conquer" and "Red Alert" are trademarks of Westwood Studios Inc., Copyright (C) Westwood Studios 1995/1996 RA-MIXer is Copyright (C) 1997-99 by Moritz Mertinkat All rights reserved. The author is NOT responsible for any damages caused by RA-MIXer!! So, before modifying files make BACKUP copies of them!! RA-MIXer is Freeware, that means you can freely distribute this program as long as all files in this package aren't modified in any way and all files in the filelist (section [1.2]) are included in this archive. If a file is missing, please contact me at ramixer@gmx.net BTW: If you have some information about the RA-MIX-files, can you please email me???? THANX. My website at GeoCities was now hacked two times.... So I decided to set up a NEW TESLA COIL on some other (better) servers. þ http://come.to/tesla þ http://members.xoom.com/tesla þ http://members.xoom.com/ramixer þ http://tesla.virtualave.net If you want to include this program on a CD or on a disk of a computer- magazine, please get the authors permission: ramixer@gmx.net [1.2] Files in this archive ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ The RA-MIXer 5.1 OR3 package should contain the following files: RAMIX.EXE RA-MIXer 5.1 OR3 (Main program) RAMIX.INI RA-MIXer initialization file RAMIX.ICO RA-MIXer icon (for Windows) RAMIX.PIF RA-MIXer PIF file (for Windows) NEWMIX.OFS Offsets and descriptions for MIX-files README.TXT Last minute changes and notes RAMIXGER.TXT German documentation RAMIXENG.TXT This documentation FILENAME.TXT MIX Editing documentation ADDITION.TXT Additional MIX editing texts VERSIONS.TXT History of RA-MIXer CPS2PCX.EXE CPS to PCX converter SHP2PCX.EXE SHP to PCX converter WSA2PCX.EXE WSA to PCX converter MPCX2SHP.EXE PCX to SHP converter (by Vladan Bato) PCX2CPS.EXE PCX to CPS converter (by Vladan Bato) PCX2RMT.EXE PCX to RMT converter RMT2PCX.EXE RMT to PCX converter TMP2PCX.EXE TMP to PCX converter AUD2WAV.EXE AUD to WAV converter WAV2AUD.EXE WAV to AUD converter PALCONV.EXE Palette converter (MS, JASC, NEO,...) MIXFIX.EXE MIX-Fix! (please read [2.2]) *.PAL Palettes RA-HD\RA-HD.EXE RA-HD Installer 2.1 RA-HD\RA-HD.TXT Documentation for RA-HD and vdc RA-HD\RASTART.EXE vIRTUAL dISk cHANGER 1.0 RA-HD\RASTART.DAT vIRTUAL dISk cHANGER Data file RA-HD\RA95STRT.EXE RA95 Starter (please read RA-HD.TXT!) RA-HD\INTR_VTX.PAL Red Alert palette (INTERIOR) RA-HD\SNOW_VTX.PAL Red Alert palette (SNOW) RA-HD\TEMP_VTX.PAL Red Alert palette (TEMPERAT) STYLES\*.RSS RA-MIXer Style Sheets (please read [1.9]) [1.3] Graphic-viewers ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ RA-MIXer can read graphic-files of the following formats: * PCX (max. 2560x4096) * CPS (320x200-image) * WSA (320x200-animation) * SHP (small animations/structures/units) * TMP (Command & Conquer TeMPlates) * RMT (Redalert Map Tiles) * PAL (Palettes) * AUD (ADD-ON "AUD Play": Audio files) * MPR (ADD-ON "RA-MAP Viewer": Multiplayer maps and Missions) (The Add-Ons are NOT included in this archive; you have to download them seperatly from THE TESLA COIL or any other good RA site) Filetypes detected by RA-MIXer: RMX, MIX, SHP, RMT, TMP, CPS, PCX, WSA, VQA, AUD, PAL, MPR RA-MIXer NOW supports PCX-files!! In every graphics-viewer you can press "P" to change the palette. Note that all palette-files have to be defined in RAMIX.INI in the [PALETTE]-section. There are some more commands available in the SHP-viewer. By pressing the "B"-key you can toggle the background on or off. Press "S" to display the shadow (if there's one for the image). The PCX-viewer supports XMS and VESA. So you can even view large images (up to 8192x8192 pixel => scroll with cursor-keys) Without XMS, you cannot scroll the images. For this reason: if you don't have VESA, you can only view PCX-files with a max. size of 320x200 and with a VESA-card/-driver you can display images up to 640x480! To use the VESA viewer, a VESA BIOS (version 1.x and higher) or a VESA-driver (like UniVBE) is required. UniVBE can be downloaded from "THE TESLA COIL"! [1.4] MIX-Support ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ To create a new MIX-file, simply go to the filemanager and press "C". (If you are in the MIX-viewer: press ESC). Then insert the desired name in the input field in the dialogbox and press ENTER (don't specify the file-extension ".MIX" or some- thing else)! Now select the new file and press ENTER to switch to the MIX- viewer. With the "A"-key (for Add) you can add new files to this MIX-file. After having pressed "A" (or "R" for replacing the selected file), you'll see a "light"-version of the filemanager. Here you can choose the file you want to add (or replace) - [if you have selected the file, press ENTER]! If you want to delete a file from your MIX-file, press "F8" or "Del" (and the selected file will be deleted)! All MIX-commands: - A Add files - R Replace the selected file - F8, Del Delete the selected file - F4 Change QuickInfo - F6 Change ID (not necessary) [1.5] Hardware required ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ RA-MIXer 5.1 OR3 requires a * i386-processor, 40 MHz (or a compatible 80x86 32-bit processor) * VGA-card with 512 Kb * 190 kilobyte of free conventional memory Recommanded is a * 486/Pentium-Processor with 60+ MHz * VGA/VESA-card with 1MB or above (==> faster) * XMS-driver (like HIMEM.SYS) * 300-350 kilobyte of free conventional memory [1.6] RAMIX.INI ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Section: [OPTIONS] QuitMessage=yes (Possibilities are "yes" and "no"; if set to no, then RA-MIXer will quit without asking!!) Icons=no (Possibilities are "yes" and "no") Style=nu95.rss (Specifies the RA-MIXer Style Sheet file. For more information, read chapter [x.x]) [WSAPLAY] VRetrace=n (n is a value between 0 and 20 This is the number of vertical retraces between each frame. If you have a fast (PCI-)graphics card you should use 3 or 4 for n) [TESTSYSTEM] (Possibilities for THIS section are "yes" and "no") CPU=yes (Check CPU?) Bustype=yes (Get BUS Type?) BIOS=yes (Get BIOS date?) Windows=yes (Is Windows(R) running?) MSCDEX=yes (Is MSCDEX there?) VESA=yes (Does your card support VESA?) XMS=yes (XMS test: is XMS available [HIMEM.SYS loaded]?) [PALETTE] (Specifies the palettes used by RA-MIXer) Pals=9 (Number of palettes. Maximum is 10) 1=RA.PAL (Filenames...) 2=TEMPERAT.PAL 3=DESERT.PAL 4=RASETUP.PAL 5=SETUP.PAL 6=RASCORE.PAL 7=SCORE.PAL 8=MAP.PAL 9=AFTRMATH.PAL Standard=1 (The palette that was used last) [1.7] Hotkeys ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Here's a list with all hotkeys available in RA-MIXer 5.1 OR3. In the program itself, you can press F1 to view the standard hotkeys! Filemanager * F1 Help * F2 Change sortorder * F3 Text viewer * Alt+F3 HEX viewer * F4 Change QuickInfo * F6 Rename file/dir * F7 Create new directory * F8, Del Delete file * ENTER Change directory, Start graphics viewer (if available), * Alt+F1 Change drive * SPACE, INS Tag/unTag file * BACKSPACE Switches between the current directory and the directory from which you started RA-MIXer * R Reread directory * H Switches between the current directory and the dir. which contains RAMIX.EXE (H = home) * I Switch icons on/off * PLUS (+) Tag all files * MINUS (-) Untag all files * STAR (*) Invert selection * Ctrl+\ CD \ * Esc Go back (if in "file-mode", then quit) * Alt+X Exit RA-MIXer MIX-viewer * F1 Help * F2 Change sortorder * F3 Text viewer * Alt+F3 HEX viewer * F6 Changer ID * F8, Del Delete file (from MIX) * E Extract file * R Replace file * A Add a file (to MIX) * ENTER Start graphics viewer or soundplayer (if available) * ESC Go back (to filemanager) * Alt+X Exit RA-MIXer [1.8] QuickInfo ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ RA-MIXer's QuickInfo is a new enhancement to save descriptions and filenames directly to the MIX file (this works only with OLD MIX files; if you want to change the filenames/descriptions for new MIX files look in NEWMIX.OFS). To activate QuickInfo, just press F4 while you're in the MIX viewer! A dialog box will pop up where you can enter a filename and/or description for that file. Example: (1) Create a new MIX file (press "C" in the file manager) (2) Add a file to this new MIX (3) Move the cursor to file you've just added (4) Now, simply press F4 to change the description and filename of this file QuickInfo was developed to make MIX editing more easier for you! So, you can publish MIX files without using a second file for the descriptions and/or filenames! [The QuickInfo is stored using the ID 7FFFFFFF hex; so don't use this ID for normal files] [1.9] RA-MIXer Style Sheets ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ RA-MIXer Style Sheets are files that contain lots of information about the colors and palettes which are used by RA-MIXer. Hereby you can easily change the appearence of RA-MIXer so it fits in your individuell purposes. You have (probably) already noticed that RA-MIXer 5.1 doesn't use the "classic" colors of the earlier versions any longer, but a new color pattern that is also used in a slightly different version by the Norton Utilities(R). If you don't like this style, you can also use the classic RA-MIXer colors again without any difficulties or you can even use a totally different and new style that come with RA-MIXer 5.1 OR3! RA-MIXer Style Sheets (with the internal version 1.0) have a file- size of 211 bytes and the extension ".RSS". To change the RA-MIXer colors to the classic color style again, please follow the four instructions below: (1) Load the file RAMIX.INI into an editor (either DOS or Windows) and search for the section "[OPTIONS]". (2) Add the following line to this section (or simply remove the semicolon before the line in RAMIX.INI): Style=styles\classic.rss (3) In this case "styles\" specifies the RA-MIXer Style Sheet directory, starting from the RA-MIXer directory (the directory that contains RAMIX.INI). If you've installed RA-MIXer in C:\RA-MIXER, for example, RA-MIXer tries to open the RMX Style Sheet file "C:\RA-MIXER\styles\classic.rss". (You can also use absolute pathes like Style=F:\DATEN\STYLES\SUPER.RSS) (4) Restart RA-MIXer.... Here's a list of the Style Sheets that come with the RA-MIXer 5.1 OR3 package (in the directory STYLES): CLASSIC RSS The classic RA-MIXer colors ADVANCED RSS Advanced "classic RA-MIXer" colors #1 ADVANCE2 RSS Advanced "classic RA-MIXer" colors #2 WIN95 RSS Windows 95 standard look NU95 RSS Norton Utilities for Win95 colors COLORMIX RSS Color mix... (new!) RIPPER RSS Colors from Sound-Ripper for RA SOFTBLUE RSS Soft blue DRHARD RSS Dr. Hardware colors (standard) FPROT RSS F-PROT colors (new!) NC RSS Norton Commander standard look NC2 RSS Norton Commander colors II (new!) BW RSS Black & white CHRIS RSS Gray, gray, gray... NONAME RSS Can you find a name? Please also read chapter [1.6] about using the RAMIX.INI file. [1.10] The BIG RA-MIX test ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ I've tested some of the tools/functions in the RA-MIXer 5.0 package: Replace-routine (in RA-MIXer) 550 MB replaced ==> Result: Very fast as no temp-file is required, no errors! Add-routine 600 MB added to MIX ==> Result: Very fast as no temp-file is required, no errors! Delete-routine 90 MB deleted ==> Result: Good, no errors! AUD2WAV: 400 MB AUD-files (approx. 9 hours, 55 minutes) 1.6 GB WAV-files [11:00 p.m. and I'm tired....] ==> Result: WAV-quality is very good; fast; no errors! WAV2AUD: 300 MB WAV-files 75 MB AUD-files ==> Result: Good; fast; no errors! SHP2PCX: 15 MB SHP-files ?? MB PCX-files (can't remember how many MBs...) ==> Result: Good; best compression (with PCX-compression); no errors! MPCX2SHP: (by Vladan Bato) The problem with SHP-files > 64KB has been fixed by Vladan! ==> Result: Good; very fast; low compression CHAPTER 2: Tools in this package ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ All tools described in this chapter may be distributed outside the original RA-MIXer package! So you can include them with your programs, cheats, etc. [2.1] Conversation tools ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ The programs described in the sections below ([2.1.1]-[2.1.8]) are usefull if you want to create your own graphics or sounds for Command & Conquer/Red Alert. As Command & Conquer/Red Alert cannot read all the graphics/sound formats, you must "convert" these files (to files that can be read by C&C/Red Alert). [2.1.1] CPS => PCX ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ The CPS to PCX converter is Copyright (C) 1997,98 by Moritz Mertinkat. All Rights reserved. (ramixer@gmx.net). Syntax (cps2pcx.exe): cps2exe [option] [pcxfile[.pcx]] Options: /p:filename.pal Specify a palette. If you don't use this option, cps2pcx will use the palette from the CPS-file. [2.1.2] SHP => PCX ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ The SHP to PCX converter is Copyright (C) 1997-99 by Moritz Mertinkat. All Rights reserved (ramixer@gmx.net). Syntax (shp2pcx.exe): shp2pcx [pcxfile[.pcx]] Options: /p:filename.pal Specify a palette. If you don't use this option, shp2pcx will use the standard-palette RA.PAL. /s Convert with shadows /b Convert with white background /i Display information about the SHP-file. If you specify "pcxfile", then a name of up to 5 character should be used for this, as SHP2PCX will append a three-digit number for each frame. Otherwise, the last the characters are cut off. NOTE: The incompatibility problem with SHP files larger than 64 KB has been fixed in this version (1.4). [2.1.3] WSA => PCX ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ The WSA to PCX converter is Copyright (C) 1998-99 by Moritz Mertinkat. All Rights reserved (ramixer@gmx.net). Syntax (wsa2pcx.exe): wsa2pcx [wsafile[.pcx]] Options: /p:filename.pal Specifies a palette. If you don't use this option, shp2pcx will use the standard-palette RA.PAL. /i Display information about the specified WSA file. [2.1.4] TMP/RMT => PCX ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ The TMP/RMT to PCX-converter are (C) 1997-99 by Moritz Mertinkat. All rights reserved (ramixer@gmx.net). Syntax (tmp2pcx.exe and rmt2pcx.exe): tmp2pcx