oktNoBlur - Signed Blur Remover Addon

[oktane]

BETA 70184 noBlur Download: http://www.506th-pir.org/scripts/okt...r_1.5.70184.7z

Hmm, many, many hours later and I have an automated solution that takes about 15 seconds to patch any version, written in powershell language. (which is a pain in the ass at first but pretty powerful compared to batch files) Auto detects version via exe metadata, depbo's, deshdc's, patches custom compiled ASM shaders, repackages it back up, all named correctly, signed, proper pbo prefix of 'bin', everything. But it is not yet done, I still have to automate the end packaging, easy-to-use install scripts, and updates changelog so that it poops out the *final* 7z file ready to upload or updates a web host automatically. Here is just the beta pbo for people that need it: http://www.506th-pir.org/scripts/okt...r_1.5.70184.7z completely generated from script, cept I had to create the @okt_NoBlur\dta folder structure.

No sense in mirroring that, just hold off until I get done with the self update scripts that fetch the latest from the web. Then I'll only have to release here when there's a major revision. (final patch)

[OrdeaL]

Love ya work man!

[PogMoThoin]

Cool Man, thanks

[KaBoNG]

New beta 70256 out but bin.pbo is the same size as beta 70184 so current noblur patch should still work fine. Will be very nice though when okatane finishes his automatic patching tool.

[oktane]

Yep, they are the same guys. I use HashCheck shell extension to check CRC's on the config.bin. Size is not a good way to check because they can change a character and it will be the same size. Also, almost every time the PBO file is not the same, but the contents inside may be the same. Its because they repack the PBO every time for the new beta. (there's some date info in there I think)
So to check, what I do is (it's easy):
-When installing new beta, rename old beta folder to betaxxxxx first, where x is the version.
-Depbo old and new bin.pbo from betas. (i use cpbo.exe, just click extract in RMB menu)
-RMB Click properties on extracted config.bin's, see checksum tabs. (install HashCheck to see this)
-If the CRC's match, it's okay to use old version.

The biggest problem is that config.bin being outdated, could cause problems for you, or even other people you play with online. (make their game crash in rare cases) Because of this, I think I need to change the wording to something more strict since it is used online often. IE: Old versions of the noBlur shouldn't be used with newer betas. (unless it's verified config.bin is identical)

Prehaps I can look into settings the minimumVersion in the config.bin, but that would require editing and re-binarizing it. :/

[Erratic]

Thanks okt, good work.

[Inkompetent]

Prehaps I can look into settings the minimumVersion in the config.bin, but that would require editing and re-binarizing it. :/

Well, if you get something automatic to work to update the shaders, then it should also be possible to rewrite the version-line of it?

Non the less, I love this addon, so please keep them coming!

[oktane]

Well, if you get something automatic to work to update the shaders, then it should also be possible to rewrite the version-line of it?

Non the less, I love this addon, so please keep them coming!

Yeah so what I do now is depbo the BIS bin.pbo, patch the shaders, and repbo it with a new name. I don't touch the config.bin. To do the version thing, I'd have to un-binarize the BIS config.bin, grep and update the version line, re-binarize, repbo. I'll see if that will work out. But I'm thinking the version thing only checks if its X version or higher, which wont work in our case. (people would still be able to use old config.bin with new beta exe)

[Inkompetent]

True enough. Unbinarizing could be done with Kegety's UnRAP, but as you say the version check probably won't be of much use anyway =/

[oktane]

Noticed there was another beta today.. they didn't change anything except they added back in the 3 extra shader shdc files that they removed in 70256.. No idea why. (the one we patch here for the blur is shaders_defPP) But regardless, here's another temporary version updated: http://www.506th-pir.org/scripts/okt...r_1.5.70313.7z

Cheers