I'm almost done with the finishing touches on NXPatcher Lite v2.0.
I have read across the internet about people's complaints with NXPatcher. The main problems were these:
- People didn't understand how to drag and drop
- People didn't understand which files to use with NXPatcher
- Bad checksum errors were not detected, so people would not know why something was not patching and erroneously blame NXPatcher.
- No helpful error messages detailing what went wrong
- No notification that the patch file had actually been created. Some users said, "A black box just appeared and disappeared. It did nothing!" when in actuality it had finished its work.
All of these problems are fixed with the new NXPatcher Lite v2.0. Here are the following things I've changed:
- NXPatcher will now require that any file you give it have the correct Nexon patch header. If it doesn't have the correct header it will ask you to select a different file.
- If you run NXPatcher by double clicking on it, then it will show a file selection window where you can select the patch file you want.
- Of course, you can also drag & drop your patch files just as before.
- You can also create a file association with NXPatcher if you prefer that too.
- NXPatcher will now tell you when its done making the pre-patcher and will ask you if you want to run it.
- During the creation of the patcher the program will also do a CRC check and will warn you if the CRC fails.
- Friendly and helpful error messages for when things go sour.
- No "black box" will ever appear during NXPatcher Lite's execution. It will only show notifications to you when something is up.
If you have any other ideas, please let me know.
I have read across the internet about people's complaints with NXPatcher. The main problems were these:
- People didn't understand how to drag and drop
- People didn't understand which files to use with NXPatcher
- Bad checksum errors were not detected, so people would not know why something was not patching and erroneously blame NXPatcher.
- No helpful error messages detailing what went wrong
- No notification that the patch file had actually been created. Some users said, "A black box just appeared and disappeared. It did nothing!" when in actuality it had finished its work.
All of these problems are fixed with the new NXPatcher Lite v2.0. Here are the following things I've changed:
- NXPatcher will now require that any file you give it have the correct Nexon patch header. If it doesn't have the correct header it will ask you to select a different file.
- If you run NXPatcher by double clicking on it, then it will show a file selection window where you can select the patch file you want.
- Of course, you can also drag & drop your patch files just as before.
- You can also create a file association with NXPatcher if you prefer that too.
- NXPatcher will now tell you when its done making the pre-patcher and will ask you if you want to run it.
- During the creation of the patcher the program will also do a CRC check and will warn you if the CRC fails.
- Friendly and helpful error messages for when things go sour.
- No "black box" will ever appear during NXPatcher Lite's execution. It will only show notifications to you when something is up.
If you have any other ideas, please let me know.