joXSI - open source xsi model loader and renderer, with skinned animations

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#21

I’m sure. Actually, I’ve never seen a “compressed” dotXSI file, and there’s no option to export such a file from within XSI (only ascii and binary). Also, the header has a plain “bin”, not a “com” or any compression type string after that. From the docs:

[quote]It supports dotXSI 3.0 and later, in both the text and binary compressed format.
[…]
With versions 3.0 and later of the XSI file format, you can create a binary file. The binary format provides an easy way to compress the data in the XSI file.
[/quote]

#22

From the 3.6.2 XSI FTK:

`Field Size (b) Contents Description

Magic number 4 “xsi” File type
Version/major number 2 01 Major version 1
Version/minor number 2 03 Minor version 3
Format type 4 “txt” Text file
“bin” Binary file
Compression type 4 “zip” Compressed file created by PKZIP
Float size 4 0064 64-bit floats
4 0032 32-bit floats `

Note the “compression type” field.
It doesn’t seem to exist in any files with the type set to “txt” or “bin”(*), but I have seen it mentioned online, but only with the format type “com”.

(* Don’t you just love documentation that’s just… wrong?)

#23

That’s why I chose to ignore it. If something turns out later, support can be added then. Since apparently there’s no “true” binary format, it won’t be a problem.

#24

Agreed.

#25

Sorry to bring this topic back to life, but whats the status of this project?

DP

#26

I’d say “abandoned, but in active use in wurm”.