HPIZ-Archiver 1.3.1b

Small release, for beta testing. New features:

• New updated FolderBrowserDialog, closes #5
• Handle any file read or write errors with try/catch, closes #4

HPIZ-Archiver 1.3

New features:

• Highlighter -> Find out if the extensions and folder combinations are correct or which files are duplicated in name or binary content.
• Optional SHA-256 hash.
• Identical binary files now use the same offset (same content with different names). Closes #2.

HPIZ-Archiver 1.3 beta

Beta pre-release - Not for production use. New features:

• Highlighter
• SHA-256 hash
• Duplicate content now is stored at the same offset

HPIZ-Archiver 1.2.4

• Two new duplicate rules: Keep Last and Uncheck All (Keep unique only).
• The window can now be sized by the user.
• At the end of operations: the application will flash in the Taskbar and a blue link will appear in the lower right corner where the destination file or folder can be shown in the explorer.
• Improved Zopfli BitWriter and Node code.

HPIZ-Archiver 1.2.3

• Compression time reduced by -30% due to optimization in the Zopfli code.
• Progress can now be seen in the Windows TaskBar.
• It is now allowed to open, extract and create valid HPI files over 2 GB in size up to a limit of 4 GB. A friendly warning will be given since the game does not support files of this size.
• Minimum .NET Framework version is now 4.8

HPIZ-Archiver 1.2.2

• The Adler32 checksum is now written at the end of the compressed Deflate output #1 . Thanks to @MHeasell.
• Improved processing of single/small chunks where the creation of a new thread was not being efficient.
• Slightly improved compression speed by removing MemoryStream.ToArray conversions in the code.

Release 1.2.1

• Opened files can now be expanded/collapsed in List View. Easier to work with many files.
• Initial file size limits was removed, but a warning will be given if final compressed file exceeds 2GB (2 147 483 647 bytes).
• Another small file strategy: Try to compress, if there is NO reduction in size then let it be stored uncompressed.

Release 1.2

• Added support for opening many HPI files separately or at once.
• HPI files can be repackaged or merged with the Repack function.

Release 1.1

• Compression level/flavor selector added.
• New compression strategy: skip compression if the file is too small to avoid chunk overhead.
• Improved extraction speed.

First Release

• Basic extract/compress function using Zopfli Deflate