has been added to the LaserTank Utility Page.
It replace the previous Hex-Convert program.
There were some comments and suggestions regarding �Hex-Convert.exe�, directly to my e-mail. One request is, � Avoid creating new text file after copying from the e-mail message. The better way is to copy (CTRL-C) from e-mail message then paste (CTRL-V) directly to the text-box provided by the program.� See ReadMe.txt.
Furthermore, I�m using base-64 instead of base-16 (hexadecimal) to save space, so the program name is also changed to �Text-Convert.exe�.
My hex was following the standard (0-9, A-F), but I�ve never seen others use base-64, so I just made my own: 0-9, A-Z, a-z, {, |. (10 + 26 + 26 + 1 + 1 = 64). I convert every three characters of the original file (base-256) to four of those printable characters. If the number of characters in the original file is not the multiplication of three, I put trailing one or two �}� character(s) at the end of the text file so the number of characters in the text file is the multiplication of four.
The text file is more compact and doesn�t have spaces anymore.
Actually, some �raw� file can be compressed. For example, LaserTank�s level file has many contiguous zeroes, so something like �0000000000000� can be written as �(D*0)�. However many files as .gif files are already compact by design. Therefore, I don�t want to go too far.
As an example, the following is the base-64 file of the previous level �Path less traveled�, which has been modified so it�s 30/0 vs 27/64 now.
Have a nice weekend.
Regards,
Suyono H.
Yaphar
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5nGN1WC30mC30mC000000HOL50O3Jan6J4O700O6
1WmN1XG60mO61WO6JW0610O05WOL1WC61WO61We0
110601SK5GO31WO61WO600O81W0M5HO60mO61WO6
20061WO05nGN1WC61WO61aG00m0001OL50O3H4f0
Ia0700C0000N1XG60mC30mC30m0300005WOL1Wa0
000700000m0001SK5GO00000000620C0000M5HO6
01C60m001G0300005nGN1W0P1GC61Ha51W002nOL
50O04mO300050000000N1XG6000000001We00000
0W0000090000000000001r1XT6WWR6LpSo1qSc5s
PMnbP000000000000000001PRtKWOs5k86frStGW
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T6blRY1fRZeD2WqACp0WRMzsPNCW9Y0m87DeRtGk
3GeD2a5iT6LoRc5qQNPbR7ai87HoUI1qRo1pRsns
PI1qQ6bp86nbTcLi86bkEWqA3GeoDo1jRtPbSo0c
83Oq87DeRtHpBW00000000000000000000000000
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0000MMzkRo1fRY1AQtGk00000000000000000000
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