24-09-2003 14:49									#1
	How to compress/uncompress BIX files??? Get a bigger avatar today!

Dear friends!

Please, help me to understand how it is possible to compress/uncompress BIX files so they becames like BIC files?
I mean, BIX files have some compression and it's not possible to change them without Civ3Edit.
I hope sombody you knows how to decompress BIX files to make changes and then compress it again.

Thank you kindly for any help by the question!

	24-09-2003 17:17									#2
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

Civ3 uses the PKWARE data compression library for compressing both BIC/BIX-files and saves. To decompress the files you may use my savexpnd.exe (I'm sure I've posted it somewhere here, but to recompress them you would either have to write your own compression method for that library, licence it or search the web for a open source implemitation)

If you only need to make the loading for your own you may set Civ3Edit not to compress bics, and wether or not you use this option you may always use uncompressed files instead of compressed as the game and editor handles them just fine.