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AllTinker has a brand new version of Originator... and another one, and another one! We've been blessed with three updates to Originator that make the already-wonderful tool even better. The full notes are below but these updates fix everything from palette issues with Privateer 2 and Strike Commander assets to bugs that were preventing Armada, Wing Commander III and IV from displaying all of their content. If you aren't familiar with Originator, it's an incredible utility for taking apart almost every Wing Commander game. It's something I've found myself using every single day and I'm so grateful for all the work AllTinker has put into it. You can download the tool, learn more and follow development on the forums.

Version 0.3.07 (2025-03-28)

  • Improved XTRE support (WC3/4); 1hash-clash name tables are processed properly now.
  • Privateer 2 palette logic improved. Hopefully all palettes are now resolving properly.
  • Strike Commander palette logic improved (midgame cutscenes still require further work).
  • Many improvements to IFF parser, handling even more edge cases and weird quirks in various games.
  • Numerous other bugfixes.

Version 0.3.07a (2025-03-30)

  • Fixed a couple of things for Wing Commander Armada; a few incorrect palettes and STARS.SHP being incorrectly detected as an OriginFX container.
  • Fixed a silly mistake in the OriginFX detection heuristic; I'm hoping this hasn't had any knock-on effects, let me know!

Version 0.3.07b (2025-03-31)

  • Added support EU region 3DO images, and added support for 3DO images stored in ISO format with full 2536-byte sectors - this made a JP region dump I had readable. Tested with SWC EU/JP and WC3 FR.
  • Changing the default names of disc image files for games with multiple CDs was broken; now fixed.

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