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MultiEx Commander is a game resource archive manager for Windows published by the Xentax Foundation. Some features include a built-in MexScript (AKA BMS) interpreter, file extractor and importer, stand alone mod creator EasyMod. This application is currently written by Mike Zuurman in Visual Basic.〔http://sourceforge.net/projects/mexcom/〕 The first versions of the program were written in Borland Turbo C in 1998 and 1999 as user interface for a command line DOS archiving tool, called multiex, that was created in 1997.〔http://www.xentax.com/downloads/multiex/MexComManual.pdf〕 The program is extensible by programmers via a plugin-API.〔http://www.moddb.com/downloads/multiex-commander-dpc-plugin〕 The first multiex release was built around MexScript, a custom script written specifically to enable programmers to process (game) archives by simply typing a few lines of script. All the low-level events would be carried out by the main program. MexScript (or BMS as it is also called, after Binary MultiEx Script〔http://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.php?t=399〕) is still a prominent feature of the tool, as the user can write scripts via the built-in script window.〔http://www.xentax.com/downloads/multiex/MexComManual.pdf〕 It also enables the use of QuickBMS scripts, a later third party produced improvement (or "forking") of the original MexScript.〔http://aluigi.altervista.org/quickbms.htm〕 Additionally, MultiEx Commander can create stand-alone mods for games via the EasyMod creator. Custom changes made to certain game archives (such as sounds, or textures) are stored as a stand alone program, enabling users to distribute their mods without others needing MultiEx Commander. The Windows version is donateware: users can download it after they donate a certain amount to the Xentax Foundation (currently $10). After that, they can download it and use it indefinitely.〔http://multiex.xentax.com/〕 == History == In 1997 the command line MexScript based game archive extraction and importation tool multiex.exe for DOS was programmed using Turbo C. From 1998 through 2001 MultiEx Commander was created as a GUI for multiex.exe with new versions.〔http://web.archive.org/web/20000117034404/http://www.xs4all.nl/~michael/multiex.html〕 One can still see the last DOS version (2.3) in action in this (video ), a version that was released on February 23, 2001.〔http://www.bluesnews.com/s/22620/editing-stuff-new-multiex〕 In that same year, the first Windows version was released (3.0b) along with a number of updates to higher versions,〔http://www.bluesnews.com/s/24069/editing-stuff〕〔http://www.gamesurge.com/archive/may2001.shtml〕 a task Mike Zuurman first discussed with fellow programmers.〔http://www.gamedev.net/topic/8629-please-some-feedback-would-be-welcome/〕 During the years that followed, new versions came out〔http://silentx1.tripod.com/gamersresource/id11.html〕〔http://planetquake.gamespy.com/fullstory.php?id=76805〕 up until version 3.9.68, of which source code was uploaded to SourceForge on the 9th of October 2003.〔http://sourceforge.net/news/?group_id=91699〕〔http://mandrivausers.org/index.php?/topic/8562-multiex-commander-and-openmex/〕 A brief Open Source development period started, including a major update to version 4.0 on June 29, 2004.〔http://tweakers.net/meuktracker/6602/multiex-commander-400b.html〕 This period ended when version 4.2 was completed〔http://www.dvhardware.net/software/2356〕 in August 2005. The current version is 4.5.1,〔http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&boardid=1&threadid=144331〕 that has "approval" of Duke Nukem (as acted by original Duke Nukem voice actor Jon St. John).〔http://www.xentax.com/audio/jsj_xentax_md1.mp3〕 As MultiEx Commander was pirated on, and cracks and registration numbers released, it is currently an on-line only tool.〔http://www.xentax.com/downloads/multiex/MexComManual.pdf〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MultiEx Commander」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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