CDLC Verifier Tool

[cozy1]

HOT - NEW TOOL

Just created a new console app that can be used to verify CDLC songs before they get installed in the game.  The app can also be used to verify existing CDLC that have already been installed.

 

There are lots of message threads on CF about CDLC that have varying degrees of quality.  Not all CDLC work.  Some even cause game crashes, and/or game save corruption.  Some just don't have what it takes to be a valid CDLC file.

 

Download CDLC Verifier here.  Net Framework 4.0 is required.  Supports PC and Mac CDLC files.

 

This is a single purpose console droplet application.  Just drag/drop CDLC files onto the console application executable file.  The application has a drag/drop limit of 8191 characters or about 25 files at time in WinXP.  Corrupt CDLC are automatically identified and moved to quarantine.

 

Charters can use this tool before posting CDLC as part of the testing routine.  Yep, CDLC still needs to be tested by human.  All tool can do is verify that structure and content of CDLC are ok.

 

Enjoy. 

[cozy1]

Great! Thank you.

 

Is it the case that the majority of CDLC we have laying around that fail your test can be "fixed" simply by recompiling in latest toolkit?

Of course you can try repacking with CST if you are Charter and have source, or if the toolkit was able to unpack.  But for majority repair is unlikely, because data is either missing or is corrupt.

[BadWolf2112]

This is great!  I have a small question: Is it possible to improve the verifier tool to look for missing tones (possibly even add a simple one if it's missing?)?  Every download I get (except for the ones from the best charters) I have to drop into the toolkit to check for tones...  would rather spend that time playing ^_^

[firekorn]

@@BadWolf2112 Unless the cdlc is made with outdated tool, this issue shouldn't happen anymore so it's start to be rarer than it was about a year ago.