ctr_makedlexbanner

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. How to Use
  3. Sample Execution
  4. Known Problems
  5. Revision History

Introduction

ctr_makedlexbanner32.exe is a tool for generating the binary files that distribute downloadable contextual banners.

How to Use

Commands

% ctr_makedlexbanner32.exe EXBNR_BIN_DIRECTORY_PATH [OUTPUT_FILE_NAME]

Note: Will not work without ctr_makebannerarchive.dll.

EXBNR_BIN_DIRECTORY

You must specify EXBNR_BIN_DIRECTORY_PATH.
This specifies the directory where the BIN files created by ctr_make_ex_banner32.exe are collected.
Only the following filenames are valid within EXBNR_BIN_DIRECTORY_PATH.

COMMON.bin
CHN_CN.bin
EUR_EN.bin
EUR_FR.bin
EUR_GE.bin
EUR_IT.bin
EUR_SP.bin
EUR_DU.bin
EUR_PO.bin
EUR_RU.bin
JPN_JP.bin
KOR_KR.bin
TWN_TW.bin
USA_EN.bin
USA_FR.bin
USA_SP.bin
USA_PO.bin

Any other included files are ignored.

Not all languages need to be included, nor does COMMON.bin need to be included.
Specify either a relative path from the current directory or an absolute path.

OUTPUT_FILE_NAME

Specifies the output filename. If nothing is specified, then a file named dlexbanner.bin is output to the current directory.

Sample Execution

Assume a folder structure configured as shown below.

DLExBanner ━┳━ ctr_makedlexbanner32.exe
       ┃   
       ┣━ ctr_makebannerarchive.dll
       ┃
       ┗━ binfolder ━┳━ COMMON.bin
                ┣━ JPN_JP.bin
                ┣━ EUR_DU.bin
                ┗━ EUR_EN.bin
     

In the ./DLExBanner folder, if we run the command

% ctr_makedlexbanner32.exe binfolder dlexbnr.bin

then the file ./DLExBanner/dlexbnr.bin is output as the execution result.

Known Problems

Under certain conditions, the HOME Menu freezes when textures are switched in contextual banners (including DL contextual banners)

Details

When textures that are referenced from multiple materials are switched in contextual banners, an internal memory leak occurs when that banner is displayed on the HOME Menu.

After another application on the HOME Menu is selected and another banner is displayed, the operation that displays the banner in which the texture was changed is repeated and the HOME Menu finally freezes.

Workaround

Do not switch textures that are referenced from multiple materials in contextual banners.

Verification Procedure

Display a contextual banner on the HOME Menu.
When data that would cause an error is used, an error message is displayed on the bottom portion of the upper screen.

Revision History

2012/04/17
Removed English from Taiwan/Hong Kong region.
2012/04/16
Added Known Problems.
2011/12/02
Added support for the Chinese, Korean, and Taiwan/Hong Kong regions.
2011/06/01
Revised the manual.
2011/01/19
Initial version.

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