XCC Mixer Menus

This article documents the XCC Mixer menu commands.

File

New... (Ctrl+N)

Creates a new MIX file and prompts you where to save it.

Open... (Ctrl+O)

Lets you open a MIX file from your computer.

Close (Backspace)

Closes the currently open MIX file / folder. Same effect as pressing Backspace in Windows Explorer.

Create SFL

Creates a Standard file list.dat file in its directory. This file is used to identify installed games.

Find... (Ctrl+F)

Lets you search for a file by its filename. Only searches inside recognised games' directories. Supports DOS wildcards - ? stands for "any single character", and * stands for "anything at all, including nothing". For example,

g?weap.shp

will find ggweap.shp, gaweap.shp, but not gdiweap.shp.

unit*.pal

will find untitem.pal, unitsno.pal, and other theatre palettes as well as unit.pal, should such a file exist.

Found >

Lists all the known games it has found, and their MIX files.

Exit

Closes the program.

Conversion

This menu deals with file conversion options. See XCC Mixer file conversion for more details.

Combine shadows

Tells the Mixer to combine shadows when converting.

Enable compression

Tells the Mixer to enable SHP compression when converting.

Fix shadows

Tells the Mixer to fix shadows when converting.

Split shadows

Tells the Mixer to split shadows when converting.

View

Game

Each subitem in the menu tells the Mixer to treat all files as belonging to that game.

Auto

Tells the Mixer to try and guess which game the selected file belongs to.

Palet

Lists all the palette-using games and their palettes that it has found. Select a palette from the list to use it for previewing SHP files.

Auto

Auto select the best palette for each file.

Auto Select (Ctrl+Q)

Tells the Mixer to guess the best palette for the current file.

Select... (Ctrl+P)

Opens a dialog listing all the palettes in a treeview, so you can select yourself.

Previous (Ctrl+[)

Selects the previous palette (the ordering from the treeview is used).

Next (Ctrl+])

Selects the next palette (the ordering from the treeview is used).

Convert from TD

Tells the mixer to treat the source file as a Tiberian Dawn SHP when converting.

Convert from RA

Tells the mixer to treat the source file as a Red Alert SHP when converting.

Use for conversion

Tells the mixer to apply the selected palette to files when converting.

Voxel

Lets you choose a mode for voxel preview.

Colors

Renders the voxels in their respective colours.

Surface normals

Renders the voxels in grayscale, showing only their normals and not colours.

Depth information

Renders the voxels in grayscale, using darker shades of gray to depict longer distance from the viewpoint. (In English, the darker a voxel block is, the further that voxel block is from you.)

DirectX Options...

Unknown

Directories...

Shows all the known game directories. You can edit certain games' directories by hand, but will have to edit the registry for others.

Report

Generates an html file telling you some information: The directories currently open in each panel, the status of Combine/Split Shadows, the known game directories, Mixer's own directory, and a list of files in each panel.

Internet

FinalSun home page

Opens the FinalSun home page.

Sun Edit 2K home page

Opens the SunEdit 2K home page.

XCC home page

Opens the XCC home page.

Launch

The commands in this menu enable or disable themselves depending on whether the Mixer can find the referenced programs on your computer.

XCC AV Player

Launches the XCC Audio/Video player.

XCC Editor

Launches the XCC Editor.

XCC Mix Editor

Launches the XCC Mix Editor.

XCC Mod Creator

Launches the XCC Mod Creator.

XCC Mod Launcher

Launches the XCC Mod Launcher.

XCC Object Extractor >

Launches the XCC Object Extractor.

XCC Sound Editor >

Launches the XCC Sound Editor, and optionally asks you for the BAG file to open.

XCC String Table Editor >

Launches the XCC String Table Editor, and optionally asks you for the CSF file to open.

XCC Theme Writer >

Launches the XCC Theme Writer.

FinalSun

Launches FinalSun.

FinalAlert

Launches FinalAlert. (Not Final Alert 2, unfortunately.)

SunEdit 2K

Launches SunEdit 2K.

SunEdit 2K Mod Manager

Launches SunEdit 2K Mod Manager.

RAGE

Launches RAGE.

Dune 2

Launches Dune 2.

Tiberian Dawn

Launches Tiberian Dawn.

Red Alert

Launches Red Alert.

Dune 2000

Launches Dune 2000.

Tiberian Sun

Launches Tiberian Sun.

Red Alert 2

Launches Red Alert 2.

Context (right click) menu

The commands in this menu enable or disable themselves depending on the format of the currently selected file, whether it is in a mix file or not, and other factors.

Open (Enter)

Opens the current file - opens a MIX, plays a SHP/audio file, does nothing on voxels/maps/ini files.

Open with FinalSun

Opens the current file in FinalSun.

Open with FinalAlert

Opens the current file in FinalAlert. (Not Final Alert 2, unfortunately.)

Explore

Opens the Windows Explorer in the currently open directory.

Clipboard >

Copy (Ctrl+C)

Copies the current file into the clipboard (The Mixer has its own clipboard, not to be confused with the Windows' one).

Paste as JPEG/PCX/PNG/TGA

Pastes the file from the clipboard into the directory. Prompts you for the filename.

Paste as SHP(TS)

Creates a SHP file and pastes the file from the clipboard. Prompts you for the filename and additional SHP properties - frame size and count. (See here for more info.)

Extract...

Prompts you for a location/filename and lets you save the current file.

Copy

Copies the selected file(s) to the location selected in the other panel.

Import >

Only works on XIF files, lets you import a previously extracted object into a game of your choice.

Refresh (F5)

Refreshes the panel contents.

Resize...

Lets you resize the current file. Quality loss.

Compact

Compacts the currently open MIX file, same as hitting Compact in XCC Mix Editor.

Delete (Del)

Deletes the current file.

Copy As <format>

Copies the current file to the other panel as a selected format. See here for more info.