zip-writer

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Note: This extension is superseded by built-in functions in GM2023.6+

An adaptation of Haxe's standard library zip writer for use with GameMaker.

GMS2 version uses the buffer_compress function and is pure-GML (so should work on all platforms).
GMS1 version requires my free buffer_zlib extension.

Functions

• zip_create(?compression_level)
  Creates a new Zip archive structure. Compression level can be 1..9 (from faster to better compression ratio), 0 (to skip compression), or -1 (to let runtime pick).
  GMS2 version assumes all non-zero compression levels to be -1 because buffer_compress doesn't have an argument for compression level (you can also import the GMS1 version and buffer_zlib though).
• zip_destroy(zip)
  Destroys a previously created Zip archive structure. Don't forget!
• zip_add_file(zip, path, file_path)
  Adds a copy of the given file to a to a Zip structure. For nesting, include slashes in path (e.g. "dir/test.txt").
• zip_add_buffer(zip, path, buffer)
  Adds a copy of the given buffer to a Zip structure.
  Path handling is the same as with zip_add_file.
• zip_add_buffer_ext(zip, path, buffer, pos, length)
  Same as zip_add_buffer but allows to only add a section of a buffer.
• zip_save(zip, path)
  Finalizes the Zip structure (meaning that no new files can be written to it) and saves the archive to the given path.
• zip_get_buffer(zip)
  Finalizes the Zip structure and returns its internal buffer.
  Current size will be indicated by the buffer's writing position (buffer_tell).
  Note that the buffer will be destroyed by zip_destroy.