NFS GINTOOL

Encoding process

• Using the REV tool, map the RPM values and note down minimum and maximun IDX and RPM values, export grains
  
• Using the gintool, navigate to the wav file that you're about to convert to gin, input your min and max IDX and RPM values
  
• Optionally you can select custom grain and export paths. By default, grain path is a directory in the same folder as WAV that's named as it, but without its extension, and the GIN export path in the same location as WAV
  
• Press "Encode GIN" and wait for the process to complete, and you're done!

Installation

• Gintool 1.3 requires JRE or JDK 11 or higher, any version lower than 1.3 requires JRE or JDK 8 with JavaFX included. You can download and install it here: JDK FX 8 JRE 11
  
• Gintool also requires FFMPEG to be in the same location as gintool. Download it here. Essential build is enough. Unzip the ffmpeg.exe into gintool's location
  
• (NO LONGER REQUIRED VERSION IN 1.3) gin_encode and gin2 require Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 and Universal C Runtime (Universal CRT) (Debug version) to be installed. They are included with Visual Studio. After that, you can copy vcruntime140d.dll and ucrtbased.dll into tool's folder.

FAQ

• Q: How do I launch gintool?
  
  • A: Via launchGIN.bat. If you launch it directly via .jar file, your mileage may vary
  
  
• Q: Is REV stage necessary?
  
  • A: Yes. This tool is just to simplify the process of already existing encoding procedure. It's described here

Changelog

• 1.0: Initial release
  
• 1.1: UI Logic fixes
  
• 1.2: Added ability to encode deceleration GIN's, major performance improvements
  
• 1.2.1: Added failsaves for gin_encode and gin2
  
• 1.3: Major code refactoring. Fields now support decimals. Tool now uses/requires JDK/JRE 11 to be installed, potential accuracy improvements by porting algorithm of gin2.exe to java code, which also removes the requirement of gin2.exe, vcruntime140d.dll and ucrtbased.dll altogether
  
• 1.3.1: Small UI changes, improved .ini logic, algorithmic number of threads calculation
  
• 1.3.2: More UI changes, new fields for NFS Carbon and .ini stores more data
  
• 1.3.3: UI changes, multilanguage support, rewritten "Launch TMXTool" logic. Be sure to have tmxtool.jar and launchTMX.bat at the same location as GINTool

Known issues

• (NO LONGER AN ISSUE VERSION IN 1.3) gin_encode and gin2.exe require Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 and Universal C Runtime (Universal CRT) to be installed. If they are not installed, you might get issues with encoding process.

Credits

• Azul for their JDK project
  
• id-daemon for original GIN encoders
  
• gyan.dev for providing FFMPEG build
  
• V12Style for the tutorial that the tool was based on