beat is a full fledged patching program developed for the new BPS patch format. The BPS format was developed to resolve many of the issues encountered by ROM hackers with the UPS and IPS patching formats. The program is open source with a GPLv3 license and has highly portable source code.
Description: beat is a full fledged patching program developed for the new BPS patch format. The BPS format was developed to resolve many of the issues encountered by ROM hackers with the UPS and IPS patching formats. The program is open source with a GPLv3 license and has highly portable source code. For.bps patches, a patcher tool and a ROM is required. You may need to patch this game to a clean Fire Red ROM (1636 - pokemon fire red (u)(squirrels).gba).
Simple Patching Instruction:
- Extract 'beat' patcher
- Open the Patching program 'beat'
- Click 'Apply Patch'
- Click the .bps file, which is the patch file, (once extracted) and then click 'open'
- Click on the .rom file, and click open again.
- Type a name for the patch .rom. (Make sure you type the correct '.rom type' at the end of the naming for the file to work)
- File patching complete
Beat: beat is the canonical tool for working with the following file format specifications:
- BPS, a delta-based file differencing tool
- BPM, a directory differencing tool
- BPA, a directory archiving tool
Portable: beat can be used via the command-line on any platform with a C++11 compiler. It can further be used with a GUI on any platform with Windows, GTK+ or Qt API targets.
Delta-encoding: In addition to modifications, beat patches can detect data insertions and deletions. Patch formats that can only detect modifications will fail completely, producing file sizes equal or larger to the original file sizes in these cases. This allows for substantially smaller patches on non-ROM based systems and certain ROM types (eg Mystic Ark is half the size this way.)
Folder-patching: beat patches can be used to patch either a single file or an entire directory full of files and subfolders, thus allowing the format to handle ROMs, CDs, PC games, etc.
Infinitely sized files: BPS patches have no file size limitations whatsoever. They utilize a variable-length encoding that can handle absolutely any file size, and the offset encodings are relative, which amortizes each offset encoding to a single byte.
Extensible metadata: beat patches allow for optional embedded XML manifests. These can be used for embed authorship information, a description of what the patch is for, documentation on the patch, contact info, website, and even the readme itself, etc. It's up to you.
Complete verification: As BPS stores checksums, beat verifies the checksum of the game before and after patching. Directv video player plugin. It even verifies the patch itself is undamaged. Movies and videos.
No ambiguities: No operation results in undefined behavior. There are no unused commands in the specification. Ccleaner for ios 11. It is impossible to extend beat patches without changing the file format. This ensures that all beat patches made with future patch creators will continue to work with older patch appliers.
Endian free: As a side effect of how integers are stored, beat patches have no such concept as endian. Thus, there is never any worry about patching program incompatibilites between little-endian and big-endian machines.
Small sizes: beat patches, especially when compressed for distribution, frequently beat famous delta patchers such as Xdelta3 -9 in size. Since the delta encoding naturally provides dictionary (and thus, run-length) that have the same effect as basic compression. This prevents needlessly large patches on simple things like file size expansion.
Extreme simplicity: Unlike other delta patchers, the beat patch format is as simple as linear patchers. In fact, one can write a BPS patcher in only a few short lines of code (It's possible for people to embed soft-patchers with this format) and the same code can apply patches with or without delta encoding. Or one can rely on existing library code or tools to create more sophisticated delta patches. There is no complex compression techniques, so the compression algorithm of choice can be use for distribution after the patch is made (eg ZIP, 7z, etc). The spec itself is many, many times smaller than that of Xdelta or bsdiff.
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Visit beat's Homepage for further information and to download the source code.
3 file types use the .bps file extension.- 1.BPS Virus File
- 2.BPS Patch File
- 3.Works Document Backup
File Type 1BPS Virus File
| Developer | N/A |
| Popularity | |
| Category | Misc Files |
| Format | Binary |
What is a BPS file?
File used by 'BPS' malware programs such as 'SpywareCops,' 'AdwareBlaster,' or 'Spyware and Adware Remover;' contains data for the virus to run and infect the computer; should be quarantined with the remaining malware files using an anti-virus program.
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File Type 2BPS Patch File
| Developer | N/A |
| Popularity | |
| Category | Game Files |
| Format | N/A |
.BPS File Association 2
Patch format created in order to apply patches to video game ROMs; uses variable-length encoding that allows it to handle any file size; stores checksums to verify the integrity of the patch and that it is applied to the correct file.
NOTE: The BPS patch is designed to be an improvement upon the shortcomings of the .IPS and .UPS formats. It is not limited to patching just ROMs, as it can be used on CDs and other games as well.
Programs that open BPS files
File Type 3Works Document Backup
| Developer | Microsoft |
| Popularity | |
| Category | Backup Files |
| Format | Binary |
.BPS File Association 3
Backup of a word processing document created with Microsoft Works (.WPS file); often generated automatically by MS Works in case the program crashes while working on a document; backup preferences can be set within the program's options.
Programs that open BPS files
