Powerwash Simulator Timelapse Exporter
Contents
Description
Screenshots
Features
System requirements
How to start
Download
Description
This program is to export time lapses from Powerwash Simulator, as the time lapses are half the funand the game doesn't let you.
Beware: Gifs aren't optimized/compressed/resized, so exported gifs will be very large. You can use ezgifs.com to resize it after exporting (done with the example gif below)
Updates:
29th oct 2024: Powerwash Simulator changed the way it saves complete timelapses. Updated to support the new way. Many Thanks to Uristqwerty who helped me crack the new format.
Screenshots
Features
- Loads all the finished timelapses
- preview of the time lapse
- Export as animated gif
- Export as video
System requirements
Java version 11 or newer. You can check if you have it using this command line command (Windows: Start->run->cmd):
java -version
If you get nothing or if it's telling you that it doesn't know the command "java", you probably don't have java.
If the number is 11 or higher, Powerwash Simulator Timelapse Exporter should run.
If you don't have Java or an old version, you can download the newest one at "Download".
How to start
If everything works, you can just double-click the jar file, but sometimes a compressing software like WinZip graps this file extension.
If that happens, take a look at Jarfix
Download
Powerwash Simulator Timelapse Exporter (v2)
Sourcecode Powerwash Simulator Timelapse Exporter (v2)
Java/OpenJdk:
Newest Java via Eclipse Adoptium
Comments
#1 Sam wrote at 10/22/2024 12:23 AM (EST):
I'm ripping my hair out trying to get this to work. I have java 11 from openjdk (OpenJDK Runtime Environment Temurin-11.0.25+9 (build 11.0.25+9)) but when trying to open nothing happens. I've also tried to open with the javaw.exe file but nothing.
#2 Akhlys wrote at 10/22/2024 01:23 AM (EST):
You could try the Jarfix in the "How to start" above. or open a console where the jar is and run
java -jar PowerwashSimulatorTimelapseExporter.jar
But I noticed they changed how Timelapses are saved and I only get a single incomplete one any longer, so you may not have too much success even if you get it to run. Gonna have to look into that once I got some spare time.
#3 Sam wrote at 10/22/2024 10:05 PM (EST):
Unfortunately jarfix says I don't have jre installed (even though java -version works on cmd). I believe this is because openjdk jre installs a different location in the Eclipse Adoptium folder but that's just a guess. Tried opening a cmd prompt before and using the java -jar command while in the right directory but that also results in just nothing happening. Figure this is a problem with how my java installed or something. I'm not an expert so I'll have to look into it some more. Appreciate the response! Hope you get it working
#4 Akhlys wrote at 10/23/2024 02:07 AM (EST):
I guess it's possible that jarfix doesn't work with the newest java versions, I haven't used it in a while. java -jar should have worked tho, or at the very least given you some error message. Are you on mac or something? It should work on mac as well, but maybe there are some peculiarities there that I don't know, I have no mac.
But I think until I updated it for their new way to save timelapses (if I'm able to, it's not like they document it) it won't be of too much help anyway
#5 Sam wrote at 10/23/2024 02:20 AM (EST):
Nope I use windows. Yeah no error message when I double click or try to run Java -jar, both result in nothing happening. Java -jar method doesn’t display any message at all. And yeah I couldn’t find any information at all about the timelapses. I was actually quite surprised how little people were talking about it. I’ve never even seen a .sav file until I was looking into trying to get these timelapses.
Is it possible I would need both a jdk and a jre? Could you tell me exactly which version of java you use? Thank you for your time!
#6 Akhlys wrote at 10/23/2024 08:17 AM (EST):
The sav file is not a specific format, it's their own custom format. It contains an L4Z compressed image near the start, and until a short time ago, saved like 100 files each with a single screenshot. Now they seem to have put them all together in one file, but I have yet to figure out how.
I think adoptium bundles JRE and JDK anyway, not 100% sure, but either would be fine. JDK is just if you wanna make own programs. I personally use java 17, but that's hardly the problem.
What I would try is open the task manager, see if a java process is running and if so, terminate it and try again. Besides that I don't really know what to do, you should either see something or get an error message
#7 Akhlys wrote at 10/29/2024 11:19 AM (EST):
Heya Sam
I cracked the new format, the new version should work again.
Also, turns out that it didn't do anything was my fault. If not a single timelapse was found (and since the Powerwash sim update, none that is not in-progress would have been found) it just exited. I added a message now in case that happens again.
#0 Sam wrote at 10/22/2024 12:13 AM (EST):
I'm ripping my hair out trying to get this to work. I have java 11 from openjdk (OpenJDK Runtime Environment Temurin-11.0.25+9 (build 11.0.25+9)) but when trying to open nothing happens. I've also tried to open with the javaw.exe file but nothing.