2020-07-24

Added

• MEK Essentials now has an updater that you can use so you don't need to reinstall every time
• wrl_to_obj.py

Changed

• Made converters in tools_misc Linux compatible

What to download?

• If you want the simplest experience / or do not want to download Python, get this: https://github.com/Sigmmma/mek_essentials/releases/tag/v2.0.0-alpha2 (Remember the run the updater after extracting)
• If you have Python installed or if you are on Linux you can get the MEK_Installer_Python.pyw.

2020-01-13

Added

• A link to a more easy way to get python for Windows users.

Changed

• The MEK_Installer.py script is updated to work properly on Linux now.
• Some of the installer code is untangled now.
• The installer can now warn the user if they're missing tkinter in an intuitive way.
• Simplified a bunch of the runner scripts to make the programs their log files more consistent.
• MEK_Installer automatically ticks the local box if you change the installation directory.
• Updated supyr_struct 1.3.2 -> 1.4.0
• Updated binilla 1.1.3 -> 1.2.0
• Updated reclaimer 2.5.0 -> 2.6.0
• Updated mozzarilla 1.6.4 -> 1.7.0
• Updated refinery 2.2.3 -> 2.3.0
• Updated hek_pool 1.3.1 -> 1.4.0

Removed

• Outdated installation instructions.
• REMOVED SUPPORT FOR VERSIONS OF PYTHON BELOW 3.5

What to download?

• If you want the simplest experience / or do not want to download Python, get MEK_Essentials_Setup.exe.
• If you have Python installed or if you are on Linux you can get the MEK_Installer_Python.zip.
• If you have Python installled and would like the complete package all in one zip you can get the MEK_Prebuilt_Python.zip.
  • Keep in mind that there is accelerator modules which are only compiled for Python 3.5 Windows by default. You might need to run the installer if you want things like bitmap conversion, and sound compilation to run faster.

MEK Installer - 2019-09-06

MEK Installer(requires Python):

NOTE: It is best to install a 64-bit version of python if you can help it. Refinery won't be able to open extremely large(think over 1GB) maps if it's running on 32-bit python.

MEK Prebuilt - 2019-09-06

A pre-compiled version of the full MEK that should run right out of the box as long as you have Python installed properly. Accelerator modules are also compiled for python 3.5 on x86-64 CPUs.
NOTE: It is best to install a 64-bit version of python if you can help it. Refinery won't be able to open extremely large(think over 1GB) maps if it's running on 32-bit python.