<s>
MultiEx	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
is	O
a	O
game	O
resource	O
archive	O
manager	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
published	O
by	O
the	O
Xentax	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
features	O
include	O
a	O
built-in	O
MexScript	B-Language
(	O
AKA	O
BMS	O
)	O
interpreter	O
,	O
file	O
extractor	O
and	O
importer	O
,	O
stand	O
alone	O
mod	O
creator	O
EasyMod	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
application	O
is	O
currently	O
written	O
by	O
Mike	O
Zuurman	O
in	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
were	O
written	O
in	O
Borland	B-Application
Turbo	I-Application
C	I-Application
in	O
1998	O
and	O
1999	O
as	O
a	O
user	O
interface	O
for	O
a	O
command	O
line	O
DOS	O
archiving	O
tool	O
,	O
called	O
multiex	O
,	O
that	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
is	O
extensible	O
by	O
programmers	O
via	O
a	O
plugin-API	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
multiex	O
release	O
was	O
built	O
around	O
MexScript	B-Language
,	O
a	O
custom	O
script	O
written	O
specifically	O
to	O
enable	O
programmers	O
to	O
process	O
(	O
game	O
)	O
archives	O
by	O
simply	O
typing	O
a	O
few	O
lines	O
of	O
script	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MexScript	B-Language
(	O
or	O
BMS	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
called	O
,	O
after	O
Binary	O
MultiEx	O
Script	O
)	O
is	O
still	O
a	O
prominent	O
feature	O
of	O
the	O
tool	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
user	O
can	O
write	O
scripts	O
via	O
the	O
built-in	O
script	O
window	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
enables	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
QuickBMS	B-Language
scripts	O
,	O
a	O
later	O
third	O
party	O
produced	O
improvement	O
(	O
or	O
"	B-Application
forking	I-Application
"	I-Application
)	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
MexScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
MultiEx	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
can	O
create	O
stand-alone	O
mods	O
for	O
games	O
via	O
the	O
EasyMod	O
creator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Custom	O
changes	O
made	O
to	O
certain	O
game	O
archives	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
sounds	O
,	O
or	O
textures	O
)	O
are	O
stored	O
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
program	O
,	O
enabling	O
users	O
to	O
distribute	O
their	O
mods	O
without	O
others	O
needing	O
MultiEx	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
is	O
freeware	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
was	O
donateware	O
up	O
until	O
September	O
2014	O
:	O
users	O
could	O
download	O
it	O
after	O
they	O
donated	O
a	O
certain	O
amount	O
to	O
the	O
Xentax	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
the	O
command	O
line	O
MexScript	B-Language
based	O
game	O
archive	O
extraction	O
and	O
importation	O
tool	O
multiex.exe	O
for	O
DOS	O
was	O
programmed	O
using	O
Turbo	B-Application
C	I-Application
.	O
From	O
1998	O
through	O
2001	O
MultiEx	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
was	O
created	O
as	O
a	O
GUI	O
for	O
multiex.exe	O
with	O
new	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
that	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
(	O
3.0b	O
)	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
updates	O
to	O
higher	O
versions	O
,	O
a	O
task	O
Mike	O
Zuurman	O
first	O
discussed	O
with	O
fellow	O
programmers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
years	O
that	O
followed	O
,	O
new	O
versions	O
came	O
out	O
up	O
until	O
version	O
3.9.68	O
,	O
of	O
which	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
uploaded	O
to	O
SourceForge	B-Application
on	O
October	O
9	O
,	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
brief	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
development	O
period	O
started	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
major	O
update	O
to	O
version	O
4.0	O
on	O
June	O
29	O
,	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
MultiEx	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
was	O
pirated	O
on	O
,	O
and	O
cracks	O
and	O
registration	O
numbers	O
released	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
an	O
on-line	O
only	O
tool	O
,	O
until	O
November	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gaming	O
press	O
had	O
received	O
MultiEx	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
with	O
positive	O
articles	O
in	O
hard-copy	O
magazines	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
PC	O
Action	O
,	O
PC	O
Games	O
Hardware	O
and	O
PC	O
Gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gameplay	O
(	O
a	O
leading	O
Belgian	O
game	O
magazine	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
)	O
stated	O
"	O
MultiEx	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
makes	O
modding	O
possible	O
for	O
everyone	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
PC	O
Extreme	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
the	O
ultimate	O
game	O
modding	O
utility	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2012	O
,	O
a	O
book	O
was	O
released	O
about	O
MultiEx	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
.	O
</s>
