Use ZIP Files To Hold Your XNA Content

Quick entry for now, more in-depth one coming soon. Requires SharpZipLib.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content;
using ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.Zip;
using System.IO;

namespace RomTerraria
{
  public class ZipContentManager : ContentManager
  {
      private ZipFile zipFile = null;
    
      public ZipContentManager(IServiceProvider services, string zipFile) : base(services, "")
      {
          this.zipFile = new ZipFile(zipFile);
      }

      protected override System.IO.Stream OpenStream(string assetName)
      {          
          var entry = zipFile.GetEntry(assetName.Replace('\\','/') + ".xnb");
          if (entry != null)
          {
              return zipFile.GetInputStream(entry);
          }
          return null;
      }
  }
}