diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..097ceb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[Dd]ebug
+[Rr]elease
+*.userprefs
diff --git a/src/main/AdrianKousz.Util/ExtendedBinaryWriter.cs b/src/main/AdrianKousz.Util/ExtendedBinaryWriter.cs
index a65611e..40df71c 100644
--- a/src/main/AdrianKousz.Util/ExtendedBinaryWriter.cs
+++ b/src/main/AdrianKousz.Util/ExtendedBinaryWriter.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ namespace AdrianKousz.Util
 			else Write((Int32)0);
 		}
 
-		// TODO: What gets actually written here?
 		public void WriteZStringRaw(string value) { WriteStringRaw(value + "\0"); }
 		public void WriteZStringInt16(string value) { WriteStringInt16(value + "\0"); }
 		public void WriteZStringInt32(string value) { WriteStringInt32(value + "\0"); }
@@ -64,5 +63,10 @@ namespace AdrianKousz.Util
 		{
 			return encoding.GetByteCount(value);
 		}
+
+		public int GetZByteCount(string value)
+		{
+			return encoding.GetByteCount(value + "\0");
+		}
 	}
 }