Thank you Mr.Mouse the script can open Disgaea, Disgaea 2 and Makai data.dat But i kind a confuse with file inside this, i dont know how see the pic Can you help me with this Mr.Mouse? The file inside is .chr .dat .mda .pos .tx2 Questions about specific file formats such as graphics and sounds go i...

# MexScript for Nippon Ichi DAT files (PS2) # By Mr.Mouse # Note that this needs the right SECTOR.H file in the same # folder as the DAT file! # -------- # Open the file sector.h in the same folder as the archive (FileDir) as file 1 Open FileDir sector.h 1 ; # Calculate the size of the sector.h fil...

Excellent! Now we have a match. The Disgaea sector matches the first data2.dat perfectly. Now I can write a script!

TsunamiZ wrote:

Mr.Mouse wrote:It seems to me that the non-playable files may be compressed WAVE files.

actually, how can they be compressed when they're about the same size as the working ones?

What point in compressing if they remain larger than the working ones?

After taking the peek in the sector.h file this is clear: // For each entry (0x28 bytes in lenght) byte {0x20} - Filename (null-terminated) uint32 - Offset block (blocks are 0x800 in size) uint32 - Actual size in bytes The file lists 822 files. However, at first sight they do not seem to refer to th...

I have this game, and there is separeted file "sector.h" that has filenames and perhaps offsets. I don't know what to look for in the file, but do know that the game is made from 3d tilemaps, they are probably just a 2d map that the game uses to create the 3d conterpart. It does have 3d m...

This plugin will extract from the pc0.arc files, using the .tab file only. It will not give actual filenames, but generic ones. I noticed someone said there's also other .arc files in there? That may pose a problem.

Anyway, first try version 1.1 of the Just Cause MexCom plugin.

It seems to me that the non-playable files may be compressed WAVE files.

So what is suppost to be in the pclist.txt and can someone pls post what its suppost to say thx.. In the demo version at least, the pclist.txt file is a list of file that are stored in the pc0.arc archive. Like "c:\foler\file.bl" etc. I can adapt the plugin to not care for actual filename...

The ones that don't play are missing a header, which is what that line of code is. Try opening a file that does play and one that doesn't side by side in a hex editor, and copy the line that you posted from the file that does play and paste it at the beginning of the file that doesn't, then save an...

Spot on! I was just figuring it out myself, and was staring at the file offsets not matching filenames. Then I was notified of your post and it was a done deal. I have about the same specs with the unknowns. Files are padded into blocks of 0x800, is what I can add to it. Nice one, Benjamin!

john_doe wrote:I've made yet another archive explorer
This time for Scarface, of course.
You can download it from http://gamefileformats.the-underdogs.in ... orer10.zip

Care to enlighten us as to the specs or do I have to reinvent the wheel?

Also, the file PCLIST.TXT is EMPTY. Is this the case normally? If so, then this will be the problem. The plugin needs the file to name the resources in the archive. If its empty, then the plugin will tell you the ARC was not valid. yes, the pclist.txt is empty. i forgot to install the plugin, here ...

Also, the file PCLIST.TXT is EMPTY. Is this the case normally? If so, then this will be the problem. The plugin needs the file to name the resources in the archive. If its empty, then the plugin will tell you the ARC was not valid.

thomasdxyz wrote:And the multiex start log file, pc.tab, pclist.txt

I do not see the plugin for Just Cause in the list of detected plugins. Did you download the plugin and make a folder "arc" in the data/plugins folder of MultiEx Commander and copied the plugin there?