UNOFFICIAL TEST VERSION FOR PK FANS! Does not work on all games anymore! But will work for those *.PAK files. You can try this version to see if extraction works on your files. It's an unofficial version. Use at your own risk. Also, get the dll plugin, and store that in the data\plugins\pak directo...

No problem. I will get round to explaining the way it works in the future. I hope you can tell those Painkiller fans that this support is upcoming!

I'm working on it, to implement it in MultiEx Commander. Making progress! See the screenshot!

I haven't used any of the dll's or exe of the program. Just a hex editor, a piece of paper and thinking binary.

Good news for those interested : I cracked the Painkiller *.PAK filename encryption code. I wrote a little PAKAnalyzer to test my theory and it worked. It shows the contents of a given *.PAK file. Here's an example of a text file that it creates: XeNTaX' PAYNKILLAR *.PAK Analyz0r - 2004 - Mike Zuurm...

alcatelgod, you are impossible to work with. What does not work? The version that is offered in this thread? Naturally, it is an old one and you should get the latest version. Stop posting in old threads. Also, you're giving again way too little information on the error you encounter. I cannot do an...

That I knew already.

The problem is finding the start "XOR" number for each filename string.
And that's what I am trying to figure out.

Right, well, I figured it out almost completely. The PAK format now uses ZLib instead of PKZip compression. I have only to figure out how it encrypts the names of the resources and we're done.

How big is that file in bytes you are talking about?

Yes, I will add the option to import/replace files in the archives with the release of a new MultiEx Commander that is due somewhere next month probably. I tested it in my release candidate, and it works. Just hold your breath until then.

In the first demo,.pak was altered pkzip file,another curious guy brought the way to get it back but all has changed,at least in the retail version,the pak version seem xored. OMG Why did you not say this before? If you already knew that the demo version was an altered zip file, I needn't have look...

Check the Game Requests forum first for these type of posts.

Dude, there is a troubleshooting forum.

And your info is totally and utterly useless. That may be a record in the Most Minimal Error Reports league.

Hey what is "buster" ? Im open mexbinder.exe right?, create a new mrf right, dpk starmageddon. save this, and run the program multiex sel open dpk sel dpk file and i see error? anyway thanks for help!!!!!!!!!! Buster = Bozo, And, I advise you NOT to use mexbinder.exe, but to use Multiex C...

Actually no, the resources in there are packed using unzip32.dll or some other standard PKZip tool, but the file uses it's own format to store the variables PKZip would need. . I'm working on a way to either convert/reconvert the *.PAK <> PKZip (so you can open them using WinZip) or a MultiEx Comman...