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by friendsofwatto
Wed Aug 04, 2004 1:56 pm
Forum: Game Archive
Topic: Catwoman
Replies: 26
Views: 6948

Mr Mouse - I think this should be enough for you to work with... +----------------------+ | Catwoman *.vol *.avl | +----------------------+ 4 - Header (VOLT) 4 - Version? (2) 4 - numFiles 4 - Directory Size // for each file 4 - Unknown 4 - File Type ID? (1) 4 - File ID Number? (goes up by 25 for eac...
by friendsofwatto
Wed Aug 04, 2004 1:14 pm
Forum: Code Talk
Topic: Code Submissions
Replies: 79
Views: 25360

The easiest way for you would be to write plugins for MexCom, if you have a c++ or VB programming background. Otherwise, it would probably be better to write a format script, or even post information about those formats and hopefully Mr Mouse or someone else will be able to convert it over to a scri...
by friendsofwatto
Wed Aug 04, 2004 12:50 am
Forum: Code Talk
Topic: Code Submissions
Replies: 79
Views: 25360

I think he would probably feel like any "free software" programmer - we will accept anything and everything. Definately, if it is code for opening another archive format (a MexScript) then it definately needs to be shared - mostly because everyone has different games, so it simply isn't possible for...
by friendsofwatto
Fri Jul 30, 2004 3:11 pm
Forum: Tutorials
Topic: How the hell D:
Replies: 11
Views: 9862

Re: Hacking File Formats

Most archives are of 2 different formats - either directory-based or chunk-based....Finally, some archives actually store the directory in a separate file with the same name - for example, archive.arc and archive.idx - where the idx file contains the directory, and the arc file is the file data. We...
by friendsofwatto
Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:04 pm
Forum: Tutorials
Topic: How the hell D:
Replies: 11
Views: 9862

Hacking File Formats

Hi there, I have done some hacking of file formats in the past. If the game is an older game, say 6 months old or more, I usually try to find some documentation on the internet about the format, or even some open-source code that is easy to read. Within this time, and if the game is popular, someone...