Great
Meanwhile I have found programme called DirOpener, which can unprotect that files, so they can be easily loaded in Macromedia Director MX 2004 (newer version of Director can it load too, but game can not read them).

Thanks for pointing to Director, Aluigi

Oh yeah Aluigi. You were right. Files are protected.

+1 for script/editor/converter

badMan wrote:where would i get that Nvidia SDK thing?

It's a DDS plugin for Photoshop. Find it here http://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-text ... -photoshop

I downloaded Crysis 2 MP Demo and don't know if retail version uses the same DDS format. Demo has uncompressed DDS. I opened Textures\FrontEnd\cw2_cxp_background.dds and changed it like this (shrinked only for forum purpose). http://www.ulozisko.sk/obrazky/396959/cw2_cxp_background_2b.jpg Then I sav...

If am I right, delete those unmodified files, then 1. open QuickBMS with -r -w parameters (e.g. make a shortcut to quickbms.exe with -r -w in Target field), 2. select .bms script used for extracting 3. select original .pak file (rather choose its copy, if something will go bad) 4. select directory w...

Oh sorry, I forgot that it isn't compiled. I have used Visual C# 2010 Express.
Here is it compiled, but don't know what version of .NET Framework is needed to run it.
http://www.mediafire.com/?3wigusrkv6imyip

I think that SporeMaster has the ability to pack files (in Mod tab), or try Rick's Gibbed.Spore.Stuff http://svn.gib.me/public/spore/trunk/

Help with what? crc32trick works like a charm.

Thanks bacter, now the game works fine

And does anybody know where is font (and how to edit it) ?

It's command-line tool, so use command prompt (cmd)

Data are packed in ZIP files. Extract .LOC files from them and then use Hitman: Contracts LOC Tool to convert them to .xml and back to .LOC

You can use Aluigi's offzip commandline tool. http://aluigi.org/mytoolz/offzip.zip

Have you looked here?
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=4870

jonypedrosa wrote:But how to encrypt files...

Read first page of this thread. For packing use PopCap Framework.