Watch Dogs: Legion .dat .fat archives

[atomicool]

cool!how does this work?because it looks a little bit different from your example above

I'll see that I create some time to explain in in a .pdf or such. Because there's a little more to it than what I've posted earlier.

Looking forward to it! it seems that this Zola problem will be solved by you!

[BartOss]

Hey guys, can someone explain how to extract the london_sound.dat file? To get audio from the game. Because I've used any scripts in this topic, and everyting what I got: the scripts doing nothing or asking to press any button to exit... Any help would be appreciated!

Okay, I'm dumb. Thanks all who supported this thread and forum

[tonilai2012]

The repacker works beautifully! Thank you!

Now I was wondering if someone could give me some help with texture modding!
I noticed the game’s high textures for body parts are DXT1 without mipmaps, and modding them work fine! (Unfortunately you can only see them if you zoom in very close to the mesh, because that’s the only time the game loads them)
On the other hand, weirdly, the game uses medium quality textures to show on the mesh at distance, and these medium textures have mipmaps.
All good up to here, they are also DXT1 and you would think they can be saved as such with auto generated mipmaps and it would work fine, but it doesn’t.
When I try to use modded medium skin textures it looks all off, I mean the texture loads in game but kinda blurry or out of place.
If only I knew how to properly save them (I did notice the modded dds texture is 1 kb off on all medium textures when I save them) or if I could at least force the game to only read the “high” textures and stop loading the medium one - thought I would see if someone here has already been through the challenge and know a fix?
I never modded WD2 so im not sure if it’s something known for the community.

Any help would be appreciated! Ps: the textures, high and medium I mentioned above are in: graphics/characters/body/body_parts/white00 (or black00 or arab00)/

can you show me how to use repacker i finished edit of texture but can not repack

[tonilai2012]

Many thanks for the packer. I have managed to use the recombine option to modify config files as desired. I didn't try anything else so I won't be of much help on questions related to xbg or textures.

can you show me how to use repacker i finished edit of texture but can not repack

[tonilai2012]

Speaking of textures, I don't know if anyone knows the deal with those .xbt files that shows "ZOLA" when you open those with the hex editor?


The only place I discovered where .dds files are discussed, along with "ZOLA", is another topic here at xentax about Watch Dogs 2:
viewtopic.php?t=15567&start=165

Anyhow, what I found out is that most of those files I've encountered, correspond well with BC7 DDS.
Take the logo at the back of the hoodie at the picture below for example:

london_ultra\graphics\characters\wd3\motifs\logos\brand_fydel_multi_01_ultra.xbt

When I copy the data of said .xbt file into a blank BC7 DDS file of the same format (512x512px without mipmaps in this case)...


...then it will open just fine into photoshop.




It is probably not the most efficient way to do it, but it works fine for me.

For testing purposes, I've changed the logo into an "X" before reversing the process...


...and it seems to work fine ingame.


During the reverse process I've saved the dds as BC7 8bpp Fine (sRGB, DX11+) with the intel plugin and removed "ultra" from the xbt's filename as CobraGamer suggests.

can you show me how to use repacker i finished edit of texture but can not repack

[tonilai2012]

can you show me how to use repacker i finished edit of texture but can not repack

[tonilai2012]

Speaking of textures, I don't know if anyone knows the deal with those .xbt files that shows "ZOLA" when you open those with the hex editor?


The only place I discovered where .dds files are discussed, along with "ZOLA", is another topic here at xentax about Watch Dogs 2:
viewtopic.php?t=15567&start=165

Anyhow, what I found out is that most of those files I've encountered, correspond well with BC7 DDS.
Take the logo at the back of the hoodie at the picture below for example:

london_ultra\graphics\characters\wd3\motifs\logos\brand_fydel_multi_01_ultra.xbt

When I copy the data of said .xbt file into a blank BC7 DDS file of the same format (512x512px without mipmaps in this case)...


...then it will open just fine into photoshop.




It is probably not the most efficient way to do it, but it works fine for me.

For testing purposes, I've changed the logo into an "X" before reversing the process...


...and it seems to work fine ingame.


During the reverse process I've saved the dds as BC7 8bpp Fine (sRGB, DX11+) with the intel plugin and removed "ultra" from the xbt's filename as CobraGamer suggests.

hi do you replace old xbt with new one ?

[superdemus]

hi do you replace old xbt with new one ?

First I make a backup of the original vanilla xtb file (recommended). Then I "convert" the modded dds file back into xtb by copying the dds's data with a hex editor and paste it into the original xtb, overwriting the vanilla data. Basicly the same way how I explained my method of "coverting" xtb to dds but reversed.

can you show me how to use repacker i finished edit of texture but can not repack

The approach I take to use the modded files ingame is by merging the modded files into patch.dat/.fat with the repacker.

1) Move or copy your modded xtb file into a map (for example "map1"). The xtb needs to be stored into the same submaps like it was originally stored into the dat archive (for example "graphics\characters\wd3\....\<<your xtb file>>)
2) Move or copy patch.dat and patch.fat into another map (for example "map2").
3) Open notepad and type the following command: PackLegion.exe map1 patch.fat map2\patch.fat
Then save that file as "repack.bat"
4) Move or copy "map1", "map2" and "repack.bat" into the same map where "PackLegion.exe" is stored and double click at "repack.bat".
5) A modded "patch.dat" and "patch.fat" will appear into the same map as "PackLegion.exe".

It's also recommended to create a backup of patch.dat/.fat before storing the modded ones into the installation map (C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\games\Watch Dogs Legion\data_win64\...).

[tonilai2012]

thanks for help will give a try

[tonilai2012]

sorry but when i try to do it shows Exception.ToString,does map means folder path?

[superdemus]

sorry but when i try to do it shows Exception.ToString,does map means folder path?

I've added "WDL_repacker.zip" as an attachment. This zip file contains a setup that you can unpack and use for merging your modded files with "patch.fat" and "patch.dat". I've also provided it with a readme file so you can see step by step what you'll have to do to make it work.

I couldn't add "PackLegion.exe" to the zip file because it isn't my program and I haven't asked permission at the creator to distribute it myself.
So you'll have to copy "PackLegion.exe" into the setup yourself.

Good luck!

PS: Just to be clear, the attachment into this post is only a ready made setup for easier use of one the functions of the repacker. The actual repacker still has to be copied into this setup before you can use it. A link to the actual repacking program is provided at the following post into this topic:
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=22903&start=30#p169121
I've also removed the attachment and uploaded it again with another filename, to prevent misunderstandings.

[superdemus]

cool!how does this work?because it looks a little bit different from your example above

I'll see that I create some time to explain in in a .pdf or such. Because there's a little more to it than what I've posted earlier.

Okay, It took me a while to prepare, but at following link you'll find some sort of manual in which I show how to convert ZOLA .xbt files to .dds and back to .xbt with the help of a hex editor:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ck8mubmxhc5bg ... s.pdf?dl=0

A more efficient method is described in there then the one I've provided earlier at this topic. The manual also covers conversion of .xbt and .dds files with mip maps.

[superdemus]

sorry but when i try to do it shows Exception.ToString,does map means folder path?

I've added "WDL_repacker.zip" as an attachment. This zip file contains a setup that you can unpack and use for merging your modded files with "patch.fat" and "patch.dat". I've also provided it with a readme file so you can see step by step what you'll have to do to make it work.

I couldn't add "PackLegion.exe" to the zip file because it isn't my program and I haven't asked permission at the creator to distribute it myself.
So you'll have to copy "PackLegion.exe" into the setup yourself.

Good luck!

It looks like, since recent updates, that "patch.dat" reached a filesize of almost 5Gb and the repacker seems to have trouble with merging modded files into it. So I've prepared an alternate setup that will make use of "patch_english.dat" (which for now has a filesize of only 374Mb) instead. Until now it works fine for me.

PS: Just to be clear, the attachment into this post is only a ready made setup for easier use of one the functions of the repacker. The actual repacker still has to be copied into this setup before you can use it. A link to the actual repacking program is provided at the following post into this topic: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=22903&start=30#p169121

[atomicool]

sorry but when i try to do it shows Exception.ToString,does map means folder path?

I've added "WDL_repacker.zip" as an attachment. This zip file contains a setup that you can unpack and use for merging your modded files with "patch.fat" and "patch.dat". I've also provided it with a readme file so you can see step by step what you'll have to do to make it work.

I couldn't add "PackLegion.exe" to the zip file because it isn't my program and I haven't asked permission at the creator to distribute it myself.
So you'll have to copy "PackLegion.exe" into the setup yourself.

Good luck!

It looks like, since recent updates, that "patch.dat" reached a filesize of almost 5Gb and the repacker seems to have trouble with merging modded files into it. So I've prepared an alternate setup that will make use of "patch_english.dat" (which for now has a filesize of only 374Mb) instead. Until now it works fine for me.

PS: Just to be clear, the attachment into this post is only a ready made setup for easier use of one the functions of the repacker. The actual repacker still has to be copied into this setup before you can use it. A link to the actual repacking program is provided at the following post into this topic: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=22903&start=30#p169121

Most of them can be packaged into patch_english.dat,but some have to be in patch.dat.
Of course, all textures can be packaged into patch_english.dat,It's very convenient.