[Request] Cabela's African Adventures .skin files
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:01 am
I've tried as much as I could to figure out the format, but unfortunately I've had no luck.
Here is all the information I have gathered:
• Format appears to be similar to previous Cabela's games(Or at least it's PS2 counter-parts). Ref
• Mesh is stored in the .skin for some reason, although it would make more sense to store it in the .model file.
• The "RSDBlendedDX9" mesh format(I think it is the format mode?) is also used in Facerig, compiled by the Phidias model tool(Only a CLI version is available).
• Although probably not important, these .skin files are created by Fun Labs, and I have unofficially nicknamed them "Fun labs skin file(s)".
I have included what I had so far on trying to read them, before going to a corner and crying.
It's written in javascript and processed through nodejs.
Specifically, the script was written to read the skin files for the animals located at Mod/CAS/PC/DATA/OBJECTS/ANIMALS/*/*.skin
The arc unpacker on the QuickBMS site works fine so they haven't changed the .arc format.
Truth be told, I want to be able to import/export animals so I can add manimals. I do not know why, but I had a sudden urge to mod the game to have them.
Sample file
I couldn't attach the script because "txt" and "js" are not allowed as formats, and I couldn't figure out how to collapse the code view, sorry if it is too big.
Here is all the information I have gathered:
• Format appears to be similar to previous Cabela's games(Or at least it's PS2 counter-parts). Ref
• Mesh is stored in the .skin for some reason, although it would make more sense to store it in the .model file.
• The "RSDBlendedDX9" mesh format(I think it is the format mode?) is also used in Facerig, compiled by the Phidias model tool(Only a CLI version is available).
• Although probably not important, these .skin files are created by Fun Labs, and I have unofficially nicknamed them "Fun labs skin file(s)".
I have included what I had so far on trying to read them, before going to a corner and crying.
It's written in javascript and processed through nodejs.
Specifically, the script was written to read the skin files for the animals located at Mod/CAS/PC/DATA/OBJECTS/ANIMALS/*/*.skin
The arc unpacker on the QuickBMS site works fine so they haven't changed the .arc format.
Truth be told, I want to be able to import/export animals so I can add manimals. I do not know why, but I had a sudden urge to mod the game to have them.
Sample file
I couldn't attach the script because "txt" and "js" are not allowed as formats, and I couldn't figure out how to collapse the code view, sorry if it is too big.
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var fs = require("fs");
Buffer.prototype.readString8 = function(offset){ //Prototypes shouldn't be extended, but I don't care since this is just a single script.
return this.toString("ascii",offset+1,offset+this.readUInt8(offset)+1);
}
function main(){
var file=process.argv[2];
if(typeof file=="undefined")
return console.log("Cannot read file \"undefined\".");
else
console.log("Opening "+file+"...");
var result={};
fs.readFile(file, function(err, data){
if(err)throw err;
var index=0;
if(data.readUInt32BE(index)==0x46425346){
if(data.readUInt32BE(index+=6)!=0x0)//This should ALWAYS be 4 nulls
return;
//Find the compiler string
var tmp="";index+=4;
while(data.readUInt8(index)!=0x0)
tmp+=String.fromCharCode(data.readUInt8(index++));
console.log("Compiler: "+(result.compiler=tmp));index+=4;
//Find the model name
tmp="";
console.log("Model: "+(result.model=data.readString8(index)));
/*From here on out, we skip until we find the first ModelLOD*/
while(data.toString("ascii",index,(index++)+8)!="ModelLOD"){}//Dirty hack
index+=27;//Above + weight + unknown
//What shader are we using?
console.log("Shader: "+(result.shader=data.readString8(index)));
//How many bones?
index+=result.shader.length+9;//Above + unknown
result.bonecount=data.readUInt32LE(index); index+=4;
result.bonenames=[];
for(var i=0;i<result.bonecount;i++){
var tmp=data.readString8(index);
result.bonenames.push(tmp);
index+=tmp.length+1;
}
result.bones=[];
for(var i=0;i<result.bonenames.length;i++){
result.bones[result.bonenames[i]]=[
[
data.readFloatLE(index),
data.readFloatLE(index+=4),
data.readFloatLE(index+=4)
],
[
data.readFloatLE(index+=4),
data.readFloatLE(index+=4),
data.readFloatLE(index+=4)
]
]
}
index+=1;
console.log(index);
while(data.readUInt32LE(index++)!=result.bonecount){}//Dirty hack
console.log(data.readUInt32LE(index-1)+" "+result.bonecount+" "+index);
}else console.log("Not a Fun Labs .skin file!");
});
}
main();
