Just Cause game .arc archives

thomasdxyz · Post by **thomasdxyz** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:17 pm

Also, the file PCLIST.TXT is EMPTY. Is this the case normally? If so, then this will be the problem. The plugin needs the file to name the resources in the archive. If its empty, then the plugin will tell you the ARC was not valid.

yes, the pclist.txt is empty. i forgot to install the plugin, here is the logfile with the installed plugin

Post by **Mr.Mouse** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:30 pm

thomasdxyz wrote:
Also, the file PCLIST.TXT is EMPTY. Is this the case normally? If so, then this will be the problem. The plugin needs the file to name the resources in the archive. If its empty, then the plugin will tell you the ARC was not valid.
yes, the pclist.txt is empty. i forgot to install the plugin, here is the logfile with the installed plugin

The log shows the plugin functions correctly as it responded to an info query. The problem probably lies in the empty pclist.txt file. Are there no other txt or tab files as the one you showed?

thomasdxyz · Post by **thomasdxyz** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 10:41 pm

ther are no other pclist files there[/quote]

DRAVEN · Post by **DRAVEN** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 3:52 pm

So what is suppost to be in the pclist.txt

and can someone pls post what its suppost to say thx..

Post by **Mr.Mouse** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 4:38 pm

DRAVEN wrote:So what is suppost to be in the pclist.txt

and can someone pls post what its suppost to say thx..

In the demo version at least, the pclist.txt file is a list of file that are stored in the pc0.arc archive. Like "c:\foler\file.bl" etc.

I can adapt the plugin to not care for actual filenames and just extract all of them with generic names.

hansdelord · Post by **hansdelord** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 4:42 pm

the plugin doesnt work with the retail version of just cause (us-version).
it gives me an PGN vaild error.

also in archives folder it isnt a pclist.txt, only a pc.tab

DRAVEN · Post by **DRAVEN** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:35 pm

Same as what I get...
I have the UK version of the game

Post by **Mr.Mouse** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:59 pm

This plugin will extract from the pc0.arc files, using the .tab file only. It will not give actual filenames, but generic ones. I noticed someone said there's also other .arc files in there? That may pose a problem.

Anyway, first try version 1.1 of the Just Cause MexCom plugin.

Slaii · Post by **Slaii** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:27 pm

thomasdxyz wrote:Hello I am new in this great Forum!

I need help! The Just Cause PLUGIN donÂ´t work on my PC i allways get the message PGN NOT VALID! And in the lower left corner stands, not a multiex commander plugin!

I hope someone can help me, i have try to reinstall my Microsoft Office but i doesnt help.

tom

Hi
I have the same problem:
always I tried to unpack Just Cause .arc files my Wyndows XP detect some problem and asked me to install Offyce (2000)
So I insert Offyce CD and install the missing part of... I do not know part of what)
Then I restart MEX and the plugin works fine....

hansdelord · Post by **hansdelord** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:02 pm

version 1.1 works fine for me. thx goes to mr. mouse

thomasdxyz · Post by **thomasdxyz** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:19 pm

know the plugin works! great work!

But what can i do with the *.mex files?

Post by **Mr.Mouse** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:31 pm

thomasdxyz wrote:know the plugin works! great work!

But what can i do with the *.mex files?

That's up to you. As there are no filenames available, they have just generic names. *.mex just means that MexCom was used to extract them. You should now find out what they are. But that is entirely up to you and others that wish to help you out.

thomasdxyz · Post by **thomasdxyz** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:44 pm

That's up to you. As there are no filenames available, they have just generic names. *.mex just means that MexCom was used to extract them. You should now find out what they are. But that is entirely up to you and others that wish to help you out.

And how can i find this out which mex file stands for?

Post by **Mr.Mouse** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:06 pm

By exploring with a Hex editor.

The other ARC files you can also open with the plugin, I've seen them and they are SARC files, which are supported . Those do have filenames.

thomasdxyz · Post by **thomasdxyz** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:51 pm

Mr.Mouse wrote:By exploring with a Hex editor.

The other ARC files you can also open with the plugin, I've seen them and they are SARC files, which are supported . Those do have filenames.

Hi,

Thank you for your help!!! But i have never worked with an hex editor. when i open a mex file with an hex editor how can i see what a file type it is?

i just see many numbers

please help me

XeNTaX

XeNTaX

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