Project cars 3

[JamesBone]

How convert .tex into .dds?
1. Download HxD Editor (for example)
2. Drag on drop .tex file in HxD
3. Remove everything before .dds
4. Save on open in Photoshop.

This PC3 .tex file doesn't have .dds in it??? any ideas???

https://mega.nz/file/4XQF1KYC#huVrY7EOM ... 7dSWm5vJ19k

Thank you! I have successfully decrypted with ikskoks's tool and Skyth's key.

[Mike Oxmaul]

I have successfully decrypted with ikskoks's tool and Skyth's key.

Hi! What are the tools you are talking about? Can you please be more specific?

[Nenkai]

Made tools for unpacking PAK & TOC with path names, and decrypting MEB.
https://github.com/Nenkai/PCarsTools

[mono24]

Made tools for unpacking PAK & TOC with path names, and decrypting MEB.

Is there a way to extract in a batch, as the tool is hardcoded to NOT accept usage like the following

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for /r %%G in (path_to_game\*.bff) do <tool.exe> <options> "%%G"

or

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for /r %%G in (path_to_output\*.meb) do <tool.exe> <options> "%%G"

If i where to extract based on a TOC, it will not allow "-o <path_to_output>" that's only allowed only while using "pak" and you must select only one *.bff at a time.
Decrypting "*.meb" in a batch its impossible as well.
Individual paths for each asset must be provided.

Unless i am missing something very obvious?


Also some *.meb assets like the attached one throw the following error:

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Unhandled exception. System.Exception: Expected POSITION stream in meb as first entry
   at PCarsTools.Model.MeshBinary.Load(String fileName) in C:\Users\nenkai\source\repos\PCarsTools\PCarsTools\Model\MeshBinary.cs:line 62
   at PCarsTools.Program.DecryptModel(DecryptModelVerbs options) in C:\Users\nenkai\source\repos\PCarsTools\PCarsTools\Program.cs:line 145
   at CommandLine.ParserResultExtensions.WithParsed[T](ParserResult`1 result, Action`1 action)
   at PCarsTools.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\Users\nenkai\source\repos\PCarsTools\PCarsTools\Program.cs:line 25

sample.zip

[Nenkai]

Made some fixes.
https://github.com/Nenkai/PCarsTools/releases/tag/1.0.1

No output directory for TOC handling is intended mostly due to how Project Cars GO works (where all files are not packed, but encrypted/compressed in-place).

[gvse]

Hi Nenkai,

I replied to you at github (MikeVapour).
Thank you for the quick fix: the PC2 files unpack now correctly and there is no garbage data at the end of files.

I was wondering if you would look into making PC3 files compatible with PC2/AMS2. The conversion of tex is handled by headercutter.bms script, but PC3 mebs have a slightly different header (more data) compared to PC2/AMS2.

PC3 typical headers:
```
00 00 C0 01 00 01 10 00 00 00 00 00
```

PC2/AMS2 headers:
```
00 00 00 01 01 00 00 00
```

When it comes to tracks, I suspect there is a problem with .sgb64 files. Looking at process monitor I don't see AMS2 loading it. Asa result you end up "in limbo" with the skybox only. Ai go on about their business but the wolrd is missing. This happens even when I edit meb headers manually, replace bmt with mtx and tex with dds.
Is it something you could look into? I've exhausted my skills on this.

[Mike Oxmaul]

Is there a way to extract in a batch, as the tool is hardcoded to NOT accept usage like the following...

Hi! I used these snippets and they're work. Just save as .cmd/.bat files, place it in the directory where .bff / .meb files are present and launch.
Make sure you have a correct path to PCarsTools.exe and game directory.

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for %%a in (*.bff) do "C:\PCarsTools\PCarsTools.exe" pak -i "%%a" -g "C:\FFCR"

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for %%a in (*.imb) do "C:\PCarsTools\PCarsTools.exe" decryptmodel -i "%%a"
for %%a in (*.meb) do "C:\PCarsTools\PCarsTools.exe" decryptmodel -i "%%a"