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japamd: thank you for your quick answer!

I did a try:

1. i unpack ford_escort_rs.bff with Quickbms into D:\nfs_mod\unapcked
2. i did not modify anithing - remember it's just a test
3. i repack them with BFF repacker 1.10121 output folder D:\nfs_mod\new_bff

Repacked 1106 files

The result file is 40 Mbyte, and still did not work in NFS Shift game

Here is a link to the files i used for this test
http://rapidshare.com/files/287898512/nfs_mod.zip.html

Could you check it out? Thank you very much

( Windows XP SP3, .NET 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 SP1 all files up to date )

Keep my eyes on suzuka!

mesa wrote:japamd: thank you for your quick answer!

I did a try:

1. i unpack ford_escort_rs.bff with Quickbms into D:\nfs_mod\unapcked
2. i did not modify anithing - remember it's just a test
3. i repack them with BFF repacker 1.10121 output folder D:\nfs_mod\new_bff

Repacked 1106 files

The result file is 40 Mbyte, and still did not work in NFS Shift game

Here is a link to the files i used for this test
http://rapidshare.com/files/287898512/nfs_mod.zip.html

Could you check it out? Thank you very much

( Windows XP SP3, .NET 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 SP1 all files up to date )

Keep my eyes on suzuka!

Hmmm, I see. I didn't tested the repacked file, when I did it later the game could not load the repacked ford_escord_rs.bff file.

But I have good news. I just managed to make the repack recompress the files while repacking, so we should end with a new BFF file with almost the same size as the original. I'm just finishing some testing and will upload the new version soon.

BTW, the repackaged ford_escord_rs.bff is working now

Edit: file updated. Download it here

japamd wrote:It's done.

I have attached the utility to this message, you'll need NET Framework 2.0 in order to execute it.



Edited DDS car livery texture




You just need to put all BFF extracted files in a folder (which can have sub-folders) and all files, don't add or delete extracted files before repacking (adding files to the folder will not harm anything and will be simple ignored).

That's it, enjoy

Great japamd, very thanks!

I think the game runs better in compressed format, now i think we can continue modding almost everything, like in uncompressed method! Saving some FPS and loading times!

You´re the boss

BFFRepacker has stopped working........

Seems not working here....using Win7_64....

I really would like to have this, was using version 0.6 and now when i'm back from "Moddingland" i see that there is a version with compression....

waiting for a fix..........

edit: and now seems that i don't have 0.6 neither....

Jake

Jake,

Wow, that's embarassing, I forgot to update one component in rar.

Please download it again and let me know if there's any problems yet.

Thanks, now it's working....back to Moddingland....

Jake

jaketoox wrote:Thanks, now it's working....back to Moddingland....

Jake

Ok. Where do you publish your mods?

japamd: GREAT JOB!
Thank you very much!

This is my first Cossie skin (first attempt, just for fun):

Hi,

I've dled the BFF Repack thingy but it doesnt work on my computer.
It says " BFFRepacker has Stopped Working "

can some1 please help me to repack BMW_M3_GT2.bff and upload it here for me?


Thanks~

maybe it's off-topic but the password used for the FSB archives of the game *edit, ONLY the demo* (like nfs_racemusic.fsb) is the following:
kua0@z^y0$Wsh9HkhG6%Ih*gICV$Do8

so use that one when fsbext asks to insert it during the extraction

mesa wrote:japamd: GREAT JOB!
Thank you very much!

This is my first Cossie skin (first attempt, just for fun):

Loving the Repsol livery! That's what I was going to do myself until I found that the repacker (old version) was having problems with the Escort bff.

Big thanks to japamd for the repacker!

Bugtest wrote:maybe it's off-topic but the password used for the FSB archives of the game (like nfs_racemusic.fsb) is the following:
kua0@z^y0$Wsh9HkhG6%Ih*gICV$Do8

so use that one when fsbext asks to insert it during the extraction

Sorry to continue the off topic-ness;
I used MusicPlayerEx to extract the FSB sound archives without using a password.

ops, I forgot to specify that I was referring to the FSB archives of the demo version so I thought (because I don't have the game) that also those of the retail were encrypted.

mesa, it's looking good!

ericboyboy wrote:Hi,

I've dled the BFF Repack thingy but it doesnt work on my computer.
It says " BFFRepacker has Stopped Working "

can some1 please help me to repack BMW_M3_GT2.bff and upload it here for me?


Thanks~

Demo or full version of game?

The tool has issues with demo version.

Just added a new tool: BFF Inject to update only modified files.

I think this is handy if you're changing just a few files and just need to update them instead of rebuilding the entire thing.

Download here

Screenshot


New files can be greater in size than original ones, the tool will reorganize the output BFF archive so offsets will point to the new location inside the archive.

I'm working on a tool to redistribute mods in an automated way and even restore changes made by the tool.

Enjoy

Finished the compiler, you just need to leave your modded files in a folder (just the edited ones), the compiler will join all your files in compressed form.




Created ZIP contents


The compiler will create a ZIP file with BFF Inject tool and the modded files inside a compressed file. To install the mod just extract all files and fire Injector.exe, it will read Install.bfi script and update required BFF archives in game folder.