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Help with unpacking and packing Gunnar games .dat file

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I want to unpack Hidden Mysteries: The Fateful Voyage - Titanic 's .dat files.
I have looked this thread
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=3423
But the file format is a bit different. Any one can make a unpacker and packer for it?
Attach file is a sample,and the Gunnar games's game list is here.
Thanks.
http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/g ... ist-games/
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Re: Help with unpacking and packing Gunnar games .dat file

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Here 's a QuickBMS script for the 'text.dat' file:

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# Hidden Mysteries: The Fateful Voyage - Titanic 's .dat files.
# script created by The Bacter
get FILES long
getdstring DUMMY 0x1C
for i = 0 < FILES
    getdstring NAME 0x100
    get OFFSET long
    get SIZEX long              # size aligned to 0x20 boundary
    get SIZE long
    getdstring DUMMY 0x14
    log NAME OFFSET SIZE
next i
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Re: Help with unpacking and packing Gunnar games .dat file

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Very thanks , unpack successfully.
But i tested, i think this game need a packer for repacking the .dat file.
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Re: Help with unpacking and packing Gunnar games .dat file

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Here is a simple .DAT Maker+Extractor+Replacer util. Test version!
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Re: Help with unpacking and packing Gunnar games .dat file

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Very thanks!
Now i can translate it into chinese.
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Re: Help with unpacking and packing Gunnar games .dat file

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Hi,bacter

Can you make a update for game Elizabeth Find MD - Diagnosis Mystery?
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Re: Help with unpacking and packing Gunnar games .dat file

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bacter wrote: Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:13 pm Here is a simple .DAT Maker+Extractor+Replacer util. Test version!
Any chance to reupload a packer tool?
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