sigget Posted October 19, 2003 Report Share Posted October 19, 2003 here is a utility that extracts the contents of .vfs-files.it only extracts, and cant import, so modding isnt quite here yet. https://www.geocities.com/sigget2003/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigget Posted October 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2003 Not a single reply for over a week now, i thought there was a large interest in mod tools... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inferno Posted October 27, 2003 Report Share Posted October 27, 2003 hey sigget! first let me say good job on the vfs extractor! i tried extracting the main vfs file and then deleted it after to see if the game would run but i got a few errors saying it couldn't find files. Reason i attempted this was becuase some games, which have all the files in one archive, still play if u extract the contents of the archive and delete the original one ok how close r u on making one that can make vfs files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted October 27, 2003 Report Share Posted October 27, 2003 Not much of a modder, but if you can make it produce vfs files as well, and ALTAR have nothing against it, I can setup a page for it here. But we really need it to be able to make vfs files too... As for interest in mod tools, I think most people are waiting for the official ones. Guess that's why there's no replies. Anyway, I'll take a look at it, and talk to ALTAR. Then I'll give some serious feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishan Posted October 27, 2003 Report Share Posted October 27, 2003 Cool tool, sigget. Works fine for me.The extracted files helped me a lot in combination with Binman's editor to customize my dream start party. Yes, inferno, it's really a pitty that the game doesn't seem to accept extracted archive files; would make modding a lot more easier... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted October 27, 2003 Report Share Posted October 27, 2003 Both the audio and gamedata extraction went fast and without trouble for me sigget. Well done! I will add them to the mods section of the site if it's okay for you and ALTAR. Have sent them a mail, so we have to wait and see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mipu Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 Hi there, i tried the vfs extractor on a german version with the V1.2 patch on a Windows 98 SE pc. Worked like a breeze, no probs at all. Extracted also the german localization vfs-file. Good job ! So now we have lots of material for projects until we can create vfs files ) Does someone known what system for 3D-Models / Meshes is being used ? btw : https://freelancer.mipu.decu mipu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 https://www.chatbear.com/board.plm?a=viewth...=0&id=537988#10 https://www.chatbear.com/board.plm?a=viewth...s=0&id=554090#4 https://www.chatbear.com/board.plm?a=viewth...s=0&id=548978#1 Better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 Here's a quote from pasik in one of the threads:Programmers use MSVC++ and CVS, artists 3DMAX and Photoshop mainly and designers Excel and Perl scripts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigget Posted October 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 Thanks for everything! Im currently working on a VFS compilation utility. It will create VFS-files by folding a directory structure together into a final archive. So, no editing yet. Which will make editing gamefile.vfs is a bit clumpsy ;-) Im also working on an windows explorer-like utility that will allow more precise editing. I havent had a look at the savegame editors yet. But if i get my work finished they will surely be a lot more useful. The files contained in the archives needs lots of research. If you find this kind of work interesting please contribute your finds and ill incporate them into the specifcation. The utility is likely to be finished during the end of this week. Cheers! PS. Slaughter, post it as you see fit! :-) DS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 I will post the tools in the mods section sigget. Well done! Here's some more compliments to you from ALTAR : Thank you for this nice collection and pass my honest admiration on tothe guy who figured out the format of VFS file (BTW it stands for"Virtual File System"). I don't have a problem with any of these toolsbeing released. I hope we shall be able to release a more comfortable vfs file editoras well as a description of our 3D models format and a tool forconverting them into binary format (this is the format the models arein the gamedata file). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigget Posted October 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 Nice! They seem like good people. Ill keep working on my tool anyway, since i got this far, and since im too stuborn. Also, we dont know when those tools will come. I just learned that ill have no net the coming two weeks so the tools might be delayed a little. Not very long probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aralez Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 Nice tool, please keep us informed about your progress! And keep on developing, one doesn't know if those official tools will have all the powers we want of them. Your program is essential! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claw Posted November 1, 2003 Report Share Posted November 1, 2003 Thanks for unpacker..Excelent toy.. I can enjoy all this files now..And edit it.. Terrific!!!:alien2: UFO Aftermath Autopsy - Research started ....But.. Its sometimes hard to understand it without viewing in-game results..So.. Only theory for a while... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted November 1, 2003 Report Share Posted November 1, 2003 You should take a look at Binmans savegame editor in the mods section too! Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siegfried Posted November 1, 2003 Report Share Posted November 1, 2003 Mod mod mod yay! I just found this site or else you would have herd my praise all ready. let ze moding begin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cainien Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 Yeah. i must agree, it's a CooL-TooL. REALLY looking forward to the "composer", so that we can kill Mutants with the Good'Ol "Heavy Plasma" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aralez Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 Any progress reports on the re-packer yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 He said he'd be without a connection for a week or two... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aralez Posted November 5, 2003 Report Share Posted November 5, 2003 Sigh, modding without the right tools is hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted November 5, 2003 Report Share Posted November 5, 2003 Indeed . But with a little luck we'll have the official tools as well soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldenfan Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 Hello, I'm a fellow gamer trying to make a mod for lord of the rings: War of the ring (wotr). I have a problem in that the game files are stored in an archived format ending with a .h2o extension. I guess this is similar to the problem sigget has been working on solving through the creation of his tool for ufoaftermath. I would love to see a similar tool made available for war of the ring. My search for an already existing utility to access these files has proven fruitless. Unfortunately,I think I lack the necessary skills to create one, and I know that nobody else in my game's community is skilled enough to do it either without a lot of help. I have no programming skills whatsoever, but I thought I would post here and see if sigget might be interested in either pointing me in the right direction or maybe even trying his hand at making another tool for a different game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 sigget doesn't visit very often these days. I suggest you go into his profile and send him a mail from there. I doubt he'll have time to make a tool for you though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigget Posted May 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 Ive made some progress, its not the average archive used by most games but a database format. The .lqr-files stored in Database/ are database tables, and 23 of those have columns carrying BLOB's (Binary Large Object), and these are stored in Archives/ and are called .h2o. These archives are definitely compressed and probably encrypted. The exe-files contains strings from both zlib and PKWARE Compression library, it also contains calls to the win32 function CryptDecrypt, and an error string mentioning DES, a general purpose encryption algorithm. These files could be from a commercial or open source database toolkit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackAlmaz Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 well siggest your the pro on extansions...so can you tell me what i can use to edit .w3d files for cc generals....i have a hind models that needs to be fixed up....i just need to know what i can use tio edit the model..not the texture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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