Mods Logos.... others .dat files...

[bbw]

Panel tool in Chinese.
I guess it is easy to understand without making into English?

[bbw]

The Chinese project for 2.3 engine finally finished with the help of Wildcat.
We sincerely thank you for your support.
Although it does not mean a lot for international players, it represents a major breakthrough for Chinese mod projects.
It has been promised that a separate English version of SS Liberation will be released.

[JOSS[WildCat]]

Will be nice see your common work after realize...
Thanks for sharing tool, i think with this many mods get new style....
I will translate your tool on english, but i think all understatable and without translation.
Good luck and long life to your mods!

P.S. My nickname JOSS[WildCat] or simply Joss not any cats...

[bbw]

Hi

We are working on loadscr.dat but faced some problems.
We use the panel tool to unpack it and developed a little tool to pack it but it resulted in error.
Is the picture packed in .pck or other formats? Or any special steps to be done for the picture?

Thanks.

[JOSS[WildCat]]

I try your tool, it split grafix data and maybe ".col"?

My method for this univerasal too.
1. Find pallete in this file by splitting on 512 b and browsing by sust_stuff..
2. Then create from finding loadscr.col file, loadscr.dat rename in loadscr.pck, add empty loadscr.hot and try unpack by sust_units!

sust_units can`t unpack big bmp correctly so by sust_stuff see addresses of grafix data and see size of this picture in pixel (w&h).
Create one color pictures with these w&h and create own loader pictures and pack all to ... new_loadscr.pck
Then in HEX replace data original loadscr.dat by from own created new_loadscr.pck and replace in HEX pallete data original loadscr.dat by pallete data from new_loadscr.pck....


This is Original extracted p001.bmp -

D:\EXPERIMENTAL\__LNG.SUE\LOADSCR\loadscr.pck file size 00106BA4 1076132

image 4 - start 0000065C end 0003C3D0
image offset 0000065C
horizontal shift 0000 0
vertical shift 0000 0
width 0280 640
height 01E0 480
?????? A1 161

Palette file - 512 b

82 68 82 10 C3 18 45 29 86 31 08 42 49 4A 8A 52 CB 5A 0C 63 4D 6B 8E 73
CF 7B 30 84 71 8C B2 94 F3 9C 34 A5 75 AD B6 B5 F7 BD 79 CE BA D6 FB DE
3C E7 7D EF 82 60 04 C9 C3 A8 82 80 00 20 00 30 00 68 40 48 40 50 80 88
40 38 40 40 80 70 40 30 80 68 44 49 80 48 F2 B4 C1 48 80 40 40 A9 80 38
C0 58 CE 8B 80 30 C0 48 00 69 32 C5 2F 94 03 31 C0 40 8C 8B 4A 93 73 C5
F0 BC 02 39 00 51 80 C2 B7 F6 B3 D5 8B 93 09 83 C0 81 FA E6 B4 C5 B0 A4
C6 41 88 62 C8 72 84 41 C2 20 C4 51 BD FF 35 DE 2E 94 31 BD AF AC 6E A4
B2 D5 44 31 AE B4 6D AC 08 83 89 9B 48 93 86 72 07 8B 45 6A 02 31 83 49
40 10 33 AD 2F 8C C8 AB 80 9A 40 CB 2F C5 EE BC 03 62 40 49 F3 D5 CC 8B
71 C5 EF B4 6D A4 2C 9C CB 93 8A 8B 49 83 86 6A C4 49 C8 A3 41 41 A0 FC
8B 83 B0 D5 87 62 06 83 83 41 80 BB 60 E4 31 B5 2D 94 4A 7B 09 73 46 5A
48 83 C6 72 44 62 42 39 81 49 F1 A4 CD 83 C5 41 2B 9C C1 20 40 72 00 9B
E0 EC 8C 7B 88 5A CB 8B 84 39 08 73 2A 9C 86 62 88 8B 45 5A 04 52 C3 49
82 41 41 39 60 FD 73 B5 6F 94 4B 73 0A 6B 47 52 43 31 E0 DC CA 8B 03 52
C2 49 C8 62 C4 41 40 62 80 9B 72 B5 46 52 05 4A 06 73 83 39 42 31 01 29
C0 49 C3 41 49 73 08 6B 86 5A 45 52 C6 62 04 4A 82 39 41 31 60 FE 70 B5
48 73 81 39 20 FF A0 FF F2 9C 70 8C F1 9C B0 94 6F 8C 2E 84 CD 7B C6 39
85 31 C9 5A 44 29 F9 FF 47 4A 4A 6B 09 63 C8 5A 03 21 C5 39 87 52 84 31
C2 18 46 4A 05 42 86 52 C4 39 F2 FF 81 10 04 42 83 31 02 21 C3 39 C1 18
82 31 C2 39 01 21 40 08 C0 39 41 21 09 5B 47 42 43 21 88 4A C5 31 80 08
81 2A 44 21 86 29 45 21 C3 10 82 08 83 08 87 31 C4 18 83 10 B6 BC B4 AC
72 9C CC 7A 4E 8B 00 00

Unpack attach to any folder...
Now try open by sust_units loadscr.pck from attach, then in menu of sust_units chooce view and try << rotate PCK images>> and U will see all pictures what in loadscr.dat....

[bbw]

col tool

[penk]

LOADSCRTOOLS
1. USE ssdatUNP.exe unpack loadscr.dat to get 17 obj
obj1 col file
obj2 hot file
obj3 - obj9 pck file
obj10 ??
obj11 col file ??
obj12 col obj15 pck
obj13 col obj16 pck
obj14 col obj17 pck

[penk]

change obj1 type name is col
2. use obj2pck.exe open obj3 - obj9 convert pck type

[JOSS[WildCat]]

It is great but better create concole tools f.e.

obj2pck.exe obj3

Then to write *.bat file
with

rename....
delete...
est...

But for me all process understatable.
U find more correct palletes in *dat file......
TNX.

[penk]

PCK file can tell me .. or the data structure there is such a source code you can borrow

[JOSS[WildCat]]

I send U a sourse code by P.M.
But i think this source code have bad alhorithm, `cos used "optimisation" of KosyaK...

I think it is time to give U and anybody who want sourse code of D_sprague programms...
Let me some time for prepare, but i can`t publish it on public without his permition...

But i can spread his gift special for me for next advance of modding!

[penk]

I BYYA ,MY EMAIL is penk73@hotmail.com

paease send U CODE FOR ME.

back mail : cnbyya@gmail.com

[JOSS[WildCat]]

In 2 days i do it!

Sourse codes of Sust_units and Sust_stuff + compiler, becos its writen not on Delphi....

And i will have small request for U...

P.S. Did U check your PM here?

[Striker]

Joss, i am interested in any sourcecode too, especially in c. Doesnt matter if incomplete or whatsoever. What i specially need is routines for reading the SuSt formats like rs2, pck, res and so on to creating Strike editors. I do it with the bmp output of rs2manager, sust graph and others. It works, only drawback these bmps occupy huge areas of disc space, about 100 mb for only a little motorbike...

[JOSS[WildCat]]

Who R U?

I like programs of D_sprague becos its universal tools for discowering, no error messages and don`t use "KosyaK optimisation" after what i can`t compare created file with original and find misstakes...

Here i want ...will be only edited some feature...
1. remove extra info wrom text file
2. convert hex=dec.
I need it for universal Ripper tool...