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 Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 10:07 pm Post subject: help extracting DAT file |
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i need help extracting a DAT file from a game and get all the image from it like monsters, weapons and maps
I dont know how to do it
trying to make a database website of the game
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| Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 12:07 am Post subject: |
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i went to the 2nd link but the program still missing some dll and i cant find it =/
edit nvm the extrator is for Temple of Elemental Evil
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 7:46 am Post subject: |
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Well .dat files differ by the way you write to it. I use .dats for maps.
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char* readMap( __in_z const char* mapName ){
FILE * pFile;
char *MapFile = new char[512];
long lFileSize = 0;
fopen_s( (FILE**)&pFile, mapName, "w" );
if( pFile == NULL) { fputs("Cannot find file", stderr); return NULL; }
fseek(pFile, 0, SEEK_END);
lFileSize = ftell(pFile);
if( fread((void*)&MapFile, 1, lFileSize, pFile) != lFileSize ) { fputs("Cannot read file", stderr); return NULL; }
fclose(pFile);
return MapFile;
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My file would be
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00 02 02 03 01 04 05 03 \n
00 02 02 03 01 04 05 02 \n
00 02 03 04 05 02 01 02 \n
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 \e
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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| : wrote: | | Well .dat files differ by the way you write to it. I use .dats for maps. |
Exactly, it can be anything. Dat stands for (plain) data, there's no specific format
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char *MapFile = new char[512];
long lFileSize = 0;
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lFileSize = ftell(pFile);
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if( fread((void*)&MapFile, 1, lFileSize, pFile) != lFileSize ) { fputs("Cannot read file", stderr); return NULL; }
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Overflow! I just took over your comp.. :P
Should be: | Code: | long lFileSize = ftell(pFile);
char *MapFile = new char[lFileSize];
fread(...) |
+ some error checking.
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| Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 9:23 am Post subject: |
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My maps are always under 512 bytes 
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 2:01 am Post subject: |
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| : wrote: | | My maps are always under 512 bytes :P |
But some evil genius might want to exploit one's computer thru your game and you wouldn't know a thing. That's the thing for local exploits.
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 2:49 am Post subject: |
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can i use phyton to view .dat file?
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 5:54 am Post subject: |
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| color wrote: | | can i use phyton to view .dat file? |
Sure, why not? | Code: | >>> f = open("file.dat", 'r')
>>> f.read()
"This is the dat file." |
I actually forgot does Python use "", '' or both.. I'm not a Python coder :P Anyway, the filename is file.dat and it contains text "This is the dat file."
| Jani wrote: | | : wrote: | | My maps are always under 512 bytes :P |
But some evil genius might want to exploit one's computer thru your game and you wouldn't know a thing. That's the thing for local exploits. |
Uh, I'd like to add that read 512 bytes only then, don't read the whole file, if you want to use a static size for your maps: | Code: | | fread((void*)&MapFile, 1, 512, pFile); |
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