After a tremendous cold and a complete internet blackout due to moronic and idiotic ISP (I warned Mr Mouse), final week from yours truly 🙂

3D/2D Models

• Watch Dogs: help needed for XBG models.
• Dragon’s Nest: update coming soon.
• Darksiders: script. problem solved.
• Tales of Vesperia: help needed for animation files.
• Darksiders II: zaramot has released a Maxscript. Kudos 😀
• KH: the ever excellent GovanifY has released updated information.
• Warlords of Draenor: progress updated.
• Shin Migami Tensei: hex2obj discovered as a necessity for this game.
• Forza Motorsport: help needed to understand game models.
• Heaven of the Three Kingdoms: maxscript released, great!
• Iron Man 3: request for releasing the script.
• Battlefield 4: help needed to make sense of the model format.
• Dead or Alive series: tool nearing completion.
• S4 Model League: help neeeded for unconsistent model results.
• Battlefield 4: help needed to understand dumper error.
• Pokèmon battle Revolution: another bone error.

Audio File Formats

• ADPCM: yours truly wants to decompress ADPCM to pcm.
• Ratchet & Clank: work update.

Graphic Formats

• DDS: solved.
• Rayman Legends: joke post? Seriously…
• DXT1: converter being written, help needed.

Game Archive Research

• Unity3d: Chipicao has posted an update with Hex values.
• Giana Sisters Twister Dreams: sample file posted.
• Watch Dogs: more archive data posted.
• Shadows Heretic Kingdoms: I actually wanted to buy this game. BMS script posted.
• SW TOR: progress and success achieved.
• Tales of Xilia: progress being made thanks to Japanese version.
• OpenIV: tool as a work in progress. video updated.
• GTA V: more texture support for the tool.
• Wolfensteain: .pages structure posted.
• Disneyland adventures: archives discovered to be a ZIP variant.
• Sleeping Dogs: hash calculator by Ekey discovered.
• Farming Simulator: extraction \ injection help wanted. Data provided.
• Just Dance 2014: hex data provided in order to understand fonts.
• League of Legends: help needed in order for the first music mods to be created.

Compressed files and methods

• Text Compression: after more than two years, it has been cracked.
• Star Citizen: encryption key discovered.
• Onigiri: help wanted for a yummy game.
• .PAK: QuickBMS script released in order to extract contents.
• Watch Dogs: encryption apparently similar to Assassin’s Creed.
• KH2 Final Mix: GovanifY saves the day, wherever there’s KH!

Game Localization

• A Story About my Uncle: solved by itself.
• Among the Sleep: progressing but bugged.

Noesis

• No new version but a request from modding legend Truthkey!

Other Tools

• FF7 Crisis Core: work starting on this. Noesis does already a pretty good job for this game tho.

Another week.

3D/2D Models

• Dragon’s Nest: help needed, as per title.
• KH1: tool being halted 🙁
• Warlords WOW: sample uploaded.
• S4 League: model exporting continues.
• Shin Migami Tensei: info released for this.
• Point Blank: more data shared on meshes.
• Metroid Prime: ANCS files need explanation. Long overdue I’d say 🙂
• Pokemon Battle Revolution: more data is required to process on this.
• Darksiders: progress continues on this.
• XMX 3D: more info is required. The format is complicated.

Audio File Formats

• PSi-Ops: done and solved.
• Spyro the Dragon: problem solved, apparently.
• Eternal Darkness: FINALLY! Some interest for an awesome game! I was looking at those files too.

Graphic Formats

Oddly Enough, deserted this time. I wonder why.

Game Archive Research

• Captain America: DATA files need to be explained more.
• Coalesced CRC: more workings on this.
• Star Ocean the Last Hope: tool being updated and more information added.
• League of Legends FSB: a tool is required, and possibly present.
• Unity Assets Explorer: small guide released.
• Collapse: offer to make a script, apparently 😀

Compressed files and methods

• Dynasty Warriors 8: compression doubt by the author.
• LiveMaker Engine: never heard of this tool, but apparently it’s important.
• Star Citizen: module released, and it needs to be decrypted.

Game Localization

• Wolfenstein: progress going on, for this reboot.
• A Story About my Uncle: japanese tool is needed to work on the UPK files.
• Spongebob: problem opened and solved.
• Tropico 2: text help needed.
• Ys7: some help needed to decipher this data.
• Toy Story 3: somewhat late for this game, but still good. The movie was amazing 🙂

Noesis

• Nothing new under the sun…

Other Tools

• Gameloft Unscrambler released. Get it here.
• HPK Archiver released, but files not found.
• Beyond Two Souls: update coming soon.
• Natural Selection mesh tool released!

Sorry everyone, I was in court almost every day, and this work takes longer than it looks.

EDIT: and I am feverish too…. dammit. This on top of a perfect week.

3D/2D Models

• GT Racing 2: work beginning.
• Gladius: models attached.
• MGS1: kmd model requested.
• Lego Movie 3D: help required.
• Transformers: work initiated. Movie sucked, tho.
• WoW Warlords: expansion downloaded, now waiting to know details.
• PS3 One Piece: work commenced on this. Too bad the series is only halfway.
• SW TOR: Noesis Plugin released.
• KH1: toolset halted because author has no time 🙁
• SKI model: maxscript released.
• Splinter Cell 1: meshfile extracted.
• Princess and the Frog: model help requested. That movie can be quite scary!
• Unknown: hex data posted of animation file.
• S4 League Model Exporting: workings initiated on exporting.

Audio File Formats

• Crysis 3: problem solved.
• Bound by Flame: discovered the music is OGG.
• Ubisoft Sound: tool updated.
• PCK Files: wwise doubt. I agree, the WWise official tool is not only complicated, but it does not work.
• Psi-OPS: file and archive extracted but unreadable.
• 3DS ARC: tools still private. Curse them.
• Wildstar audio: some insight is required.
• XMA Transform: thread updated, but no new release.
• Hissing audio: issue in decoding audio, apparently.

Graphic Formats

• Alan Wake: help wanted with the various files and textures. It is an interesting game.
• Army Men: looking at animations is painful.
• Guild Wars 2: textures are being worked on, apparently.
• Gladius Ps2: tool works for textures, it shall work for models too.

Game Archive Research

• League of Legends: progress update.
• GTAV: progress on the tool for the game.
• Saint Seiya PSP: help wanted for this game I ignored. Want to download.
• NAMCO .AR: archive extracted but not unlocked.
• Dynasty Warrior 8: work beginning on the format of this game.
• Dark Souls: reverse engineering in progress.
• Omikron: format work in progress.
• DUST 514: Ravioli Explorer (?) works. Weheee.
• Anomaly .DAT Extractor: released.
• SW The Old Republic: update released.
• FFIII: texture help wanted.
• A Story About my Uncle: help needed for translating.
• Project Cars: help wanted.
• YS Seven ITV: also for this.
• Dragon Quest VIII: work initiated on this game. Epic saga.
• Watch Dogs: inevitable. Although the game is somewhat disappointing.
• Wolfenstein: archive investigation.
• RE Code Veronica: unpacker released.
• ArchAge Online: work initiated on this game.
• Goodbye Depoina: work and hex initiated on this.

Compressed files and methods

• Havok Animations: topic still open for those who wish to contribute.
• Uncharted 3: archives won’t recompile. any idea?

Game Localization

• Watch Dogs: This was inevitable, I assume.
• Wolfenstein New Order: serious progress being made.
• The New Sleep: first thread, never heard of this game.
• A Story About my Uncle: upk unpacker needed. Gildor made it?

Noesis

• New version was released. How nice 🙂

Other Tools

• Biohazard tool has changed hosting.
• OpenIV: tool released.

No rest weekend, hence this happens on Monday 😀

3D/2D Models

• ME2\ME3: help wanted in order to extract models.
• Wild Arms 3: work continues on the BIN file.
• KH1: toolset is a WIP of the excellent Gova :).
• Diablo III: model viewer on the way.
• Havok Structure: vertex data needs to be read.
• S4 League: script updated.
• Splinter Cell 1: meshfile extracted.

Audio File Formats

• KH Cutscene: audio cutscene ripping in progress, I’d say.

Graphic Formats

• Nothing new under the sun 🙁

Game Archive Research

• One For All: author needs some support I’d say.
• Diablo 3: help wanted for the physicsmesh and the worldmesh.
• Tales of Xilia: not possible to get models yet.
• Survarium: help wanted for the maps.
• 1954 Alcatraz: script released.

Compressed files and methods

• Tales of Vesperia: update after Ekey’s script was released.
• The Lost Vikings: DOS game needs some work done, for the author.
• Havok ANIM: how difficult this appears to be.

Game Localization

• GTAV: more info released about the in-game font.

Noesis

• Nothing relevant, this week. But the tool is as wonderful as ever. Wish it could view Metroid models, ah well. It can view ActorX stuff tho.

Other Tools

• BTS Tool: more progress is made.
• Bloodrayne Betrayal: tool released by Ekey. Will upload to the tools section.
• DisUnity: more questions asked, less answers given.

Happy Mother’s day to all mommies out here. A few, I bet, but still.

3D/2D Models

• FFX HD: progress update.
• MGS HD: script released, in embryonal state.
• Enchanted Arms: Noesis script request.
• Diablo III: progress continues happily.
• S4 League: progress is being made with help!
• Wipeout: the 1995 game has found a useful website!
• KH1: Giov is still working his magic 🙂
• Wild Arms 3:  the bin file is finally being experimented upon!
• Bots .bsc: seriously good progress.

Audio File Formats

• XWC: new script and information released.

Graphic Formats

• Swizzled: author has answered himself. Lucky him!
• Gladius PS2: tool is a WIP.

Game Archive Research

• Captain America: the game of the Winter Soldier, obviously!
• Shadow Warrior: erm, I’m not sure I understand what’s going on here.
• Darksiders WOW: script released.
• Farming Simulator: work on .shapes format.
• Diablo 3: info wanted on how to access levels.
• TOTEXB: unknown file format, info wanted.

Compressed files and methods

• J Stars: data provided.
• Rayman 2: tool provided for this. Amazing!
• GOD X360 Games: bad news for the author…
• Illusion Softworks SFL: Ekey has shared details on compression methods.
• Tales of Vesperia TLZC: Ekey has released script.

Game Localization

• Dark Souls 2: needs more attention apparently.
• Child of Light: serious progress being made.
• XCOM Enemy Unknown: first post about this game. Data provided.

Noesis

• Update Released with Doom map support!

Other Tools

• Ninja Ripper: development stopped…

Labor day week. And Star Wars Anniversary! May the 4th be with you 🙂

3D/2D Models

• Darksiders WOW: maxscript released.
• S4 League: fatduck is putting some serious effort in the script.
• Shenmue 2: textures being worked on. Didn’t know this game existed!
• Princess and the Frog: more than a kiss will be required to make those models appear, I fear.
• Survarium: zaramot promises to work on the script and he is known to deliver 😀
• Corpse Party: no joke, that’s the game name. Noesis plugin wanted.
• Star Wars TOR: alpha plugin for gr2 discussion and release here 🙂

Audio File Formats

• Still working on those pesky ME2 files.
• .AWB: files being worked on!

Graphic Formats

• Gladius: textures are still being worked on.

Game Archive Research

• Child of Light: released QuickBMS script for unpacking archives.
• 2Dk Drive: chipicao has released a script for this game.
• Android .Obb: and also a script for this format.
• Black Desert: .paz archives being investigated.
• KOTOR iOS: Ekey saves the day!
• 1954 Alcatraz: first time a .myn file is encountered..
• Darksiders: .oppc archives should not be too different from Warhammer files.
• BlackGold: 2 scripts and a friend at Snailgames make OP a happy bunny.
• LB DAT: more info on Hex offset data.

Compressed files and methods

• Wargame Red Dragon: edat files failed by QuickBMS script..
• Dawngate: chrrox has released a model script for this game 🙂

Game Localization

• Just one thread there was, solved with abundant suggestions of Notepad++. I like that utility!

Noesis

• A pretty silent period with no updates…

Other Tools

• Beyond Two Souls: tool close to being updated! Thanks HugoPeters!

Disasters permitting, here is another week of research.

Hope everyone’s had a great Easter and a relaxing\stuffy Holy Monday!

Tremendous headache…

3D/2D Models

• HOTD fan is back in the habit!
• KH1: GovaniF has released a beta tool, everyone say “thanks” 🙂
• FFXHD: Jecht (oh, the irony) is working on the models.
• Natural Doctrine: Zaramot has released a maxscript.
• And also one for Lost Planet 2.
• Luxox18 needs help to understand if meshes have Havok baked in.
• Released an experimantal tool to convert the Old Republic models to obj.
• Reaper of souls continues to make interest spark for Diablo 3.

Audio File Formats

• Yours Truly wants help for both ME2 and RE4 Wii. Wii!
• Alpha23 still needs some help for an iOS adpcm.
• .PCK files have to be worked on more…
• Dead Rising 2: the XMA2 format is worked on 😀

Graphic Formats

• LOS HD: only new thread is about Mirror of Fate HD Textures.

Game Archive Research

• Warthunder: official tools discovered!
• Titanfall is still a hot topic. Why, it’s beyond me.
• RE4: UHD file solved.
• Sleeping Dogs:  bigfiles see still a lot of work on them, especially for textures.
• Black Desert: .PAZ files are still being worked on.
• Naruto Ninja Storm: tools effectively under development.
• World Tour Fishing: tool released by Ekey.

Compressed files and methods

• Havok: SergeantJoe and Graty did their magic!
• Wargame Red Dragon: edat files need to be cracked…
• Ishtaria: Ekey has saved the day once again. Wish he helped me too..
• RaiderZ: still being worked on.

Game Localization

• ACIV Black Flag: translation tools “badly needed”.
• GTAV: Haider has made a very nice post with info about the game font.

Noesis

• Slowly but surely, it’s being expanded 🙂

Other Tools

• Beyond two Souls tool: Major update last Wednesday.
• DisUnity: more work required, apparently. And more investigations.

Disasters permitting, here is another week. Exam on the 12th, so apologies for any lateness but there is nothing I can do about it.

Happy Easter to everyone 🙂

3D/2D Models

• Diablo 3 app: Victory at Last!
• Star Trek: script released for the movie game 🙂 thanks!
• Persona 4: rmd files need to be analyzed.
• Dark Souls: flv templates released!
• Lords of Shadow 2 demo: some useful insight by Zardalu.

Audio File Formats

• Soul Calibur 5: first thread about this game’s music.
• Street Fighter X Tekken: .awb file investigation.
• .AWB: and speaking of the Devil, another thread about those!
• Super Robot Taisen: completed, I think?
• Grim Dawn: from yours truly.

Graphic Formats

• LOS Mirror of Fate HD: textures are still being investigated, and a repacker is asked for.

Game Archive Research

• Resident Evil 4: help wanted for unknown archives.
• Titanfall: work continues on the vpk archives.
• Tenchu: .vol files need to be investigated, for this old goodie.
• Tomb Raider: GhostBlade has released a tool. Congrats 🙂
• Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate Deluxe: a format made by MrAdults should be investigated.
• Hack: UV maps issues after extracting. Odd.
• Lords of Shadow: continued interest for this game, way better than its sequel.

Compressed files and methods

• Havok: SergeantJoe would like to know if some progress has been made.
• Rugby 2004: help wanted, also knowledge wanted.
• Sonic Secret Rings: an extensionless header needs to be decrypted.
• Diablo III: yours truly needs a reminder how to get stuff from the game.

Game Localization

Alas, nothing new under the sun. Everything worthy of translation is being worked on.

Noesis

• Another format in the works?

Other Tools

• Comparison between Noesis and 3d Object Converter.
• Released tool for Beyond two souls. Second tool already!

Another Week at the Xentax Forum. Aren’t you happy about it?

EDIT: Major system failure, lost 600+GB of data. Life sucks. Extremely angry. Spent saturday and sunday putting everything in place, that’s why I am late.

3D/2D Models

• Marlow Briggs: DarkMan wants to understand its obscure format.
• Webgl: success on both Chrome and Opera!
• Samurai Showdown: testing is done on these models yay! I still remember Amakusa at the Arcade, the girl with the magic ball weapon.
• Magic World II: CE needs help for those amazing NIF files.
• Webgl: figuresculptor has released a massive script! thanks a lot!
• Diablo III: amazing progress by TaylorMouse!
• Saint Seiya Online: someone help CE! OMG a game about the Saints! a game with the damn CAPES!
• Dead or Alive: work continues apparently. Porn galore.
• LOS2: fix found for UV maps of Lords of Shadows 2.
• 35$ Offer: Zaramot has given in to the dark side, and made some scripts 🙂
• .RES: First post of Darkman…
• SB: bug report and update.
• Ps3 EMB: lots of work being done here.

Audio File Formats

• ADPCM: a new version in the new Batman game?

Graphic Formats

• Mirror of Fate HD: progress is being done on the textures!
• SW TFU: textures need to be investigated.
• NTP3 to DDS: apparently there is this possibility.
• Dark Souls 2: a very small bit of insight about the textures of this game, TPF.

Game Archive Research

• ZuOnline: CE needs help in understanding this game’s archives.
• Legend of Wukong: and this.
• World Zero: and this!
• Dungeon Striker: and this! Gee, prolific is an understatement.
• Naruto Ninja storm: archive info posted and help wanted.
• XPAC Unpacker: released by Ekey. Congrats!
• DAT Unpacker (Anomaly): another release by Ekey!
• DAT Unpacker (Hydrophobia): again, prolific is an understatement!
• Lightning Returns: TRB Extractor worked on for two years. Kudos for persistence.
• Arkham Origins: ARA files should be investigated.
• Syphon Filter: resolutive necroposting for this PSP game.
• NASCAR 2011: more work on the script.
• CN Punch time: quickbms script made and working.
• Tomb Raider: interest continues after the 2013 release of the script.

Compressed files and methods

• Magic World II: compressed NIFs are the issue.
• .ARA: info on this? Completely unknown the format is.
• TDKR: cra0 should release a tool soon-ish. I didn’t even know the game existed, and I am a Batman fan!

Game Localization

• The Wolf Among Us: problem solved. Props!
• GTAV: test tools by Ekey. Getting better and better Ekey is.
• Goat Simulator: apparently it’s getting localized!
• Ground Zeroes: being worked on… lots of work ahead!

Noesis

• As popular as ever, the interest for this majestic tool never ends.

Other Tools

• Dissidia 012: I am persistent.
• Defiance tools uploaded to the tools section.
• Evolution Engine Cache extractor is still a work in progress.
• StarFox tools uploaded to the tools section.

Those who do not die, every now and then, return. Sometimes, even those who are dead return.

UPDATE: Lost two sections while writing this, have to restart. No idea why, so entries will be rushed, as I had almost finished… very pissed. Only Game of Thrones main title in flac can soothe me.

3D/2D Models

• $ offer: lumix continues his quest for the importer-exporter.
• Another $ offer: for King of Fighters, none the less.
• Unity: more work continues for this simple and flexible engine.
• FFXHD: last month’s issues have not been resolved.
• Dawngate: chrrox has released one of his scripts!
• Cabal 2: CriticalError is working on this game, and has solved most of his hiccups apparently.
• XT: he also solved them for this game, thanks to Ekey!
• Nine Days Myth: not so lucky for this peculiar game here.
• Diablo III app: what?
• Scarlet Legacy: cra0 has made some progress.
• HOTD: HOTDfan tries it again!
• J Stars: help wanted in getting the models out.
• Dead or Alive: yay, more development!
• God Eater 2: help wanted for this PSVita game. The original was quite nice..
• SW TOR: zaramot updated the scripts. Kudos!
• Sengoku Basara 4: he also released scripts for this game here.
• .BIN files: models do exist in those.
• Sonicomi: I admit I haven’t quite understood this.

Audio File Formats

• XMA Transform: Alpha23 has only ever worked with towav. Rejoice.
• ArcheAge: apparently this game has some good audio?
• FIFA: looking for a NFS Sound Extractor.
• Project Spark: Linkin Park galore!
• Dead Rising 2: currently under inspection. will be back for more.

Graphic Formats

• Castlevania Mirror of Fate: bad textures! Headers should not be missed!
• SEGA TPL: first investigation of this difficult format.
• Dark Sould 2: first thread about TPF textures of a maddening game.
• Hay Day: interest for a relatively unknown game.
• Eutechnyx: NASCAR textures need to be investigated a bit more, apparently.

Game Archive Research

• Archive X: development continues!
• Sine Mora: super update due soon!
• Dreamy Theater: development stopped.
• Fox Online: Ekey has released a decrypter.
• Titanfall: work continues, cra0 confirms it.
• UE4: some interest on this engine!
• MGS DAT: little development every now and then..
• Ninja Gaiden Z: coalesced.bin being investigated.
• LEGO Game: first post, no new info.
• LEGO LOTR: again, some small development every now and then.
• South Park: compression method investigated.
• Dawngate: extractor being worked on.
• Audition 2: Ekey is making his magic.
• Mitsurugi: the unpacker for this game works, apparently.

Compressed files and methods

• J-Stars: leyme wants help for the archives.
• LOL: progress is being made by thread creator, but some more support is still needed.
• TalesWeaver: a rather obscure MMORPG needs to be cracked.
• .DTA: Ekey needs support in understanding this format of Illusion games.
• Fist of Fu: another pretty obscure game, which needs to be investigated.
• .PT: format of those rhytm games needs to be understood. Let’s MaMbO!

Game Localization

• Blackguards: .lang files being investigated. Never heard of the game tho.
• Ground Zeroes: once michaelss has the time, he will look in the game files. He still needs help for Thief.
• Digimon Rumble Arena 2: help wanted for translating a Pokèm- wait..
• Bioshock Infinite: little progress, perhaps?
• LEGO Movie: author needs help for every boy’s favourite construction tools video game.

Noesis

• A quiet past week for Noesis, this was. And yet, more people have donated. Some more would be appreciated (myself included in this invite).

Other Tools

• 3D Object Converter: backlash of interest.
• Ninja Ripper: someone needs to better understand the heir of 3d ripper dx.
• F-Zero GX Viewer: from 2011, a new tool is arising, in c++. Thanks StarkNebula!
• Defiance Tools: those are being updated somewhat regularly. Nice job!