Program to extract GLOBAL.RES?

[elias2999 0]

Hello, anyone here know any forum DarkMatters Software / Program to extract the text file GLOBAL.RES of Sacred 2, or can that can make a program that does this kind of service?

 

PS: I'm from Brazil, and as I am not very good English wanted to do the translation of all texts of this game for Portuguese so I could play.

 

Thank you, and I await the response of any soul that can help me.

Edited June 29, 2010 by elias2999

[Dragon Brother 619]

There are a few programs that will open it up but they all give an error message involving running out of memory or memory address errors. Plus, what it can display is just garbage most likely due to encryption/compression of some type.

 

So unless theres someone out there with a fair bit of RAM willing to give it a try, but most likely its a limitation of the programs themselves being unable to handle such a large amount of data.

Edited June 29, 2010 by Dragon Brother

[Llama8 8]

We've asked Deep Silver for some info on how to extract/decrypt/etc it & it's on their "list of things to look into", but I wouldn't spend too much time waiting...

[Dragon Brother 619]

I dont suppose pestering would help?

[Llama8 8]

Not unless your aim is to get on their ignore list, probably not...

[Dragon Brother 619]

Ah well...I guess its just one of those things...or we hire an awesome hacker!

[Llama8 8]

Yup. Still, it's something to remind them about come S3 beta time (or before)...

[czevak 57]

Thorium tried to decypher it for us, but I haven't heard from him in months. He said something about it being a hashtable of some kind.

[elias2999 0]

Hello, czevak, you said the "Thorium" unable to open the file GLOBAL.RES of Sacred 2? Is he not sending me this e-mail program?

 

I tried to open this GLOBAL.RES of Sacred 2 here with a program that my friend made for me (Jenner), because I'm doing the translation of all texts of the Sacred UNDERWORLD one more expansion, only when I open the RES Sacred 2 of this program, the program gives an error message. NOTE: The message is in Portuguese, as it was done by a Brazilian. OK

 

Someone here on the forum could get this program and try to reschedule it because I have communicated with the Jenner about this program and he also said that the. RES of Sacred 2, has encryption / packaged in a format that he does not know.

 

Or something, I also have another program I used to translate the texts of the Sacred one, before I begin using one that was made by Jenner, only when I try to upload the file. RES in the program it hangs GENERAL.

 

Manji anyone here who could help me in programming, or pick up these two programs and try to do some reprogramming them so that they, can identify it. RES?

 

Thanks to all who are here to help me, hopefully some of that extraction. RES of Sacred 2.

 

 

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Llama8, this is what Deep Silver? Sorry the question because as I said I'm new here?

 

Staff is there any possibility to make some program for the extraction and compilation of texts of Sacred 2 GLOBAL.RES? What do you think?

Edited June 29, 2010 by elias2999

[Llama8 8]

Deep Silver are the Western European publishers for Sacred 1 & 2 & they currently own the Sacred IP.

[Dragon Brother 619]

Yup. Still, it's something to remind them about come S3 beta time (or before)...

Most definitely. Of course...that is gonna be a while...

 

Thorium tried to decypher it for us, but I haven't heard from him in months. He said something about it being a hashtable of some kind.

 

Sigh...I just looked up hash tables on wikipedia...seemed nasty.

[mackeyz 0]

anyway you can use c++ progamming or borland delphi to open global.res,

[elias2999 0]

anyway you can use c++ progamming or borland delphi to open global.res,

 

But if I use I can open the GLOBAL.RES remove all files, call someone to help me translate, and then put back on that. RES?

 

What program could do it then have any suggestions?

 

Deep Silver are the Western European publishers for Sacred 1 & 2 & they currently own the Sacred IP.

 

Llama8, how do I contact him?

But he managed to open the file. RES, managed to edit the texts and test the game?

Edited June 30, 2010 by elias2999

[Thorium 115]

Llama8, how do I contact him?

But he managed to open the file. RES, managed to edit the texts and test the game?

No, I didnt.

Sacred 2's global.res is a complete other format than the one of S1.

 

Yes I did put some time in it to try to break it but unfortunatly I dont have much time for some month now.

 

The format is much more complex than the one of S1 because it will be not decrypted on loading. It seems it only decrypts the single strings if they are used and it seems that they are not idetified by there ID but by there hash. And thats not easy to break, at least not for me. ^^

Edited June 30, 2010 by Thorium

[Llama8 8]

Wow, they really didn't want us modding the in-game text did they?

[Schot 407]

I'm no expert but I do know of one. Mr.Mouse as he goes is a talented fellow. He made quite a few mods and plugins for Sacred Underworld back in the day. He seems to have quieted down in the past year but maybe if he was asked he would be willing to help. He has his own site/wiki/blog/forum as well as a popular resource editing software he created and sells, MultiEx Commander. Sacred 2 isn't in his list of supported games but if asked he may be able to add it.

 

I don't know how to contact him but here's a good start. XeNTaX.com

 

Good Luck!

[Thorium 115]

I'm no expert but I do know of one. Mr.Mouse as he goes is a talented fellow. He made quite a few mods and plugins for Sacred Underworld back in the day. He seems to have quieted down in the past year but maybe if he was asked he would be willing to help. He has his own site/wiki/blog/forum as well as a popular resource editing software he created and sells, MultiEx Commander. Sacred 2 isn't in his list of supported games but if asked he may be able to add it.

I know him. Back in the Sacred Underworld days we chattet about sacred internals. ^^

But I dont know if he will do anything for sacred anymore. He not just quieted down, he was forced to quit develop stuff for sacred. His work attracted the interest of ascaron in a negativ way and they asked him to quit hacking sacred or they would sue him. Well he wasnt the only one receiving such e-mails from Ascaron.

 

My luck was, that I never did any hacks only tools and mods and I know some of the developers from beta testing. So I never received such a e-mail. ^^

[Dragon Brother 619]

I saw that you went and posted over there schot and elias. Hopefully they notice and are able to do something. *fingers crossed*