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Hi all! I've been reverse engineering this engine on and off for a while now (specifically the engine for Spy vs Spy 2005). I'm assuming there wasn't major changes over the years, here is some potentially useful info. Custom File Format The game is actually fully programmed in the custom files described above (the engine itself doesn't have any game logic). Custom files are all serialized the same way, which is a series of versioned nested nodes that define objects/fields (in the 2005 engine, there's ~400 object types). The first reference to an object initialized it. These objects are everything from entities, meshes, textures, etc. The raw data often matches a standard format for the console (for xbox: textures are mostly mipmaps of A8/DXT images and audio is ADPCM).  To put this in context, here is what you might have to do to go get a texture (assuming the first instance is being referenced by the script that fires when the map loads): .map file -> FileObject - field: object -> MapObject - field: onMapStart -> ScriptNode - field: children -> SpawnActionNode - field: entity -> Entity - field: materials -> Material - field: texture -> Texture - field: color_buffer TL; DR, it's quite hard to reverse engineer the custom file formats without deep understanding of the engine. My Research I made a GitHub org that has all my work: https://github.com/vicious-rebirth Currently, all the repos are private because I'm trying to figure out the best way to release without getting a cease and desist (I think Little Orbit still owns the engine and there's some algos that are patented by MS). This said, I'll try to release my web tool on GitHub page for extracting assets (mileage will vary). I can give read access to anyone interested. Useful Videos Vicious Engine Demo (a good summary of the features from the devs) Vicious Engine Tutorial (a partial series of tutorials of how to use the engine - useful to understand the various types of objects) Extract Model (a preview of a model I extracted for proof)

I'm hoping Grabbed By The Ghoulies would get the same treatment. Really don't want to rely on renderdoc only to get broken geometry 

I tried EA Graphics Manager but it doesn't work for The Need for Speed: Special Edition. Any help in converting files into JPGs and can you update the program to add support for this game? These files have LZ77 compression theneedforspeed_pc_fsh.rar theneedforspeed_pc_qfs.rar

hello ,  any script to extract or decrypt .pak files from "neverness to everness"  ? I tried using Fmodel but only some files open while other don't they seems to encrypt even the .ini' settings files . here a sample :  sample

Thanks! Good to know!