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Mario123311, posted Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:04 am (74948)

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So, with progress on the game's core model format finally cracking on XenTax: I can confirm the DAR files are archives. All the data for the stage geometry and even enemies are in there, including textures and even sounds are in them. Figured I'd post this here to see if anyone could potentially understand how to unpack these. Same game engine and formats were used for Appleseed EX, a game by the same developer.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/h7yay9y7 ... 0.dar/file

BloodRaynare, posted Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:31 am (74949)

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Here's BMS script to unpack your sample file:

dreamfactory_dar.bms

Code:

IDString "DAR\x0"
get UNK long # Version?
get FILES long
get ZERO long
for i = 0 < FILES
   get OFFSET long
   putarray 0 i OFFSET
next i

for i = 0 < FILES
   getarray OFFSET 0 i
   math i   1
   if i == FILES
      get DAR_SZ asize
      xmath SIZE "DAR_SZ - OFFSET"
   else
      getarray NEXT_OFFSET 0 i
      xmath SIZE "NEXT_OFFSET - OFFSET"
   endif
   string NAME p "d." i
   log NAME OFFSET SIZE
next

Mario123311, posted Tue Jan 10, 2023 4:35 am (74950)

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Just gave this script a try. It's spewing out a bunch of unknown .DAT files...

EDIT: Nevermind, it just spat out some additional DARs and some TM2 files for one of the archives? Gotta keep testing.

BloodRaynare, posted Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:20 am (74951)

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Unfortunately, the DAR archive itself doesn't carry any filenames so you won't get any.