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Kratos9999, posted Thu Feb 23, 2017 11:48 am (20963)

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Hi aluigi, currently my NFS Carbon translation for portuguese is going better, but there are some text files into the archive attached, the nfsu bun script is compatible with many .dat files, but with this an error is showed: "Get block type LONG 115 line".
Can you adapt the script for extract this DAT archive in particular?

aluigi, posted Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:37 pm (20965)

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That file is not a bun archive.

Kratos9999, posted Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:53 pm (20967)

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So, you can make a script made for me to extract the contents of this archive?

aluigi, posted Thu Feb 23, 2017 2:53 pm (20968)

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It's not an archive at all.
Use a hex editor maybe.

Kratos9999, posted Thu Feb 23, 2017 4:32 pm (20971)

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Do you say cut the texts in hex editor, translate them, and paste in same local with hex editor?

aluigi, posted Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:42 pm (20984)

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If you want to translate that file you can use the hex editor directly on the text strings you see there by "overwriting" the current bytes that compose each string.
Just remember to use strings shorter/equal than the originals and put ever a 0x00 byte at their end.
It should work.

Kratos9999, posted Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:11 pm (20993)

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Understood, I'll try here

Kratos9999, posted Fri Feb 24, 2017 11:38 pm (21000)

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Talking about limitations size, Aluigi, you can write a tool for me in this post: Tool for Export/Import BIN files in NFS Carbon, I think you the better people to make a tool like this, you know the JDLZ, HUFF and COMP algorithms.
Is why is impossible translate a text for other language and keep the same size, the tendency is for the file to get larger and this is one of the biggest obstacles in my translation. I would be
very grateful if you would
make this program for me

aluigi, posted Sat Feb 25, 2017 9:38 am (21004)

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What bin files you mean?
The script already covers all the archive formats I found.

Kratos9999, posted Sat Feb 25, 2017 11:14 am (21007)

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Is the ZZDATA.BIN files, the script works fine for extract and reimport them, but when a file become larger than original, the reimport is not possible, if the filesize is 200Kb, and after translated the new size is 201Kb, it is not possible to make the reimport properly. The only way is rebuild the container to edit the reserved space for new file and update de infos in Zdir.bin, I belive that Zdir.bin contains the offsets for the files in ZZDATA archives.

Kratos9999, posted Sun Feb 26, 2017 7:11 pm (21041)

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Hi aluigi, I finally solved my problems with ZZDATA archives, I reimport the big file modified with the option "force" of quickbms, and after this I make a patch with the ppf-o matic between the original ZZDATA and the modified. In final, I apply the patch in original ZZDATA and the game works perfectly, same using the "force" mode in reimport.
This topic can be closed, and this can be deleted:
"Tool for export/import ZZDATA.BIN files"
Thanks

aluigi, posted Sun Feb 26, 2017 7:18 pm (21042)

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Don't worry, we can leave them open

gledson999, posted Fri Mar 10, 2017 1:19 pm (21350)

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If you use "force" with files bigger than original, example: replace 355kb to 322kb, the file will be truncated and cause crash in some part of game randomly, need to edit the header file or allocate to end of file.

I made a brazilian translation for this game with this BMS, thanks . and @swuforce!
https://gledson999.blogspot.com.br/2017/03/ps2-lancamento-need-for-speed-carbon.html

Kratos9999, posted Fri Mar 17, 2017 11:01 pm (21585)

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Hi gledson999, I don't knew it that you have made a translation for this game. So, I think you can help me, my problem now is: the text files in game are 3, but it seems be repeated, 6. I replace 3 of them, but the game continues in english and when I see in hex editor, there is my texts translated and the same texts in english, but the BMS don't extract this repeated files, they are as a second layer, more or less.
How do you make for extract them?