New to the whole file extraction business, but what program and software do I need to extract res files such as this image example? And what a .res file is exactly.

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vX-nK8Om3DBY5yhS5-fZyWlTDNd49OLC/view?usp=drive_link

Here's a link to the example I posted above if anyone can help me solve this problem. The file comes from the Wii version of the game "Princess and the Frog" and I've been trying to figure out on how to extract more complex files like .res because nothing on the internet seems to have a definitive answer on how they're extracted.

Please share public link to RES file on google drive. Image you provided is not enough.
Please also adjust topic's name and tell us more details like:

a) Name of the game (e.g. "The Simpsons: Tapped Out")
b) Platform (e.g. PC/XBOX/X360/PS1/PS2/PS3 etc.)
c) What methods did you already tried to solve your issue
d) What is the error message you see on your screen
e) What is the file format you're trying to figure out
f) Did you already tried to google the solution of your issue (e.g. file format specification)

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//------------------------------------------------
//--- 010 Editor v14.0 Binary Template
//
//      File: 
//   Authors: 
//   Version: 
//   Purpose: 
//  Category: 
// File Mask: 
//  ID Bytes: 
//   History: 
//------------------------------------------------
LittleEndian();OutputPaneClear();

local uint32 i;

char Sign[4];
uint16 Unknown_0;
uint16 Unknown_1;
uint32 Unknown_2;
uint32 DataBaseOffset;
uint32 Unknown_4;
uint32 TableOffset;

FSeek(TableOffset);

uint32 ResourceCount;

struct
{
    uint32 Unknown_0;
    char Sign[4];
    uint32 ResourceOffset;
    uint32 ResourceSize;
    uint32 Unknown_1;
    uint32 ResourceType;
}ResourceTable[ResourceCount]<optimize=false>;

for (i=0; i < ResourceCount; i++)
{
    FSeek(ResourceTable[i].ResourceOffset + DataBaseOffset);
    struct
    {
        byte ResourceData[ResourceTable[i].ResourceSize];
    }Resource;
}

 

Added support for it & the .raw string files in my extractor: https://github.com/smiRaphi/UniPyX

I extracted the Wii firefly_01.res using Aluigi's res extractor script

But the mesh format is a little bit weird (need to filter out the normals before applying the face indices).

(for the bmsh dat you can get the same result from the unpacked .res, btw):

 

edit: normals filtered out, holes and extra faces, ugly like hell :

Edited February 8Feb 8 by shak-otay