CHICAGO 1930 - 2003 / res unpack

[UZ.-]

Hello everyone,

I need some help extracting a .res file from the game Chicago 1930. I’ve tried several methods using tools like QuickBMS, Dragon UnPACKer, and Watto Game Extractor, but none of them have given me any results so far.

Do you think it might be possible to visualize or extract the contents using Noesis? Any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much. I’m leaving the file in attachment

Interface.rar

[zbirow]

20 hours ago, UZ.- said:

Witam wszystkich,

Potrzebuję pomocy w wyodrębnieniu pliku .res z gry Chicago 1930. Wypróbowałem kilka metod z wykorzystaniem narzędzi takich jak QuickBMS, Dragon UnPACKer i Watto Game Extractor, ale żadna z nich nie przyniosła mi żadnych rezultatów.

Czy uważasz, że możliwe byłoby zwizualizowanie lub wyodrębnienie zawartości za pomocą Noesis? Będę bardzo wdzięczny za wszelkie wskazówki i sugestie.

Dziękuję bardzo. Zostawiam plik w załączniku.

Interfejs.rar 8,07 MB · 0 pobrań

There are noticeable zlib blocks in the files, so the data is compressed. When I have some time, I might write an unpacking tool.

[zbirow]

In addition to the zlib blocks, there are also text blocks and some data blocks. After decompressing the zlib blocks, we have raw texture data, with their height and width being a few bytes before the zlib block. A lot of work went into this.

[UZ.-]

Hi @zbirow tks for the comment and information! Wait for your great tool to decompress the files; I'm not a programmer and I don't have enough knowledge to investigate this file on my own. I've tried several res unpacks, even with many QuickBMS scripts, but I haven't had any luck :C

[UZ.-]

@zbirow hi! any update for the unpacking tool? thank you !!!

[zbirow]

12 hours ago, UZ.- said:

@zbirow Cześć! Czy jest jakaś aktualizacja narzędzia do rozpakowywania? Dziękuję!!!

I'm currently working on another project and don't have enough time to analyze the formats of the extracted files. The PICC blocks contain images, but I don't know how to build them.

[Rabatini]

Its zlib compressed container, use zlib offzip them, just open in mummggtool with 16 bits image

[UZ.-]

7 hours ago, Rabatini said:

Its zlib compressed container, use zlib offzip them, just open in mummggtool with 16 bits image

Hi @Rabatini, I understand that zlib off is a program. Should I use it to extract the .res file and then open the extracted files with mummggtool? Thank you so much for always helping with your vast knowledge of everything.

[Rabatini]

43 minutes ago, UZ.- said:

Hi @Rabatini, I understand that zlib off is a program. Should I use it to extract the .res file and then open the extracted files with mummggtool? Thank you so much for always helping with your vast knowledge of everything.

https://aluigi.altervista.org/mytoolz/offzip.zip

[UZ.-]

1 hour ago, Rabatini said:

https://aluigi.altervista.org/mytoolz/offzip.zip

@RabatiniI can’t get it to work. When I drag the file onto it, it creates another file with the same name but adds the word “unpack” to it. On the other hand, the commands from the forum either give me an “invalid argument” error or “Error: No such file or directory.”

It’s worth mentioning that the .res file is in the same folder as the program :C

[Rabatini]

drag and drop.

Chicago1930-extractor.zip

[UZ.-]

56 minutes ago, Rabatini said:

drag and drop.

Chicago1930-extractor.zip 109.91 kB · 0 downloads

Raba, thank you so much!!! I got the .dat files. Now I need to view them with mummggtool?

[shak-otay]

Used a simple approach, with offzip I got 00776491.dat, then this with Gimp: