Empire of Magic 2003 - Dat extractor

[UZ.-]

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for some help extracting this .dat file. I've already tried several QuickBMS scripts and even used AI to help analyze it, but I still haven't been able to get good results.

Would anyone be willing to take a look or point me in the right direction? I'd really appreciate any help or advice.

Since the file is slightly larger than the forum's upload limit, I've uploaded it to MediaFire for anyone who would like to analyze it.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/jc2gdq8qdhtbhc3/Graphics.rar/file

Thanks again for taking the time to help—I really appreciate it

 

[Rabatini]

On 6/13/2026 at 2:27 PM, UZ.- said:

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for some help extracting this .dat file. I've already tried several QuickBMS scripts and even used AI to help analyze it, but I still haven't been able to get good results.

Would anyone be willing to take a look or point me in the right direction? I'd really appreciate any help or advice.

Since the file is slightly larger than the forum's upload limit, I've uploaded it to MediaFire for anyone who would like to analyze it.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/jc2gdq8qdhtbhc3/Graphics.rar/file

Thanks again for taking the time to help—I really appreciate it

 

The game uses encryption and compression. The encryption is TCryptoStream and the compressor is LZRW1KH.

I made this tool. Just drag and drop, or use the command line to unpack, decrypt, and decompress the files.

As for the extracted files, you will have to figure them out yourself... but I guess the hardest part is done.

EmpireMagicUnpack.zip

[UZ.-]

Hi @Rabatini, Thank you so much for the tool, it worked perfectly! It's a shame it extracted the files in .GXL format; I'll find out how to extract them with AI. Thanks as always!

[Rabatini]

21 hours ago, UZ.- said:

Hi @Rabatini, Thank you so much for the tool, it worked perfectly! It's a shame it extracted the files in .GXL format; I'll find out how to extract them with AI. Thanks as always!

So its resolve.

[NeoGT404]

Also added support for it in my extractor but I'm not sure where LZRW1KH get's used as I'm not seeing anything, also "TCryptoStream" is not an algorithm, it's a custom one

Also the format detection is pretty finicky so please report any misidentified files (include the file name and first 4 bytes)

https://github.com/smiRaphi/UniPyX/commit/7610142f7006bcc86d6198c03f0bb91add3f97fb