June 13Jun 13 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
June 14Jun 14 Supporter 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
June 15Jun 15 Author 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!
June 15Jun 15 Supporter Solution 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.
June 25Jun 25 Localization 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
June 28Jun 28 Supporter On 6/25/2026 at 10:56 AM, NeoGT404 said: 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 The game just uses encryption, not LZRW. I made a mistake with another tool and file that I was examining together with this one... lol. But the tool I made works just fine with the file, so it doesn't need an update.
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