Posted by odjo on March 16, 2000 at 14:21:44:
In reply to: Re: Tombpc.dat posted by Jantje on March 16, 2000 at 13:06:48:
> Yeah I know, but it you can't convert tombpc.dat files to txt files...
Since i accidentally deltree'd TR analysis directory of my poor ( and
space-hungry ) harddisk, i was dumbfounded and lost interrest in continuing
my TR tools project. When hagix uploaded the gameflow tool on TR newsgroup,
the itch got me hexdumped tombpc.dat.
If you read its simple hexdump list, its characteristic pattern is very
visible and you'll want to write an ersatz gameflow.exe.
I made some coding/decoding dos utility ( not in gameflow file format, but
effective. )
ASCII strings in gamepc.dat are simply xor-encoded perhaps lest the over-
curious gamer should know some game secret prematurely, i think.
The simplest way to extract strings is xor the while tombpc.dat with the
key char.
odjo
Gameflow.exe also demands PSX strings but it's ok with as many dummy strings.
Tombpc.dat format seems to be not by the hand of original TR programmers.