Star Trek: Deep Space Nine-Dominion Wars

[dimi]

This is a old game(2001) but I can't find any extractor for .blt archive.
Download archive sample (making with WATTO's Archive Cutter) at

http://s6.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=307TZ ... WDS2TAE1XG

[friendsofwatto]

OK, we will look into this for you soon.

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[Strobe]

try using Jaeder Naub until someone makes a archivereader for this type.
if you want to replace the files in the archive you should wait for
a real archiveparser, but for temporary extraction i think Jaeder will
do the trick on this one. ...i hope...

EDIT: you would need an BinkPlayer to view the contents of this archive,
from http://www.radgametools.com/

[dimi]

Unfortunately music probably stored in mp3 files because Jaeder Naub find only bik files with speech.Thank you anyway for help.

[Strobe]

Further analyzation of the backend of the cutted file, and i came up
with that the music is actually raw PCM data. but as I did not have a header (it was probably cut out) I dont really know what the real format is,
but here is the cutted back file when converted to a WAVE header,
and it seems to be music for me =D

[dimi]

Ok.Let's wait unpacker.Maybe WATTO can write plugin...

[friendsofwatto]

Specs so far...

Code: Select all

+-------------------------------------------------+
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Dominion Wars *.blt |
+-------------------------------------------------+

4 - Header (BOLT)
4 - Unknown
4 - Unknown
4 - Unknown
4 - Unknown
4 - Unknown
4 - Directory Offset (64)
4 - null
4 - Unknown
4 - Unknown
4 - Unknown
4 - null
4 - Unknown
4 - Unknown (2)
4 - Archive Size [+18]
4 - null

// for each file
  2 - Unknown (8)
  2 - Unknown (2816)
  4 - File Length
  4 - File Offset
  4 - Hash?
  
X - File Data

Will be writing a plugin for this game soon.

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[Strobe]

I think the File Offset value is + 4.

the first file in the archive starts at 388, but the
offset value says 384.

or maybe im just confused =o

[friendsofwatto]

hehe I think you might be right - I would be checking that alittle when I write/test the plugin. I think I remember seeing something like this in one of the archives I was looking at.

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[Mr.Mouse]

Actually, I think there's a little more to this format.

Are there any small archives, so we can have a complete one?

[Strobe]

God I love analyzing binary data!

If my mom knew that 80% of my life was hexxing strange
files at my computer she would send me to the psychward.

....now that was off topic =o , but just a little bit.

[friendsofwatto]

Hehe yeah, I wrote my own Hex-analysing program, and sometimes my mum comes over to see what I am doing and she just can't grasp it at all - just staring at a screen full of numbers.

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[dimi]

Upload "smallest" archive file for yours analysis (10mb)

http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=39RM ... SJ3K8T0FYH

[friendsofwatto]

I have written a plugin for this game that uses the specs I posted above - it worked on the original file you attached but let me know if you have any further problems and we will look into a more precise spec.

The plugin for this game is in the latest Game Extractor - http://www.watto.org/extract/download.html

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[dimi]

I tried new plugin and it work partially with ds9media.blt(where to be video and audio files).Archive was 227 521 kb and GameExtractor unpack only 20 files (43 mb) probably bik files http://s35.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2XC8 ... Q1O8Y8V5EL