James Cameron Avatar .pak

[aluigi]

"Error: there is an error with the decompression the returned output size is negative (-1)"

that's normal because. as I wrote, that script was only a test (the avatar packages are "stranges")

[zedEXt]

A good test, half games unpacked!

[Danio]

For some time i have been observing discussions in different forums and all the people have the same problem with unpacking .pak files from the game Avatar. It is hard to find the specifications of those files. However, we know that the game works on Dunia engine technology (the same as in Far Cry 2). WinRar can not help, but in the case of Crysis it worked.

Is it possible that the method showed above work on PC?

[zedEXt]

When unpacking the file "data.pak", the script finds the same "*. pak" files in the package and exits, you need to finish that-be "*. pak" unpacked as regular files (ignore unpacking inside the archive data.pak). - Google translate.

[Hawkear]

"Error: there is an error with the decompression the returned output size is negative (-1)"

Replace

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        if ZCHUNKSZ == 0
            log MEMORY_FILE OFFSET CHUNKSZ
            math OFFSET += CHUNKSZ
        else

with

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        if ZCHUNKSZ == 0
            if CHUNKSZ == 0xffff
                log MEMORY_FILE OFFSET MAX_CHUNKSZ
                math OFFSET += MAX_CHUNKSZ
            else
                log MEMORY_FILE OFFSET CHUNKSZ
                math OFFSET += CHUNKSZ
            endif
        else

Works here with the PC-Version of Avatar (sound.pak and data.pak tested).
Strange format, indeed.

[Bioscope]

hey, luigi. Do you have a final script for the pc version of avatar then? Please direct me to it, as i am only now learning how to use your awesome tool quickbms...

[aluigi]

no, I didn't continue with the research on this game.
so the so called "final script" is ever the original one plus the above patch of Hawkear (I have not tested it but I'm sure it works ok):
http://aluigi.org/papers/bms/avatar.bms

as written in the header of the script it's not supported and indeed I have not indexed on my website too.

[Rick]

Someone posted on my blog about my FC2 code's XmlResourceFile working with Avatar; does my FC2 archive viewer also work?

[VenomOC]

Hello, I come just say i new script provided by aluigi funcioando this perfectly in the PC version, extract normally Arqiva.

Now I will translate the game for the Portuguese.

Thank you.

[zeeh]

Do the translated files need to be recompiled back to .PAK files to work?

[VenomOC]

He needs to be transformed into one. PAK again yes, but I'm not getting, I do not think any tool for that. anyone have any idea?

Thank you for a while.

[Kryspin]

Someone posted on my blog about my FC2 code's XmlResourceFile working with Avatar; does my FC2 archive viewer also work?

No. I created unpack/pack tools for Avatar PAK file format and it's similar, but header is different (header is at the end of file and compressed by block).

My tools is for my use (we created Czech translation of Avatar game). Maybe I'll can in future release my tools.

[VenomOC]

Hello friend Kryspin, as you conseguil create a tool to package the files of the Avatar, could make HUGE PLEASE send me it? I promise not to make it available here in the forum.
Is it only for my use, to translate this great game for the Portuguese. The same way your right?

Please?

My email if you want me to help:

[email protected]

Thank you for your attention.

[McGregor II]

No. I created unpack/pack tools for Avatar PAK file format and it's similar, but header is different (header is at the end of file and compressed by block).

My tools is for my use (we created Czech translation of Avatar game). Maybe I'll can in future release my tools.

Kryspin, you don't have to translate this game, it contains a czech language but if you change value from english to czech and you play the game you will see nothing but graphics, I don't know why but czech and polish (my lang) have another structure than english or russian (which is similar but has another end of the file) and you have just change the structure and if you do this plz send me how you did this cause I want to play in my native language but I have no idea how can i change structure or pack this file again to the pak file.

[Pepino]

well.. i'm extract the data.pak, but now i have a bunch of files.. i have to pack again.. how i can do this?

please send me a script =D