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[PC] Mass Effect 3 DLC (sfar)

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[PC] Mass Effect 3 DLC (sfar)

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Hi,

Does anyone know how to unpack/pack filetype sfar (e.g. DLC From Ashes)? We need for translate.
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Re: [PC] Mass Effect 3 DLC (sfar)

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Inside the file we can see
RAFS > G r amzl
Maybe is some LZMA?
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Re: [PC] Mass Effect 3 DLC (sfar)

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Rick have already made an unpacker, although it works only with little endian (PC), the xbox files are the same with the exception of Big Endian.

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peshkohacka wrote:Rick have already made an unpacker, although it works only with little endian (PC), the xbox files are the same with the exception of Big Endian.

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peshkohacka wrote:Rick have already made an unpacker, although it works only with little endian (PC), the xbox files are the same with the exception of Big Endian.

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That's not true, my SFAR handling code detects endianness appropriately. If it's actually not working, please let me know and/or provide cuts.
https://blog.gib.me/

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Re: [PC] Mass Effect 3 DLC (sfar)

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Rick, can u send me mini-manual for decode and encode sfar file? Thanx.
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Re: [PC] Mass Effect 3 DLC (sfar)

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Rick could you add repack support? Thanks!
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And what about a PackSFXArchive? I'd like to repack the DLC in order to delete the unused bik movies and lang files that I don't use.
Mass Effect 3 Default.sfar Explorer v1.1.0.4: http://www.mediafire.com/?o56z866a44dn3bv
Folder of all my Mass Effect 3 DLC programs: http://www.mediafire.com/?qyzdci68fx6cf
SVN Folder: http://amarok86-me3-tools.googlecode.com/svn/
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Rick wrote:
peshkohacka wrote:Rick have already made an unpacker, although it works only with little endian (PC), the xbox files are the same with the exception of Big Endian.

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That's not true, my SFAR handling code detects endianness appropriately. If it's actually not working, please let me know and/or provide cuts.
Compiled the latest commit (rev40) still throwing "NotImplementedException" when tries to find out the Compression Scheme. This are 2 small .sfar archives with 360s endianness.
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Ah yeah, I don't have LZX implemented. PC files only use LZMA. I'll look into it.
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Is SFAR an acronym for SFx ARchive?
Mass Effect 3 Default.sfar Explorer v1.1.0.4: http://www.mediafire.com/?o56z866a44dn3bv
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leroyjenkins wrote:Is SFAR an acronym for SFx ARchive?
Most likely, "SFX" -- internal project name for Mass Effect.
https://blog.gib.me/

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Re: [PC] Mass Effect 3 DLC (sfar)

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Rick, are you working on packing support? Because if so, I wouldn't like to the the same work over again. And you're much more familiar with the file formats, than I am.
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Rick wrote:Ah yeah, I don't have LZX implemented. PC files only use LZMA. I'll look into it.
Sorry about the misunderstanding i should have clarify that i had endian problems i had was with the very first commits, and now only the lzx appears to be problem.
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Re: [PC] Mass Effect 3 DLC (sfar)

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Rick Good job with sfar unpack! Any idea, how translate DLCs, how insert translated tlk file?
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