[Wii] Tenchu : tmp files and endianess
Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 9:22 pm
Hi guys
I am exploring Tenchu:Shadow warrior files on the Wii.
I managed to get into the main archive but my first problem was a container/compression file i found .tmp.
I am certain it is a container cos there are chunks of junk/padding followed by havok files ("WaaW" signature and every other thing in an havok file). My problem is i cant seem to find any form of file offset/size/pointer to help me effectively get past the chunks of unknown data.
Secondly I am predominantly a Pc programmer and i have never come up against Big Endians even when I came up against PS2 files.
I am wondering if I should take any extra precaustions. I am slightly confused cos the strings appear intact (I dont think they are ever affected by endian conversion).
The problems is that there were Havok files outside the tmp container that have turned out to be unreadable by every version of the havok sdk i tried. So even if i manually extract the files from the tmp files i cant check if I got things right.
I wonder is there a way to mass convert a file's endianness?
I am exploring Tenchu:Shadow warrior files on the Wii.
I managed to get into the main archive but my first problem was a container/compression file i found .tmp.
I am certain it is a container cos there are chunks of junk/padding followed by havok files ("WaaW" signature and every other thing in an havok file). My problem is i cant seem to find any form of file offset/size/pointer to help me effectively get past the chunks of unknown data.
Secondly I am predominantly a Pc programmer and i have never come up against Big Endians even when I came up against PS2 files.
I am wondering if I should take any extra precaustions. I am slightly confused cos the strings appear intact (I dont think they are ever affected by endian conversion).
The problems is that there were Havok files outside the tmp container that have turned out to be unreadable by every version of the havok sdk i tried. So even if i manually extract the files from the tmp files i cant check if I got things right.
I wonder is there a way to mass convert a file's endianness?