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How to extract png from dat file? - horseshoecrab - 04-17-2021
hi everyone, these past couple days i have been trying to rip a lot of the sprites from youkai watch puni puni, a lot of them seem to be stored in .dat files. i opened one up in notepad++ and it had a png file name in it so i assume that's what's stored in it but i have no idea how to get to it. is there a program or something that could get them out for me? i tried to search past threads but everything i found either went way over my head or i tried it and it didn't work. thanks! :)
i've also uploaded one of them here in case anyone wants to mess with it, if the link doesn't work please let me know
RE: How to extract png from dat file? - Raccoon Sam - 04-18-2021
that particular file contains indeed these strings in pairs, just before a bunch of entries that appear to be 0x27 bytes in width:
all_ef_s01_02_1 and all_ef_s01_02.png,
all_ef_s01_03_1 and all_ef_s01_03.png,
all_ef_s01_01_1 and all_ef_s01_01.png,
all_ef_s01_01_2 and all_ef_s01_01.png,
all_ef_s01_01_3 and all_ef_s01_01.png,
all_ef_s01_01_4 and all_ef_s01_01.png
But the data doesn't look like graphics, more like models or something. I'm not familiar with the game but I don't believe these files contain sprites.
RE: How to extract png from dat file? - horseshoecrab - 04-18-2021
(04-18-2021, 12:12 PM)Raccoon Sam Wrote: that particular file contains indeed these strings in pairs, just before a bunch of entries that appear to be 0x27 bytes in width:
all_ef_s01_02_1 and all_ef_s01_02.png,
all_ef_s01_03_1 and all_ef_s01_03.png,
all_ef_s01_01_1 and all_ef_s01_01.png,
all_ef_s01_01_2 and all_ef_s01_01.png,
all_ef_s01_01_3 and all_ef_s01_01.png,
all_ef_s01_01_4 and all_ef_s01_01.png
But the data doesn't look like graphics, more like models or something. I'm not familiar with the game but I don't believe these files contain sprites.
hm that's weird, this file was in between 2 sprites and is named similarly to them so that's why i thought it also was one. a lot of stuff from the game seems to be missing from the files even though i used bluestacks tweaker to download it...is there a way to get these files out anyway? they might be something else i'm looking for