09-27-2024, 03:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-27-2024, 05:19 PM by DearlyStars.)
I have managed to find 'idx2dec', a command line tool to extract BIN files from the game from GitHub. I do not have any experience with actual programming unfortunately, especially not much with C#. As such, I have been unable to use this program even though I am 90% sure that this is one of the last steps that I need in order to extract what is in the files. There is no release version of the tool, meaning I am trying to figure out how to compile or build the given code by myself. I am looking at it in Visual Studio (with Strawberry perl and .NET being requirements) and I am admittedly very lost. I know the code works as I can run it in debug mode and there are no errors. However, there is no place to input the directories that I need in debug mode.
![[Image: BTUHa85.png]](https://i.imgur.com/BTUHa85.png)
From what I understand, if the code works, you put 'idx2dc' into the command prompt tool, followed by the file paths to where they are located on the computer. However, when I try running the program, it either won't let me input anything (if it launches in debug mode) or automatically closes out (if it launches from the release folder). I am still trying to learn how to use the tool and have asked the creator for insight, but I have not heard anything back. I am still currently at a loss, but will continue trying.
That being said, by brute force, I feel like I've learned so much about different ripping, emulating, and modeling tools including:
- dslazy
- melonDS-MelonRipper
- Console Tool
- NDSFactory
- Tinke
- MKDS Course Modifier
- VGMToolbox
- DeSmuME X432R
- Blender
I will keep continuing until I can figure it out.
UPDATE:
I made some small progress. We are not programmers, but my brother helped me out with forcing 'idx2dec' in reading the files. Again, no experience here, just Googling my problems. I went to the Solution Explorer tab for the project, found 'idx2dec', right clicked to Properties, then navigated to 'Debug' > 'General'. Then to 'Open debug launch files UI'. In the Command Line arguments, I put the paths to the BIN and IDX files. To my surprise, the file runs... It just can't decompress anything.
![[Image: AnwGQ4A.png]](https://i.imgur.com/AnwGQ4A.png)
It instead dumps out a 0 byte file. So... A little disappointing, but I will continue working on it! At least it is some progress! Still have not heard back from the creator yet.
From what I understand, if the code works, you put 'idx2dc' into the command prompt tool, followed by the file paths to where they are located on the computer. However, when I try running the program, it either won't let me input anything (if it launches in debug mode) or automatically closes out (if it launches from the release folder). I am still trying to learn how to use the tool and have asked the creator for insight, but I have not heard anything back. I am still currently at a loss, but will continue trying.
That being said, by brute force, I feel like I've learned so much about different ripping, emulating, and modeling tools including:
- dslazy
- melonDS-MelonRipper
- Console Tool
- NDSFactory
- Tinke
- MKDS Course Modifier
- VGMToolbox
- DeSmuME X432R
- Blender
I will keep continuing until I can figure it out.
UPDATE:
I made some small progress. We are not programmers, but my brother helped me out with forcing 'idx2dec' in reading the files. Again, no experience here, just Googling my problems. I went to the Solution Explorer tab for the project, found 'idx2dec', right clicked to Properties, then navigated to 'Debug' > 'General'. Then to 'Open debug launch files UI'. In the Command Line arguments, I put the paths to the BIN and IDX files. To my surprise, the file runs... It just can't decompress anything.
It instead dumps out a 0 byte file. So... A little disappointing, but I will continue working on it! At least it is some progress! Still have not heard back from the creator yet.