Djey : TDU Modding Tools II [Release 2.1.0.0]

[zuckbin]

Love this new: maybe soon i'll play again...

[Minime891]

Looking good mate, good luck with the many more tests to come.

 

+rep

[Jorgemodek]

very good news !

 

But the worse is still coming .... repacking tdu2

[Djey]

yeah, sure for the people in charge... but as stated before repacking BIG files is not my business ;)

Good luck for such people, if they ever come by here :)

 

I assume one's TDU2 works @ exploded state.

[Speeder]

This isn't a big problem since we can launch TDU2 unpacked. ^^

[Tool831]

I assume one's TDU2 works @ exploded state.

 

Yeah my TDU2 can be run at unpacked state, pretty simple process of doing it. :) It's sort of like NFS Shift "loose" unpack, the simple way to explain it.

 

(I personally thought you knew about this could be wrong)

 

+Rep for the progress btw.

[Djey]

Unpacked TDU2 works, I have been told how to and have tested it recently.

 

It was just a warning for people thinking I will make a BIG repacker - which thing I will never spend time on.

[Tool831]

Alright, understood. Yeah .big and .map are sorta worthless imo, it may be helpful for loading but I don't see any performance lacking one way or another.

[Djey]

This week, internal testing continues - especially with repacking HUD files for TDU1. Which can't be loaded by the game engine for weird reasons.

If all goes as expected, volunteers will get a hand on this piece of crap next week.

 

Without any guarantee as always, you know :)

[thunderhawk17382]

Impressive, we're "all" still here. :D

I barely had time for gaming or modding, in recent months.

Nevertheless, I am impressed and very grateful that there will be TDUMT2. After release i will perhaps revive some of my old projects for TDU1.

 

Have a nice d ...d ... development ;)

Best regards

Stefan

[Djey]

Hi Stefan, cool to see you there, still .

 

Let's hope people will make extraordinary things for TDU2 as they did for his elder brother :)

[TBU2]

At first, i'm from holland so maybe sometimes bad english language.

 

I don't know if it is any added value. But i can explain the complete XMBF database file.

Someone handy with C language or scripts maybe able to make in into a simple editor, or load the values into your existing previous TDU1 editor.

[Djey]

Hi, TBU2 !

 

Any help is appreciated :) Thanks to you, XMB editor may even appear earlier than expected!

 

Programming language is not an issue btw , I'm using C#:D

[TBU2]

Ok. What do you think would be the easiest way to explain te file in hex to you?

 

The file contains 53 different databases/tables.

 

Is it allowed to explain the layout here, or should we do that in private?

[Djey]

I prefer to use skype in text mode, I can send you my id via private message.

[TBU2]

I don't have skype :D. Maybe i can download it. Do you have a MSN Messenger account?

[Tool831]

Hey Djey,

 

Have you used the name "HankMoody47200" over at a game research forum? Reason I ask is they are doing the same thing, as you are with TDUMT (Even with the XMB editor) Just wanting to check if that is you or not. I know you would register under "Djey" but you never know.

 

Seems odd is all.

[thunderhawk17382]

Hey Djey,

 

Have you used the name "HankMoody47200" over at a game research forum? ...

Same thought here :D "been working on BNK file format for years now"

[rollingtheboy]

moodythepote repacked the first TDU2 bnk tonight with success...who are you moodyyyyy

[Djey]

What a coincidence :D

 

Edit: on a side note, help from TBU2 was more than valuable. Thanks again mate !

+rep

[tomsolo]

The xmb files is a simply xml files just binary format . The main problem - for me - when i play the xmb files: parsing the values: ok, but how to build the right xml structure?

Some value seems generated (indexes, classes), some value maybe dummy or constant.

 

Of course, maybe I thought wrong - I'm not a programmer:)

[Djey]

Believe me or not, tomsolo, I'm working with XML files on a daily basis - and it's not even comparable to XMBF format - which is proprietary thus no spec on the internet does exist to show how to read it efficiently.

That's not just because extension is xmb that it's binarized xml.

 

Though you're right saying they are binary files... ;)

[tomsolo]

Oh, I believe you :)

[rdcmrt]

You're awesome dude, maybe TDU2 will become a good game after all :D

[Djey]

hi guys, we are very close to beta testing ;)

 

Some of you have already applied to receive the very first version; it will be online tomorrow, latest results make me feel very positive !