S3DatPacker

Tool to unpack/repack Settlers 3 dat archives

Usage

./S3DatPacker option filename

options: -u Unpack dat archive -r Repack dat archive

When repacking, the result is saved as "test.dat".

It can only deal correctly with specific types of bitmaps right now, so when changing existing/adding new ones, they should adhere to the following scheme to prevent unintended results:

• Sprites, textures and menu textures are 16-bit RGB565, where black means transparent
• Color-indexed sprites are 24-bit, where pink (->RGB(255,0,255)) means transparent
• Shadows are 16-bit RGB565, where pink means shadow and black means transparent

tl;dr keep the bitmaps in the same format when you change them

Notes

Only archives from the GFX folder are supported for now

Changelog

-v0.5 - original release