DAT File Tool

Started by namida, June 14, 2015, 02:17:52 AM

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namida

So, someone was having trouble with QuikPack (which I don't really blame them for, it's a horribly outdated tool with many options that are mostly irrelevant now, and isn't very user-friendly, not to mention its DAT compression isn't very efficient either). So, I put together a new tool for managing DAT files; primarily those containing levels.

http://www.neolemmix.com/old/lemtools/DatPacker.exe

It's primarily designed for use with DAT files that contain level packs, but it works with any compressed DAT file, and any contents in them. It can add and remove sections, reorder them, and extract them. Although designed with NeoLemmix in mind, it should work perfectly fine for DOS / traditional Lemmix DAT files too (with the caveat that each section in the DAT file must not exceed 64KB in the case of DOS, and there's probably some upper limit on the DAT file's total size there too; there are effectively no limits when using with NeoLemmix or with recent versions of regular Lemmix).

Hope you guys find use for it! :)
My projects
2D Lemmings: NeoLemmix (engine) | Lemmings Plus Series (level packs) | Doomsday Lemmings (level pack)
3D Lemmings: Loap (engine) | L3DEdit (level / graphics editor) | L3DUtils (replay / etc utility) | Lemmings Plus 3D (level pack)
Non-Lemmings: Commander Keen: Galaxy Reimagined (a Commander Keen fangame)


namida

Wow. Such irrelevance. Very random.
My projects
2D Lemmings: NeoLemmix (engine) | Lemmings Plus Series (level packs) | Doomsday Lemmings (level pack)
3D Lemmings: Loap (engine) | L3DEdit (level / graphics editor) | L3DUtils (replay / etc utility) | Lemmings Plus 3D (level pack)
Non-Lemmings: Commander Keen: Galaxy Reimagined (a Commander Keen fangame)


Wafflem

Just a small typo: if I open a DAT file and extract all the level files, there is a dialog box that asks if I want to manually choose filenames. The "Yes" and "No" seem to be flipped around; if I say "Yes", it doesn't manually choose filenames and automatically extracts the levels, and if I say "No," it prompts me on where to save my levels and what the filename should be.
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Have level designer's block right now? Have some of my incomplete levels for LOTS of ideas!

namida

My projects
2D Lemmings: NeoLemmix (engine) | Lemmings Plus Series (level packs) | Doomsday Lemmings (level pack)
3D Lemmings: Loap (engine) | L3DEdit (level / graphics editor) | L3DUtils (replay / etc utility) | Lemmings Plus 3D (level pack)
Non-Lemmings: Commander Keen: Galaxy Reimagined (a Commander Keen fangame)