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Post by JRavens on Apr 22, 2015 13:16:29 GMT
For those of you who wish to look through the oasisstring.bin file of all the text in the game I will attach and uncompressed version to this post. This could also be useful to those of you who wish to change the descriptions, names and other pointers referenced in the shop and crafting files. Please note this contains all of the (English) text in the game and so it obviously contains some spoilerish material buried within it if you have not finished the main campaign and/or especially the Valley of the Yeti DLC. Perusing this file may ruin some suprises for you... Even if you HAVE finished the whole game this is a bit of "don't look behind the curtain" type of stuff that could be kind of disenchanting for you. The more you dig into Far Cry files the less entertaining the game becomes in my opinion. It's a bit like watching a movie on your TV or in a theater verse watching the movie while it's being filmed on set. It's entertaining in it's own way, but not nearly as "magical". Ye have been warned. oasisstrings_compressed_converted.zip (669.49 KB) EDIT - oh I should also probably point out that attempts to change this file and recompress it have led to errors including missing text strings in the game and most problematically the "no lip synch" issue which causes NPCs mouths to not move when they speak to you. So unless/until a tool comes out that can correctly repack this file it's not recommended to try and change the contents of this file. |
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Post by pj on Apr 22, 2015 15:02:00 GMT
This is a gift from the Gods! (Well - from JR, anyway... he's almost a God - right?) (With apologies to old hackers) - a quick note for new "xml openers": As with most .xml files - (once it's unzipped) it can be opened with almost any text editor, but most - like "NotePad" - are plain text with basic formatting, making for a tough read. My personal favourite for general editing ease, readability, and search functionlity of all text-based files, but especially xml files - is Visual Express C#, from Microsoft (free) "Notepad++, from notepad-plus-plus.org/ , (it's free). However - for opening and easily understanding xml files - I use Microsoft's "XML Notepad 2007", from www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7973. This will give one a very readable (and printable) - graphical view of the file, and will hightlight any errors found. Editing is not so intuitive though, and so I generally switch back to Visual Express but it's the best tool to use when looking for something that doesn't immediately jump out. |
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Post by pj on Apr 22, 2015 21:27:54 GMT
What have you been using to open, change, save and recomplie, JR?
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Post by JRavens on Apr 22, 2015 23:36:39 GMT
What have you been using to open, change, save and recomplie, JR? A modder named General_Problem made a program to compress and decompress the FC3 oasisstring.bin Another modder took his source code and modified it to read the FC4 version. Unfortunately there's a problem re-compressing which causes pointers to get out of synch. As time went on and Ubi released more and more updates (with more and more text in that file) the problem became compounded leading to all the various issues. I'm hesitant to redistribute the tool since (A) it's not my work and I don't have his permission and (B) it's clearly bugged which could lead to even more problems. |
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Post by pj on Apr 23, 2015 0:39:55 GMT
Aaaahh... Yeah - Jim Rowley - I saw his posts and the JGR.Dun..., etc., prg this morning, and did play with it, but the results weren't good - but at least I'm on the right track. I had actually d/l it a coupla months ago. I didn't follow the rest of the thread (lotsa posts eh!) or go into anyone else's works yet. My wife had a doc appt this aft, and we've moved the whole darned family room around this evening, so just got "the beast" up and running again.
Later - and thank you. Some good info.
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Post by JRavens on Apr 23, 2015 3:29:27 GMT
Jim was a super nice guy and a heck of a modder. He actually created the skip intro for FC3 which starts you with Dennis (we bounced around ideas to take it further past the first outpost unlocked, but couldn't get it to work without breaking mission progression). He taught me a bit about the .LUA files and got me started on that path. Damn shame I can't put that stuff to good use in FC4. Any way he went on to figure out the compression schema for that OASIS file. That kind of stuff is over my head. I'm a tinkerer, but not much of a programmer... unless you count really crappy visual basic forms as programming (or 10 print "HI WORLD"; 20 goto 10  LOL) The tool I am referring to is actually not on the Ubi forums. I got it from another modding site. If your dead set on trying it out PM me and I will hook you up with the link. I just don't want to do a wide distribution because of the aforementioned reasons. |
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Post by alex on Aug 22, 2015 14:53:45 GMT
For those of you who wish to look through the oasisstring.bin file of all the text in the game I will attach and uncompressed version to this post.
This could also be useful to those of you who wish to change the descriptions, names and other pointers referenced in the shop and crafting files.
Please note this contains all of the (English) text in the game and so it obviously contains some spoilerish material buried within it if you have not finished the main campaign and/or especially the Valley of the Yeti DLC. Perusing this file may ruin some suprises for you...
Even if you HAVE finished the whole game this is a bit of "don't look behind the curtain" type of stuff that could be kind of disenchanting for you. The more you dig into Far Cry files the less entertaining the game becomes in my opinion. It's a bit like watching a movie on your TV or in a theater verse watching the movie while it's being filmed on set. It's entertaining in it's own way, but not nearly as "magical". Ye have been warned.
oasisstrings_compressed_converted.zip (669.49 KB)
EDIT - oh I should also probably point out that attempts to change this file and recompress it have led to errors including missing text strings in the game and most problematically the "no lip synch" issue which causes NPCs mouths to not move when they speak to you. So unless/until a tool comes out that can correctly repack this file it's not recommended to try and change the contents of this file.Hallo! And by means of what program, it is possible to convert "bin" in "xml"? |
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Post by JRavens on Aug 22, 2015 16:24:43 GMT
Sorry that tool is no longer available.
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Post by amrshaheen on Feb 8, 2021 12:00:57 GMT
Sorry that tool is no longer available. I need tool for convert bin to xml |
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Post by pj on Feb 8, 2021 16:44:18 GMT
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Post by Steve64b on Mar 31, 2021 22:39:15 GMT
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LOL)
