[PS1] WAD Tool Checksum

[Demo]

This tool can extract files from THPS2, THPS3 and THPS4 pseudo-archives and rebuild HED/WAD files by given folder.
Files should be named exactly as they were extracted, else game wouldn't be able to find it.

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/download/55exk ... ecksum.zip

HED file format

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until end of file
{
  4 bytes - file checksum
  4 bytes - offset in WAD file
  4 bytes - file size
}

Here's a small modification to demonstrate tool's functionality - different manual bar color.


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now the question. is there any way to know the original string, used to be filename. currently I get file extension by reading header, but this doesnt work for pre and fnt files (cause no unique header) and prolly some other. if there's no way to get it, then it's probably final verison.

the answer is here: viewtopic.php?f=5&p=4326#p4326
the tool is here: https://github.com/DCxDemo/WAD-Tool/releases

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If you can't find any internal tables within the ps1 disk you can try your luck with a THAW dbg.pak.
Aside from that there isn't a way to generate a string from a qbkey alone.

[quazz]

Any chance of a builder?

[Demo]

sure could pack files back, but this didnt work for thps1-2 where filenames were used, check kamiloxnumetal's tools (after repacking WAD, when build iso again, you get a red square on the screen). maybe he just writes smth wrong, else the offsets are hardcoded. just if i'd new how to get filename and generate again those 4 bytes

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Generating the 4 byte key is most likely just a CRC32 checksum of the string, 1's compliment.

[Demo]

just found that thps2 ps1 uses same hed file format. though nothing unusual there.

[Demo]

Any chance of a builder?

almost year after returned to this while working on thps2 mod again, i realised i can modify this tool to work with checksums.

[quazz]

Make a mod of thps4 on psx to include thps-thps2 levels so there are reverts and stuff

[Demo]

you can only replace those eight levels in the game and even that is nearly impossible cause everything is "checksummed"

[bAstimc]

you can only replace those eight levels in the game and even that is nearly impossible cause everything is "checksummed"

*dang*