Decoding GameMap.dat

[Arcо]

Well I was working on a project tonite, it was decoding Gamemap.dat.
Thanks to the help of haydz I finally got this and it works!

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static string ConquerPath = @"C:/Conquer 2.0";

        static void Main()
        {
            Console.Title = "GameMap.dat";
            using (BinaryReader Reader = new BinaryReader(new FileStream(ConquerPath + @"ini\GameMap.dat", FileMode.Open)))
            {
                TextWriter TW = new StreamWriter(@"C:\Gamemap.txt");
                uint TotalMaps = Reader.ReadUInt32();
                TW.WriteLine("Total Maps: " + TotalMaps);
                TW.WriteLine();
                Console.WriteLine("Writing....");
                for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaps; i++)
                {
                    TW.WriteLine("MapID: " + Reader.ReadUInt32());
                    int Length = Reader.ReadInt32();
                    string Path = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(Reader.ReadBytes(Length));
                    TW.WriteLine("Path: " + Path);
                    TW.WriteLine("PuzzleSize: " + Reader.ReadInt32());
                    TW.WriteLine();
                }
                TW.Close();
                Reader.Close();
            }
            Console.WriteLine("Done!");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

    }
}

First you must create a text file in C:/ drive or wherever you want, just don't forget to change the streamwriter location.
Then make sure the pathway to your gamemap.dat is correct.
Debug and bam!
The maps are listed in this form.

MapID
Path
PuzzleSize

#edit
I don't know if this is the right section for this.
Probably goes in programming?

[Korvacs]

Moved.

Little tip for you:

TextWriter Writer = new StreamWriter(new FileStream("YourPathHere", FileMode.Create));

[SaM.ThE.MaN]

C++? is it?

[Korvacs]

Originally Posted by SaM.ThE.MaN

C++? is it?

C#

[SaM.ThE.MaN]

korvacs i know it is off post,
could ya tell me what is used to program for C# , and the download link to it

[MasterFletch]

Originally Posted by SaM.ThE.MaN

korvacs i know it is off post,
could ya tell me what is used to program for C# , and the download link to it

Do this.

[Arcо]

Originally Posted by Korvacs

Moved.

Little tip for you:

TextWriter Writer = new StreamWriter(new FileStream("YourPathHere", FileMode.Create));

Ah so that's how you do it, I kept trying different ways and kept getting noob errors.
Thanks.

[Korvacs]

No worries, now it'll create the text file or overwrite it.

[†he Knight]

Oh my *** , You are a genius!

[Fish*]

Originally Posted by JuiceDCodeR

Oh my *** , You are a genius!

not genius, but knowing what his talking about.
Big different.

[gabrola]

Originally Posted by JuiceDCodeR

Oh my *** , You are a genius!

Not really something special...
And don't bump old threads.

[†he Knight]

Can you make a relase to convert it back to gamemap.dat?

[pro4never]

Originally Posted by JuiceDCodeR

Can you make a relase to convert it back to gamemap.dat?

Read the text file and then use a binary writer to write the values back to gamemap.dat.


hell... isn't there a released gamemap.dat editor that will decrypt/encrypt?

[gabrola]

Gamemap.dat isn't even encrypted, just needs to be parsed. Basically the whole file goes like this
Int32 MapID
Int32 Length
char* MapPath[Length]

[Kiyono]

Originally Posted by JuiceDCodeR

Can you make a relase to convert it back to gamemap.dat?

See my signature.