Decrypting Problem

Hello.
I'm encountering a big problem. I'm trying to decrypt the MagicType.dat but with no success. The available decryptors I found are not working. After I select the file and start the decrypting process, in the end I get a text file full with unknown characters (something like [][][]) and nothing else more.
The client version is 5039. I thought trying to decrypt it for another version (5165) and it worked but for this one it doesn't. Do, any of you, know why it can't be decrypted and does any of you members know how to successfully manage to decrypt it ? Any advices or help is really really really appreciated.

i am not sure about versions. but search for a post by high6 ( not sure if he made the post using this username) Thread title should be DatCryptor V2. It will help you with all sorts of .dat files.

I found the decryptor and still the file can't be decrypted but thanks for your help.


L.E: After a deeper searching I found something interesting. In one of a guy named Arco, somebody told him that he need to read it in binary (same problem with MagicType.dat). I don't really know what it means but maybe you guy can enlighten me.

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Originally Posted by G4George I found the decryptor and still the file can't be decrypted but thanks for your help. L.E: After a deeper searching I found something interesting. In one of a guy named Arco, somebody told him that he need to read it in binary (same problem with MagicType.dat). I don't really know what it means but maybe you guy can enlighten me.

You need to use [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...].

As for the structure of magictype.dat:

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Originally Posted by nTL3fTy Magictype.dat structure: datatype name int amount uint[amount] id MagicType[amount] magictypes MagicType structure:  Spoiler datatype name uint type uint sort byte[16] name uint crime uint ground uint multi uint target uint level uint use_mp int power uint intone_duration uint percent uint duration uint range uint distance uint status uint req_profession int req_exp uint req_level uint use_xp uint weapon_subtype uint active_times uint auto_active uint floor_attr uint auto_learn uint learn_level uint drop_weapon uint use_stamina uint weapon_hit uint use_item uint next_magic uint delay uint use_item_num uint sender_action byte[64] description byte[256] description_ex byte[64] intone_effect byte[260] intone_sound byte[64] sender_effect byte[260] sender_sound uint target_delay byte[64] target_effect byte[260] target_sound byte[64] ground_effect byte[64] trace_effect uint screen_represent uint use_in_market uint target_wound_delay I believe this should be all you need to parse the file. The id mentioned in the beginning of the file is type*10+level. With that information, you can build a dictionary.

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Originally Posted by nTL3fTy You need to use [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. As for the structure of magictype.dat:

Thank you mate but I supose I need to write some kind of a program just to be able to edit this file right? Because that's what I need, I need to edit it and re-encrypt it but if it requires programming language, I think I will give up. Thank you so much again.

no, lol.
if you dont know basic programming, you can always use the ASCII table. just look up the numbers in ASCII table and search for their corresponding values.

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Originally Posted by shitboi no, lol. if you dont know basic programming, you can always use the ASCII table. just look up the numbers in ASCII table and search for their corresponding values.

I'm even more confused now... In the end, to be able to see the correct content of the file, what kind of programs should I use ?

It's NOT encrypted.

What they are telling you is that it's a structured binary file. He just posted the structure of the file which you can use to create an encoder/decoder program.

Use the binary reader + the structure he posted to try to pull out the information you want...

Then you can work on writing a program to turn it into a normal text file

Then make a program to convert the text file into a structured binary file.

So in the end, I need to create a program, which I can't possibily do because I lack of knowledge. Thanks alot anyway...

.... LEARN the knowledge. It's not difficult.

You don't need to capitalize some words to make me understand what you're meaning... I feel like you're yelling at me.

he was not yelling just using his big boy voice to offer you self help guidance so people do not need to hold your hand.
You would get further by saying I am willing to learn please give me a place to start so I am not dumbfounded with the overflow of learning resources available.

observe.

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Hello pro4never I wish to learn

What would be a good place to start.

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Maybe, but I already decided to start learning a programming language, and that's Visual Basic. I think I can handle it and then, maybe I can resolve even this decrypting, or w/e it's called, problem.

to summarise this thread. DatCryptor v2 does decrypt/encrypt the dat files seamlessly. however the file you are handling is not reading friendly.

One solution has been previously mentioned by 2 members. use binary reader.

Or you can learn the binary number system and use it together with an ascii table. This would be tedious and only works if you know what you're after. The first solution is only to have the machine iteratively performace these troublesome look-up tasks for you.