[Release] DBC Converter Source

Right, the majority of this works, however i decided in the end that it would just be best to dump the source of the project here and people can make changes and modify it as they need to.

To start off you will need some .dbc files to decode to .txt files, and then you can convert them back again. Make sure you update the Count at the top of the file if you make changes, and ensure that the layout is correct, if something is placed in the wrong place or missing, then it wont work, this is very important.

There is no difference between the 2 files bellow.

Good luck.

Issues

Currently the original Conquer .ini files will not work due to having to store the header and count within the files.

The RSDB files (things like 3dmotion.dbc) will happily convert to a text editable state and back again, provided that the offsets are correct, if you make an addition and dont modify the offset correctly it will not work so you need to be very careful with these files.

Yay Finaly! Big Thanks!
#edit
Works Fine for DBC>txt But Not Good txt>DBC

You finally got around releasing it ^_^

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Originally Posted by †he Knight Yay Finaly! Big Thanks! #edit Works Fine for DBC>txt But Not Good txt>DBC

Like i said in my post ^_^

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Originally Posted by Korvacs Like i said in my post ^_^

Yeah.. Anyways It's kinda useless this way.. Are you about to make it working and if you are, when?

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Originally Posted by †he Knight Yeah.. Anyways It's kinda useless this way.. Are you about to make it working and if you are, when?

No im not going to make it work beyond this, which file were you having difficulty with btw? The way its been written most of them will work both ways.

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Originally Posted by Korvacs No im not going to make it work beyond this, which file were you having difficulty with btw? The way its been written most of them will work both ways.

the most important ones ... 3dObj and 3dtexture
Please make it working :(

Thanks Korvacs

The only files i found that dont convert back to .dbc from .txt is ,armor/weapon/armet (edited or unedited)

@ †he Knight 3dObj and 3dtexture work fine for me. edited and converted back to .dbc

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Originally Posted by Macnoo Thanks Korvacs The only files i found that dont convert back to .dbc from .txt is ,armor/weapon/armet (edited or unedited) @ †he Knight 3dObj and 3dtexture work fine for me. edited and converted back to .dbc

Yeah these are the ones i figured there would be problems with, its a similar structure to the .wdf stores, which makes converting back to .dbc tricky.

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Originally Posted by Macnoo Thanks Korvacs The only files i found that dont convert back to .dbc from .txt is ,armor/weapon/armet (edited or unedited) @ †he Knight 3dObj and 3dtexture work fine for me. edited and converted back to .dbc

They will convert back.. But not right.. I just reconverted one dbc > txt >dbc without editing it.. and the text in it isn't same..


To Korvacs

Dude my Life depend on this Please help :)

what is the use of this? , explain ...

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Originally Posted by SaM.ThE.MaN what is the use of this? , explain ...

It's No use for now (since They aren't working properly)
If they work good:
- In 5165 Client .ini Files Can't be edited(if you edit them they won't react) so, You gotta edit. dbc files which are hiden in c3.wdb

.dbc files have the same structure, but written in binary text format..
Use "this" converter to edit dbc files :)

another great release Korvacs, too bad it doesn't work with the official conquer

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Originally Posted by [GM] another great release Korvacs, too bad it doesn't work with the official conquer

Well no, it currently works one way completely dbc -> txt, and in some cases txt -> dbc also works, but thats why the source is here so people can make changes to it to get it to work.

Anyone get this to work txt -> dbc? Searched the forum for over a hour and all I found was dbc -> txt and some converters that don't work at all.

Kinda a 6 month bump but needed an answer :/