Extract some models and textures?

[1qwerty]

I extracted a PSP.DAT file out of KZ:Liberation UMD, which is 500Mb so all data is obviously there.

How can I rip off some files from there? There's plenty of filenames at beginning when viewing it with hex editor.

I really want that helghast soldier model. He looks so cool.


Edit: Nothing found with google, dogpile and other search engines.

So maybe if I'd write a program to read that file would be the only solution?

[Scruffy120]

this is a shot in the dark
rename it to .zip
maybe you can extract the stuff like that lol, it prob wont work...but hell worth a shot!

[1qwerty]

I tried renaming it to some other archive types:

• .zip: Very long loading time and finally an error message
• .rar: No errors, but it showed up as empty (no any files)
• .tar.gz: Error
• .iso: Error
• .jar: Error, again.
• .lzma: Shows one file in it, "PSP", and when extracting, error.
• .cab: Error

Maybe I should try other formats too? Suggestions?


Don't you think making an all new archive format just for a PSP games is waste of time, when they could just have used any of the existing ones?

But the original Killzone 1 for PS2 actually has similar DAT files in it. Maybe they really did make a new archive type?


Maybe some other guerrilla games use same file format?

Maybe this "mini-killzone" is built on modified KZ1 engine?

[Scruffy120]

try getting a program called
iso buster
maybe it will extract files from the .DAT?

[1qwerty]

IsoBuster says:

A filename cannot contain any of the following characters:
/ : < >

But I use Ubuntu and I ran it trough wine. Maybe that's the problem? Could you try it on your windows installation? Pleeaase?

[iamshadow]

Try renaming it to .7z and open it with 7zip.or rename it to bin or maybe cab

[1qwerty]

Doesn't work. The file format isn't probably any zip or iso we could read with public tools.

And I think isobuster gives that error because windows uses \ for directories, while Linux/Unix uses /.

[iamshadow]

have u tried renaming it to ISO and opening it with UMDGEN?since it came out of an iso...i will look for a program to open dat files...

[1qwerty]

Shit, again this stupid filename error. Could somebody try on his Windows machine? Wine (runs windows apps under Linux) can't run UMDGen properly.

[1qwerty]

I installed WinXP in a virtual machine (in Ubuntu) and got IsoBuster working ok. Isobuster says there are ~850 xml files in the DAT. But it doesn't let me extract or view them, "this thing is only for registered!". I'll try again with a cracked isobuster. (wtf? xml files?) Edit: And UMDGen couldn't open the file at all.