Ive been doing some programming on my own, for S&G, and ive been working with .dat files. I can write and read my own strings and numbers from my own dat files, because im just writing straight up ascii hex values, and reading ascii hex values, but when I read the EHM dat files, its a jumbled mess. Does it have to do with the endian (the back bit goes first, or vice versa), or is it encrypted? or what?
I know we have working tools, but I wanted a go at my own, and I cant see to get started
Extracting .dat files
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Re: Extracting .dat files
Are you using C/C++? If so, you need to set the endianness by adding the following line to the top of your code:
If you're still struggling, you might want to try the tutorial I put together here: http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/vi ... 110&t=8593
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#pragma pack(1)