[TOOL] XRCatExtract .NET 2.0 cat/dat extractor

[stk25]

Made this tool maybe an hour after release but didn't bother uploading it because people already made tools, but now I see people are having problems with most of them needing .NET 4 or Python so I decided to upload it:

Usage:

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XRCatExtract.exe <path to cat file / path to XR dir> [extraction path]

If you don't specify extraction path:
Cat file: files will be in <catpath>_extracted/
XR path: files will be in <xrpath>/extracted/

Only needs .NET 2.0 which most people already have, if you have a newer .NET installed it should include 2.0 too

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[dez505]

Thank you nice work.

[Deleted User]

it works the same as the python file? do they find the same files?

[Seidr]

Was actually putting together a .NET version of the script I wrote - I'll dump that now I guess

[Exy]

The program crashes after a while on Win 7 64 when I place it in the X Rebirth directory (where all .cat files are) and run it.

The error message is nondescript except this part: System.IO.PathTooLongException

Indeed, the last file name shown in the console is ridiculously long.

[stk25]

The program crashes after a while on Win 7 64 when I place it in the X Rebirth directory (where all .cat files are) and run it.

The error message is nondescript except this part: System.IO.PathTooLongException

Indeed, the last file name shown in the console is ridiculously long.

Hmm that's weird, could you get me a screenshot of the console? Also have you tried verifying game cache in steam? Maybe one of your cat files is corrupt somehow

[socros]

Crash for me also. This happens during the extraction folder collectors_water in economy folder

[stk25]

Crash for me also. This happens during the extraction folder collectors_water in economy folder

If you could get me a screenshot I can try and figure it out, I'm thinking that maybe you guys are playing with non-english versions, haven't managed to test any of them yet though

[socros]

A screen [ external image ]

[Seidr]

I had this issue with my Python script also. I believe it's due to the limit of filename / path length on Windows - I could however be mistaken, but the filenames are exactly the same.

[Sandalpocalypse]

Crashed at that same point, w7-64, English version.

The file in question appears to be in 02.dat

01 and 03-07 extract fine

[socros]

It's 01.dat for me, 02-07 no extract

[stk25]

Hmm I think I know what's going on...
The path of the file being extracted is

\assets\structures\Economy\collectors_water\unique\struct_econ_cw_ar_water_j_connector_02_data\assets_structures_economy_collectors_water_unique_struct_econ_cw_ar_water_j_connector_02-collision.xmf

(pretty hueg )
and I think most of you probably have steam installed to program files, so thats:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\X Rebirth\extracted\

Putting them together makes:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\X Rebirth\extracted\assets\structures\Economy\collectors_water\unique\struct_econ_cw_ar_water_j_connector_02_data\assets_structures_economy_collectors_water_unique_struct_econ_cw_ar_water_j_connector_02-collision.xmf

Which is a path with length 262 characters
The max length of a path in windows is 260 though afaik, guess that you'll have to copy the cat files somewhere else and then use the extractor...
I'll upload a new version now which'll warn you if the path is too long
Edit: actually I could probably just shrink the default path to \ext instead of \extracted, I'll add the warning too though

[Coultar]

I can confirm that it works if you copy your .dat and .cat files into a directory that is shorter in length. My testcase was c:\a .

[stk25]

Alright managed to get a fix in place
Changelog:
- Checks if the path is too long before extracting, will exit if it is
- Extracts to <xrpath>/../XR_ext/ instead of <xrpath>/extracted
(e.g. If your path is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\Common\X Rebirth the extracted files will be in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\Common\XR_ext)

Check the OP for download link

[Deleted User]

thanks!

[chill0r]

Good tool but your fix didn't work

Still raising the error while extracting

[Goekhan]

Why are you putting people through a referral/redirect/ad?

[snwboardn21]

Can you not use wildcards such as *.cat ?

[xXPhantomFenix]

Link doesnt even goes directly to Nexus Mod site... how misleading..