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Shard

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Garden and field files
« on: 2014-04-29 00:37:08 »
I'm trying to use Garden to extract FF8's field files (the ones listed by the .fl files and contained within the .fs files), but every time I decompile, it decompiles everything BUT the field files. I only get the expected structure of /eng/battle, /eng/menu, /eng/world, and /magic.

I've used the exe linked from the main site, and also tried the Polish version that's floating around. Neither seems to work, though I'm pretty sure I've done this in the past.

My field files are modified, but not corrupt. Deling and the game open them with no problems.

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Re: Garden and field files
« Reply #1 on: 2014-04-29 02:05:39 »
[...] Deling and the game open them with no problems.

You know that Deling can decompress .FS files, right? And in a much better way than Garden, too.

Shard

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Re: Garden and field files
« Reply #2 on: 2014-04-29 02:42:54 »
Deling does them one at a time (AFAIK). Is there a way to mass export all the field files at once?

I'll also need to be able to mass import field files from their folder structure.

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Re: Garden and field files
« Reply #3 on: 2014-04-29 20:13:50 »
I have the field files all extracted, but I don't remember how I did it. Knowing me, though, I'm sure I didn't do it one file at a time.

I just checked, and it does export everything at once.

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Re: Garden and field files
« Reply #4 on: 2014-05-04 00:20:48 »
I'm not seeing how to do it. Remember, I don't want the fl, fi, or fs files. I want the files inside them.

I guess my alternative is to study Deling's source code and write an extension for it myself, but I was hoping it would already do what I want.

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Re: Garden and field files
« Reply #5 on: 2014-05-04 12:11:47 »
Open field.fs with Deling and go to the "Import/Export" tab. Then hit Export, select a folder and you got everything.

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Re: Garden and field files
« Reply #6 on: 2014-05-04 19:18:40 »
The import/export tab only allows importing/exporting from the currently open archive. In the case of field.fs, that's mostly the individual field archives. Vgr, you probably have a different idea of what "field files" are. I believe Shard wants the ability to extract files from every field location at once.