lslib VS jpexs-decompiler

Larian uses their own proprietary filenames for their resource files. In this case profile8.lsf is a binary so editing this would be extremely tedious. However a lovely lad by the name of Norbyte has created a useful tool (https://github.com/Norbyte/lslib) to convert LSF files to LSX. My very clever guess would be LSF stands for Larian Studio File and LSX stands for Larian Studio XML. LSX files are are simple XML files that are very intuitive and easy to read and edit. These LSX files contains a number of different elements that describe different states such as if you have completed the tutorial etc. What we are looking for is this element group that describes DisabledSingleSaveSessions, essentially Honour Mode runs:

Larian's save files are not normally readable, so we need a tool to convert them to an editable format. You can find the tool here: Download Save Editor. Download and extract it to a folder.

The literal answer: https://github.com/Norbyte/lslib

In order to do this, you'll need to use a third-party tool, Larian Export Tool. Modifying the game files in this way causes the game to recognize that it has been altered; I do not know at this time if this makes the file ineligible for achievements.

1. Download LSLib Toolkit, pick "ExportTool-v1.18.2.zip" https://github.com/Norbyte/lslib/releases

So far the instructions I've found have directed me to use something called UNREALPAKNo idea what instructions you're following, but do yourself a favor and use what every other modder uses: github.com/Norbyte/lslib

This is the most infuriating thing I've ever tried. Nowhere on this original page is a straightforward download guide.

Download:  https://github.com/Norbyte/lslib/releases

silly me...click the release tab. (in the time of writing: https://github.com/Norbyte/lslib/releases/tag/v1.15.15)

If you're lucky, the developers will have used a standard format to store their assets and you can just use an existing asset extractor to do the dirty work for you: Unreal, Unity, and Flash (.swf) are some of the most popular ones.

I recently found an awesome flash decompiler[0] and used it to get around site-locking on some swfs I downloaded years ago.

Some swfs require files from the sites they are hosted on but I downloaded them and modified the swfs to find these files on a local server instead.

So cool being able to modify the source code whereas back in the day I had to rely on hex editing to invert conditionals.

[0] https://github.com/jindrapetrik/jpexs-decompiler

jindrapetrik/jpexs-decompiler: JPEXS Free Flash Decompiler (github.com)

JPEXS ffDec is amazing for decompiling them: https://github.com/jindrapetrik/jpexs-decompiler/releases

You can use "inspect element" on the page in Chrome to find the swf. Once you've got it, you can use JPEXS to dump the sound files.

For future reference, you can also extract contents of SWF files using the free program ffDec.

but if anyone finds this and is curious, JPEXS decompiler is by far the best option. https://github.com/jindrapetrik/jpexs-decompiler

I wanted to change the art that is displayed on the loading screen and wanted to ask if I'm doing it the right way. So far the instructions I've found have directed me to use something called UNREALPAK to unpack the Game.pak file, then look for the loadingScreen.swf file and decompile it with this program. After that I should be able to replace the image and, I assume, recompile and repack the loadingScreen.swf and Game.pak files respectively. Does this sound right? If so, where do I find the "UNREALPAK" tool/program? Is there a better tool/program to use for decompiling the loadingScreen.swf file? And if this isn't the correct process, would anyone be able to help me determine the best way to do this? Any help would be appreciated.