Xbox files extraction

[GodOfBlackfield]

Hey @NicknineTheEagle, I'm trying to extract assets from the xbox files of NFS The Run, which used frostbite 2. About the xdbecompress.exe you mentioned to use in the thirdparty folder, do we just place it there and run the script, or something else has to done?

[NicknineTheEagle]

As the README says. You should have xbdecompress.exe and xbdm.dll, place them in thirdparty dir.

[NicknineTheEagle]

Strange, I did check NFS: The Run X360 a few years ago and it extracted just fine. Maybe try Battlefield 3 or Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel, those are Frostbite 2 as well.

[GodOfBlackfield]

Ohh if it helps, I'm only trying to extract a single dlc from the xbox files, without the base game.

[NicknineTheEagle]

That could explain it, I remember NFS: The Run DLC extraction being busted, but I don't remember if I ever fixed that or not. Try extracting just the base game.

[GodOfBlackfield]

Hey man just a heads up, I managed to get the base game, and just to try, I placed the extracted dlc folder in the update/patch folder. It worked like wonders, and explains why the dlc extraction was getting busted. This one you may know already, but turns out the dlcs are actual delta patches, meaning they work only in tandem with the base game. So, do you knwo any tools which compile the extracted ebx, res and chunks resources back into sb and toc files? Or atleast something that can construct the game files from the assets?

[NicknineTheEagle]

I see, you haven't really made it clear that you didn't have the base game files before, otherwise the issue would have been immediately obvious to me.

If you want to mod the game, there's Frosty Editor, although I don't know if it supports Frostbite 2 or not, and I don't believe it supports console versions.

[GodOfBlackfield]

The frosty editor doesn't support frostbite 2, I tried even with the first release on github. It works best for the newer games like nfs payback.

[NicknineTheEagle]

Then I don't know.