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Posted: **Sat Sep 29, 2007 1:34 am**

Cruor wrote:1. Stop using XVI32.
2. Go to http://catch22.net/ and download Hexedit.
3. Stop using the "find/replace" method and learn the "extract/inject" method.

Unfortunately, I can't just say that because surprisingly no one's written a tutorial on using the extract/inject method for replacing equipment. The extract/inject method has pretty much completely replaced the find/replace method.

The basic steps are:
1. Extract itemdata.txt from Media.pk2 using PK2Extractor.
2. Find the equipment you want to change in itemdata.txt and change the degree number in the BSR reference string. As you scroll to the right you should see two or three long strings. The BSR reference string will either be the first one, or there will be an "xxx" in it's place because there is no BSR to reference.
3. Once you have made all of your changes, save the file as itemdata.mod.txt.
4. Open up Media.pk2 in HexEdit.
5. Do an ANSI search for "ITEM_ETC_GOLD".
6. In the hex column, you will see an "FF FE" somewhere before the "ITEM_ETC_GOLD". This is the file's header that marks it as a Unicode file. Put your cursor in front of the "FF".
7. Go Edit -> Paste From and select the itemdata.mod.txt file you saved earlier. Click okay.
8. You should see everything past your cursor turn to red. Now press CTRL+Z and then CTRL+Y. This will bring you to the end of what you pasted.
9. This is where it gets tricky. The way Joymax updates the files leaves parts of old files sitting around in the PK2 file. I have two copies of itemdata.txt in my Media.pk2 file and only one is valid. Anyway, the valid one in yours should be immediately followed by skilldata.txt. Look for "SKILL_PUNCH_01".
10. If you see it, then you can save your Media.pk2 file and test ingame. If you don't see it, hit CTRL+Z again to undo the Paste From. Then do an ANSI search for "ITEM_ETC_GOLD" again. You should hit the one you are right next to first because your cursor was before it. Hit Find again to find the next instance of the file. Once you find that do the Paste From again and check to see if it's immediately followed by "SKILL_PUNCH_01".

That was fairly basic, but I'm assuming others can hop in here and help with whatever I missed. As a side note, this is just the basic idea of the extract/inject method. You can take this idea and apply it to other files. In it's purest form, the extract/inject method is simply extracting the file you want, editing it and saving it as a .mod.* (making sure to preserve your original file size), opening up the PK2 file that contained it, searching for a unique string or sequence of bytes you found in the file, placing your cursor in front of the start of the file in the PK2 file, pasting from the file, then finally checking to see if you pasted in the right spot with CTRL+Z and CTRL+Y. Also, once you are done it is smart to write down the hexadecimal offset of where you found the file so that the next time you want to change it you only need to hit CTRL+G and enter in the offset.

All Credit's go to Cruor for this guide
I just posted it =]

And 1% of credit for Hellzowner for bumping it up

The Picture guide from step 1 to the last.[/color]

Programs required.]
Pk2 Extractor http://www.sendspace.com/file/wpsoam
Hex Edit http://catch22.net/

(If you already have downloaded files Skip step's 1-2 )
Step 1. Open http://www.sendspace.com/file/wpsoam Scroll down and download pk2 Extractor Save it to the desktop.

Step 2. Go to http://www.sendspace.com/file/wpsoam
Scroll down a bit and click on Hex Edit 2002

After this go click download and again save to desktop or a directory.

Step 3. Let's extract the Hex Edit for now we will be using it later on in the Guide.

Let's get started
Step 1. First of all Open your Pk3 Extractor and go to your silkroad Directory

Step.2 Now lets up Media.pk2

Step3. After this lets extract the Text.data. Follow the path 1 by 1.
Server_Dep/Silkroad/Textdata/Itemdata.Txt

ServerDep

Silkroad

TextData

Itemdata.Txt

After you find this double click Itemdata.Txt. If you did it right you should get this in your silkroad directory.

Step 4.Lets open up The txtdata.You should get this.

Lets scroll Down and look for ITEM_CH_BOW_01_A

Change the ITEM_CH_BOW_01_A to ITEM_CH_BOW_07_A For 7th degree

Now that you do that let save it. Go to top left to Save as.

Save it as itemdata.mod.txt.

Hit save and If you did all well you should get this in your Silkroad Directory.

Now let's move on.
Let's open up Media.pk2 with HexEdit.

You should get this screen.

Step1.On top left go to Open and open Media.pk2 from [color=green]your Silkroad folder.
C;/ProgramFiles/Silkroad/Media.pk2 Then hit open.

You Should get this screen.

Now let's go to top left in Search and hit Find.

To be continued.... For now Give Feedback or Tip's While i work on rest.

Posted: **Sat Sep 29, 2007 1:43 am**

B-But... i bumped it.. me deserve creditz, Lawl

Posted: **Sat Sep 29, 2007 1:49 am**

Hellzowner wrote:B-But... i bumped it.. me deserve creditz, Lawl

fine -.- ^^

Posted: **Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:58 am**

something is with Stormprobe and giving 1% credit to people

Posted: **Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:08 am**

San wrote:something is with Stormprobe and giving 1% credit to people

xD

Posted: **Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:40 am**

bump , ooo i helped give me 1%

jk, jk nice guild

Posted: **Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:59 am**

hitman144 wrote:bump , ooo i helped give me 1%

jk, jk nice guild

OMG is this actually a guild? Lawl

Posted: **Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:12 pm**

Picture guide coming soon made by me

Posted: **Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:28 am**

stickied.

im not able to check this section that much the coming 2 weeks cause
my laptop died last tuesday. so if anything more deserves a sticky, let
me know thru pm

Posted: **Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:29 am**

I'll help yah cin

Posted: **Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:32 am**

if only i knew which bastard killed my laptop -.-

oh, one more thing.. on the pk2 stuff, if u guys think a guide needs screenshots
and you can provide em, then send me a pm with the info or screenies that
need to be added n i will edit the posts so the screenies go in the guide not
the replies ^^

Posted: **Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:40 am**

cin wrote::love:

if only i knew which bastard killed my laptop -.-

oh, one more thing.. on the pk2 stuff, if u guys think a guide needs screenshots
and you can provide em, then send me a pm with the info or screenies that
need to be added n i will edit the posts so the screenies go in the guide not
the replies ^^

i sent you a pm telling you im already making screenies ^^

soon to be done

Posted: **Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:32 am**

Stormprobe wrote:
cin wrote::love:

if only i knew which bastard killed my laptop -.-

oh, one more thing.. on the pk2 stuff, if u guys think a guide needs screenshots
and you can provide em, then send me a pm with the info or screenies that
need to be added n i will edit the posts so the screenies go in the guide not
the replies ^^

i sent you a pm telling you im already making screenies ^^

soon to be done

*claps once*
*stops*

Posted: **Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:52 am**

Might as well add my clarifications:

Cruor wrote:The files are arranged within the PK2 file in a linear fashion, like so:
Code: Select all
File.pk2
├───A_FILE
├───B_FILE
├───C_FOLDER
│   ├───A_FOLDER
│   │   ├───A_FILE
│   │   └───B_FILE
│   └───B_FILE
├───D_FOLDER
│   ├───A_FOLDER
│   │   └───A_FILE
│   ├───B_FOLDER
│   │   └───A_FILE
│   └───C_FILE
└───E_FILE
You only care about the files, not the folders. Hopefully that isn't too confusing. It's all sorted alphabetically. Anyway, most duplicate files are in the resinfo folder, which comes before the server_dep folder. That means you want to extract your files from server_dep\Silkroad\TextData, and when injecting back in you want to inject over the second occurance.

Step 10 is to check if you pasted over the wrong file. If you know how they are arranged and are sure you aren't pasting over the wrong one you can ignore it. Just remember that in most cases the end of what you pasted should be followed immediately by FF FE in the hexadecimal column if you are working in TextData, possibly normal ANSI text if you are working in server_dep, or if you are working elsewhere a file header such as JMXVDDJ or JMXVRES.

Posted: **Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:46 am**

Looks nice.

Posted: **Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:53 am**

Im sure people know how to download and extract it.

Posted: **Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:56 am**

Hellzowner wrote:Im sure people know how to download and extract it.

I knwo im a little to litetal

but there are those "special" new editro's who need help =](no offence toanyone)

Posted: **Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:01 am**

Stormprobe wrote:
Hellzowner wrote:Im sure people know how to download and extract it.

I knwo im a little to litetal but there are those "special" new editro's who need help =](no offence toanyone)

Special needs FTW

Posted: **Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:06 am**

Hellzowner wrote:
Stormprobe wrote:
Hellzowner wrote:Im sure people know how to download and extract it.

I knwo im a little to litetal but there are those "special" new editro's who need help =](no offence toanyone)

Special needs FTW

lol well i know it wasn't neccesary to put the first part. But better safe then sorry

Posted: **Mon Oct 01, 2007 3:49 am**

Stormprobe wrote:
Hellzowner wrote:
Stormprobe wrote:
Hellzowner wrote:Im sure people know how to download and extract it.

I knwo im a little to litetal but there are those "special" new editro's who need help =](no offence toanyone)

Special needs FTW

lol well i know it wasn't neccesary to put the first part. But better safe then sorry

Why? Will downloading it wrong totally f*ck up your pc?

Posted: **Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:11 am**

Hellzowner wrote:Why? Will downloading it wrong totally f*ck up your pc?

Based on the conversations I've had with people on MSN, I would have to say it was the right choice. You put too much faith in people.

Posted: **Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:23 am**

Cruor wrote:
Hellzowner wrote:Why? Will downloading it wrong totally f*ck up your pc?
Based on the conversations I've had with people on MSN, I would have to say it was the right choice. You put too much faith in people.

Posted: **Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:47 am**

lol HellzOwner relax. The link's are from Lynx general guide -.-

Posted: **Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:10 pm**

Stormprobe wrote:lol HellzOwner relax. The link's are from Lynx general guide -.-

Lynx.. Grr.. xD
Did you check they still work? Lol

Posted: **Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:49 pm**

Hellzowner wrote:
Stormprobe wrote:lol HellzOwner relax. The link's are from Lynx general guide -.-

Lynx.. Grr.. xD
Did you check they still work? Lol

duh :p

Posted: **Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:15 am**

Stormprobe wrote:
Hellzowner wrote:
Stormprobe wrote:lol HellzOwner relax. The link's are from Lynx general guide -.-

Lynx.. Grr.. xD
Did you check they still work? Lol

duh :p

Just making sure..

Posted: **Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:12 am**

Hellzowner wrote:
Stormprobe wrote:
Hellzowner wrote:
Stormprobe wrote:lol HellzOwner relax. The link's are from Lynx general guide -.-

Lynx.. Grr.. xD
Did you check they still work? Lol

duh :p

Just making sure..

ok Started on actual guide but gonna be sending to cruor in PM just to make sure i got it all right

. Better safe then sorry

Posted: **Tue Oct 02, 2007 3:34 am**

A REAL quick summary for this would be like:

Extract:
1) Use pk2extractor and take out that nice text.
2) Edit whatever you want, whatever strings, etc.

Inject:
1) Open up said EDITED file with HextEdit
2) Open up media.pk2 w/ HexEdit (backed up already, i hope)
3) Go to beginning of said file in PK2.
4) Copy edited file in HexEdit window, paste.
5) Save, ur done.

Pros:
i) Make more sense, u can see everything in a nice line
ii) You can tell which is which (important to know what you're changing with)
iii) Copy and paste
iv) Can make more complicated codes (dont have to replace words)

Cons:
i) Take longer.
ii) Can be confusing.

The injection method is used in my guide, the general skill editing one. I just didn't point it out as the injectino method (nor did i realize it was). Thought everyone used it O_o.

Edit: Woops, mine differ from cruor's slightly. oh well. \(O.O)/

Posted: **Tue Oct 02, 2007 3:43 am**

Don't worry SCArchon, just be a good little boy and your guide will soon-to-be loved <3

Posted: **Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:45 am**

Hellzowner wrote:Don't worry SCArchon, just be a good little boy and your guide will soon-to-be loved <3

Humm this is goign well..

Btw storm said that he will be in school and wont be able to upload next part today. Hes on msn =O

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