.alb files?

[soniczoom]

Hi,

Does anyone here know how to edit the .alb files ?

[TiroHyst]

You'll need something like unluac to decompile the alb file into lua code.

If you have the file loot.alb, you run it from the command line like such (with loot.alb in the same directory as unluac.jar)

java -jar unluac.jar loot.alb > loot.lua

If you want to replace the .alb then you'll need to do a few more steps: Always have a backup of your unmodified game_pak

• Edit your new lua file and make whatever changes you want
• Find out the size of the original .alb file in bytes
• Pad out the lua file with -'s to increase the size (i.e. ---------) until it is the same as the .alb, or trim out other parts where you can to reduce the size
• Rename the .lua to .alb and import it back into your game_pak

[weedandcoffee]

You'll need something like unluac to decompile the alb file into lua code.

If you have the file loot.alb, you run it from the command line like such (with loot.alb in the same directory as unluac.jar)

java -jar unluac.jar loot.alb > loot.lua

If you want to replace the .alb then you'll need to do a few more steps: Always have a backup of your unmodified game_pak

• Edit your new lua file and make whatever changes you want
• Find out the size of the original .alb file in bytes
• Pad out the lua file with -'s to increase the size (i.e. ---------) until it is the same as the .alb, or trim out other parts where you can to reduce the size
• Rename the .lua to .alb and import it back into your game_pak

thank you so much man i've been trying to figure out why my edited alb lua files wont work when i import them back into the game_pak, i didnt know they had to be the same size. i appreciate you sharing this info i will try this soon.

[TiroHyst]

No problem

quickbms kind of hints at this when you go over the size (it'll state it's larger than what the archive is expecting and can overwrite other parts of it - a reason to keep a backup just in case) but nothing when it's under the size.

Good luck!