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[Lucian]

I know that someone else asked about this but that was when the demo was released.

Considering that the full game has been released for 3 weaks know, is there a tool that can open/edit the DAT files ?

Thank You

[Warbz]

i doubt it.
u prob need to wait for EgAy to release SDK

[Sic]

EA is still working on the SDK , at least as they say and they will release it. For the dat files, I know jacksh**.

[CodeCat]

What are DAT files anyway? You mean cnc3game.dat?

[Lucian]

Yes, I meant the cnc3game.dat file.....but there has to be a way to edit it, right ?
I mean since it's the same SAGE engine as Generals there has to be something and I know the SDK it's NOT a solution becouse it's just for editing maps, textures and not for playing with the engine itself !

Just out of curiosity....when hackers make a no-cd patch for this game whenever a new patch is released by EA, all they do is to change the cnc3game.dat file everytime. Besides a HEXEDITOR what other software do they use to manipulate the file ???

[CodeCat]

Yes, there is a way to edit it. It's called a disassembler. It's also illegal.

The game.dat file contains the game engine itself and everything that goes with it. Editing it means reverse engineering the game code, and that's not allowed.