GR2 Editor/Viewer/Extractor/Importer

[TheDarkWraith]

v1.0.234.0 released. See post #1.

I can now read the correct extended data for anything. Problem is I can't read the strings associated with that data yet. Still working on it

This version adds the extended data (if the item has any). If the extended data references other strings or has pointers to something else I can't support those yet either.

[TheDarkWraith]

I can read the strings for extended data now. It's not entirely correct (about 85% correct). There are pointers 3-5 levels deep and it makes it hard to decipher Not to mention that the GR2 file has a wacked out way of keeping track of it's embedded strings It utterly hates to have duplicates of anything in it so it's got this totally elaborate scheme that only partly makes sense currently.

[TheDarkWraith]

figured out the granny system of how it stores/uses embedded strings Now I can read any embedded string that I need.

v1.0.256.0 released. This verison will now read the embedded strings for all items that have extended data correctly. The extended data items that have pointers to something else (max properties, dx something, etc) or reference another string has not been coded yet.

Moving along nicely now

[TheDarkWraith]

v1.0.276.0 released. See post #1

This version reads more of the extended data associated with an item. It also tells you where it reads each item of this extended data so you can find it in the file easier. The extended data's values are now read also.

The reading of the max properties is perfect but it currently doesn't read this value for every item's extended data. Trying to figure out why still.

If an item's extended data has a pointer to another 'extended data' (i.e. max properties, directx something, etc.) I've not coded all of those. I have a majority of them done though

The way the granny system uses/finds embedded strings is pretty slick. It was just a bear to figure out initially

[TheDarkWraith]

v1.0.284.0 released. See post #1

All extended data for any item is now read correctly (it's totally dynamic - nothing hard coded here. The file [pointers] tells you everything you need to know!). Since I have all the extended data, items visibility is set accoding to it's max properties:hide value. Fixed some formatting issues with the debug output. Added missing offet and position in file (0x_) information to those missing it. Have to redo the map enables/map values so that they spit out their file offset and file position info on values read. That will be in next version

[kylania]

Fantastic work TDW!

[Obelix]

Hi TheDarkWraith!
With the new version, like the previous one, does not appear IIA
I see that the program swears by the encoding, whether it be due to the Russian version of windows?
Other models successfully opened (in folders sea and submarine)

00000000 0.00000000 [2080] Silent Hunter 5 GR2 Editor / Viewer v1.0.284.0 by TheDarkWraith
00000001 0.00000000 [2080]
00000002 0.03525316 [2080] D: \ GAMES \ U-Boats \ GR2EditorViewer \ GR2EditorViewer.cfg exists = True
00000003 0.03525316 [2080]
00000004 0.03532156 [2080] Reading in cfg file ...
00000005 0.03532156 [2080]
00000006 0.03921311 [2080] Entry found: SH5InstallPath = D: \ GAMES \ U-Boats
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00000008 0.03926704 [2080] Entry found: ShowWorldOrigin = False
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00000064 0.04093560 [2080] Entry found: WireframeColor =- 128
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00000082 7.88261795 [2080] Reading file header data starting at 0x0
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00000115 7.88770485 [2080] ********* Two pointers to section data that should have same value are different in section 0. Please report to TheDarkWraith@Subsim.com *********
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00000255 7.91732693 [2080] Reading all the pointers for section 0
00000256 7.98605824 [2080] ********* Exception occured. Exception is System.ArgumentException: The buffer output symbols is not sufficient to store the encoded characters, the encoding "Unicode (UTF-8)" reserve "System.Text.DecoderReplacementFallback".
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00000261 7.98605824 [2080] in System.Text.DecoderNLS.GetChars (Byte * bytes, Int32 byteCount, Char * chars, Int32 charCount, Boolean flush)
00000262 7.98605824 [2080] in System.Text.DecoderNLS.GetChars (Byte [] bytes, Int32 byteIndex, Int32 byteCount, Char [] chars, Int32 charIndex, Boolean flush)
00000263 7.98605824 [2080] in System.Text.DecoderNLS.GetChars (Byte [] bytes, Int32 byteIndex, Int32 byteCount, Char [] chars, Int32 charIndex)
00000264 7.98605824 [2080] in System.IO.BinaryReader.InternalReadOneChar ()
00000265 7.98605824 [2080] in System.IO.BinaryReader.Read ()
00000266 7.98605824 [2080] in System.IO.BinaryReader.PeekChar ()
00000267 7.98605824 [2080] in TheDarkWraith.SilentHunter5.GR2PointerData.ReadNullTerminatedString (GR2EditorViewer & gr2ev, BinaryReader & br, Int32 & alignment, Int32 & bytesread, Boolean ignorealignment)
00000268 7.98605824 [2080] in TheDarkWraith.SilentHunter5.GR2BasePointers.ReadPointerData (GR2EditorViewer & gr2ev, BinaryReader & br, List `1 & sections, Int32 sectionindex, Int32 numberofpointerstoread, Int32 pointerstartindex, Boolean skippointer, List` 1 & stringsread)
00000269 7.98605824 [2080] in TheDarkWraith.SilentHunter5.GR2File.ReadData (Device & device)
00000270 7.98605824 [2080] in TheDarkWraith.SilentHunter5.GR2File.ReadAndParseGR2File (Device & device)
00000271 7.98605824 [2080] in TheDarkWraith.SilentHunter5.GR2EditorViewer.tsmiFileOpen_Click (Object sender, EventArgs e) *********
00000272 7.98605824 [2080]
00000273 10.07775497 [2080] D: \ GAMES \ U-Boats \ data \ Submarine \ NSS_Uboat2a \ NSS_Uboat2a.GR2 closed
00000274 10.07775497 [2080]
00000275 11.59106064 [2080] D: \ GAMES \ U-Boats \ GR2EditorViewer \ GR2EditorViewer.cfg updated
00000276 11.59106064 [2080]

[JU_88]

@TDW,
Privateer may have got the ball rolling, but I can see when someone is pouring their heart and soul in to something and I can see that you have been working tremendously hard on this, the amount of ground you have already covered is remarkable.
I take my hat off to you sir.

[tonschk]

Originally Posted by JU_88

@TDW,

I take my hat off to you sir.

Me Too Amazing , well done TDW

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by Obelix

Hi TheDarkWraith!
With the new version, like the previous one, does not appear IIA
I see that the program swears by the encoding, whether it be due to the Russian version of windows?
Other models successfully opened (in folders sea and submarine)

The Type IIA and undersea do not open because my importer still has some problems. The problems stem from how I define the pointers. Since I can read the extended data properly and I know how granny uses/defines embedded strings then I should be able to figure out where the embedded strings end in the file. Once I know this end point then I can adjust the pointer definitions appropriately. I'm working on fixing this today

[Obelix]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

I'm working on fixing this today

I don't doubt your success!

[TheDarkWraith]

I have the app now reading all the embedded strings referenced in the file at the very beginning (the file itself tells me all this info). It spits them all out to debug output so it can be captured with DbgView. It also spits out where the embedded strings start and where they end. Where they end is key as I needed this so my pointer definitions can be correct

Tried opening IIA and Undersea and they still failed. They didn't fail because of the pointers this time - they failed because there is additional data in the file. I don't know what this additional data is but I have to find out now (or at least account for it so I can 'read' over it)

@Obelix - the error you pointed out a few posts above is due to my error checker class that I coded in. Based on what the file tells me (and what I currently know about the GR2 file) it has a set of knowns that it looks for. If it doesn't find all these knowns then it throws an exception to tell me (or you) that there's something different in this file. Very handy.

[TheDarkWraith]

I've had a couple of people ask how they can start working on the algorithms for the pointers. This is great I can't give you any info yet until I get my importer working correctly. This is because I want to ensure I can read the file correctly and I'm reading/interpreting everything correctly before giving this info

[TheDarkWraith]

v1.0.294.0 released. See post #1

This version now reads all the embedded strings used by the file and then spits them out to debug output along with offset in file and actual position. The order of these is how they are read from the pointers. Kind of interesting. I needed this info to adjust my pointer definitions so that pointers referencing items after the end of the embedded strings would be defined correctly.

Redid the reading of the ArtToolInfo section to remove some hard coded items and because I learned more about it and where I thought things were were not. Still not happy with it (still contains a few hard coded items) so I'm still working on it.

Fixed items that we displaying incorrect offset in section and actual file position (mainly was the ArtToolInfo:ExtendedDataocumentContents:Elements items)

Added more error checking since I now know where the embedded strings start and end in the file. Error checking also added for start of ExporterInfo section (it's calculated based on the end of the ArtToolInfo:ExtendedDataocumentContents:Elements or I forget what the other one was - whether this is a special GR2 file matters also in this calculation)

Now tells you whether this is a 'special' GR2 file (that is if pointers come before data) in the debug output

Items that have subitems now use idention to make the reading of them easier in the debug output

The outputting of the ArtToolInfo:ExtendedData contents to the debug output has changed. Much easier to read and better information given

Still can't read the VIIA or Undersea GR2 files due to additional unknown data found in them. Still working on it.

Map enables/Map amounts now show the number of them in []s and also each entry shows it's offset in section and actual file position in the debug output

Corrected formatting errors in the debug output (some items had negative values - i.e. 0xFFFF___)

There are a few other things but can't think of them currently

[TheDarkWraith]

Much of the beginning information the app spits out is 'hard-coded' items. I asked myself how does Granny know what it knows? From the multitude of GR2 files out there one simply couldn't hard-code for everything. There must be some kind of 'trigger' or something that Granny reads to figure out how to display/read everything. That is what I'm working on currently.

Much of this has to do once again with the pointers. Some of the pointers form a linked-list of sorts. You read one pointer and as it's decoded it points you to another pointer which then points you to another and so on and so forth. This is recursion at its best So far I've followed the pointer trail to how the Granny Viewer knows how to display the ArtToolInfo and it's submenus. Now I just have to code in something that can read these 'linked-lists' and be totally autonomous.