Utility for viewing, comparing, creating and extracting files from Age of Empires III .BAR archive
Developer: VladTheJunior and Kevsoft
Current version: 0.4.3
Download Portable (.zip archive)
- Download application from the link above.
- Unpack .zip and run Resource Manager.exe.
- Application requires .NET Core. If you haven't installed it yet, you can download it from the direct link: .NET Core Runtime.
I would like to present to you a program for viewing, comparing, creating and extracting files from BAR archives of the Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition (also supports AoE3 2007). This tool replaces the AoE3Ed Viewer developed by Ykkrosh, which does not work for the Definitive Edition. The updated version includes all (x) functions that were in AoE3Ed Viewer, as well as new features:
Preview:
- Syntax highlighting in previewing text files (xml, xs).
- Search in preview in text files (CTRL + F).
- Ability to scale and drag images in preview.
Entries table:
- Grouping files by their format (optional).
- Sort by name, size, creation date.
- Search in the BAR archive.
- Calculation of CRC (optional).
- The size of the selected entries.
- Detail of entry file.
Conversion:
- Converting XML <-> XMB (both 2007 and DE).
- Converting DDT -> PNG.
- Converting DDT -> TGA.
Extract:
- Extract all files.
- Extract selected files.
- Extract files to one folder.
Other:
- Comparison of BAR archives.
- Create BAR archive from files and folders.
(x) Currently the application does not include the following features:
- Converting DDT <- TGA (it is recommended to use Photoshop Plugin by kangcliff).
- Added option to extract files to one direcory. (Useful to display files together at once and have a clear view in Windows Explorer.)
- Added option to extract PNG images as BMP images. (Saving as BMP will remove the transparent part from PORTRAITS and replace it with the base texture that usually goes on top of the player color ingame).
Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.
VladTheJunior - Discord: VladTheJunior#1244 - VladTheJunior@gmail.com
Kevsoft/KevinW1998 - Discord: Kevsoft#1873
Project Link: https://github.com/VladTheJunior/Resource-Manager
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