Extract files from Wise installers without executing them. NOTE: Repo moved to https://codeberg.org/CYBERDEV/REWise
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Extract files from Wise installers without executing them.
The aim of this project is to extract assets from old game installers made with Wise installer without executing the PE/NE file (.exe), so they can be used with free software implementations of the game engine.
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Welcome to REWise version 0.3.0-debug
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Usage: rewise OPERATION [OPTIONS] INPUT_FILE
OPERATIONS
-x --extract OUTPUT_PATH Extract files.
-r --raw OUTPUT_PATH Extract all files in the overlay data. Filename format will be 'EXTRACTED_%09u'.
-l --list List files.
-V --verify Run extract without actually outputting files, crc32s will be checked.
-0 --raw-verify Run raw extract without actually outputting files, crc32s will be checked.
-z --script-debug Print parsed WiseScript.bin
-v --version Print version and exit.
-h --help Display this HELP.
OPTIONS (--list)
-e --extended Also print languages and components.
OPTIONS (--extract, --list, --verify)
-f --filter FILTER Filter files based on their filepath. Multiple of these filters may be set. '*' will match anything, use '\*' to escape.
-F --file-filter FILTER_FILE Path to a file that contains one filter string per line.
-c --components NAME Filter files by components name. Note that default files are always included.
-g --language INDEX Filter files by language index. Note that default files are always included.
OPTIONS (any)
-p --preserve Don't delete WiseScript.bin from TMP_PATH.
-t --tmp-path TMP_PATH Set temporary path, default: /tmp/
-d --debug Print debug info.
-s --silent Be silent, don't print anything.
-n --no-extract Don't extract anything. Use WiseScript.bin at the given TMP_PATH, it won't delete it.
NOTES
- Path to directory OUTPUT_PATH and TMP_PATH should exist and be writable.
- All files REWise does output will be overwritten when they exist!
The WiseUnpacker project kick started this project by giving insight on how to inflate files from Wise installers. So a lot of thanks to mnadareski!
REWise is different in that it tries to understand and proper parse the
WiseScript.bin
, not everything is understood yet but it looks
like most of that is relevant is.
NOTE: The PE build date will not be the same as the installer creation date (or release date) since the overlay-data is just appended to a existing Wise PE32 stub on creation of the installer. The supported installer release dates seen so far are between 1999 and 2003. While the PE build dates are between 1998 and 2001. NE files do not contain a build date.
A Wise installer is a PE or NE executable with extra data appended to the end of
it (overlay-data at the overlay-offset). The overlay-data contains a Wise specific
header. After the Wise header there is raw DEFLATE
d data without file-headers,
after each DEFLATE
d data entry there is a CRC32 for the inflated data. The
DEFLATE
d data + CRC32 continues until EOF
. Unless the installer is created
with the zip
support option, then before each DEFLATE
data there is a zip
local file header, and there is no CRC32 after the DEFLATE
data since it is
in the zip
local file header.
The first inflated file is a .dib
file we call WiseColors.dib
, containing
colors used by the installer, it is no use for us so we skip it.
The second inflated file is a binary file that has all sorts of data relevant
for the installation (including custom file headers). Within REWise this file
is named WiseScript.bin
. Most time was spend on reverse engineering
different WiseScript.bin
files with a hex-editor (ImHex) so a
WiseScript.bin
can be parsed without as much of guessing as possible. One
discovered struct that is the most relevant for extracting files that would be
installed by the installer is (it contains file names, metadata, CRC32 and
offset to deflatedata):
/* 0x00 WiseScriptFileHeader */
typedef struct {
unsigned char unknown_2[2]; // seen: 0x8000, 0x8100, 0x0000, 0x9800 0xA100
uint32_t deflateStart;
uint32_t deflateEnd;
uint16_t date;
uint16_t time;
uint32_t inflatedSize;
unsigned char unknown_20[20]; // 20 * \0?
uint32_t crc32; // do not check when it is 0
char * destFile; // \0 terminated string
char * fileText[langCount]; // \0 terminated string(s)
unsigned char terminator; // always \0? terminator?
} WiseScriptFileHeader;
On how REWise
handles a WiseScript.bin
file: SEE src/wisescript.h
and
src/wisescript.c
.
NOTE: Stubs are patched on creation of the installer so we cannot do a sum of
compiled
installers and compare below.VsVersionInfo
andStringFileInfo
are patched and a value in a section somewhere up is patched to contain the overlay offset value.
VERSION | BUILD DATE-TIME | OVERLAY OFFSET | SHA256 |
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? | 1998-10-02 22:36:51 | 0x3800 |
? |
? | 1998-10-23 23:23:16 | 0x3800 |
? |
7.01 | 1998-11-09 21:17:09 | 0x3800 |
6a6266fc674bc61852d3e5dc2b3608de9205f518baf718880b81aa1a6179573f |
? | 1998-12-03 23:11:32 | 0x3800 / 0x3E00 |
? |
? | 1999-02-05 23:07:52 | 0x3A00 |
? |
? | 1999-04-05 18:07:26 | 0x3A00 |
? |
? | 1999-04-08 22:24:47 | .rsrc ? |
? |
? | 1999-05-21 22:48:48 | 0x3A00 / 0x5E00 |
? |
? | 1999-08-17 17:25:48 | 0x3A00 / 0x5200 |
? |
8.11.0.505 | 2000-04-25 16:37:12 | 0x3A00 / 0x3C00 / 0x5200 |
23da437bde09458cd512644a139c6ce8d180187a9cc6d32e7bfef077ed99f580 |
8.12.0.508 | 2000-04-25 16:37:12 | 0x3A00 / 0x3C00 / 0x5200 |
23da437bde09458cd512644a139c6ce8d180187a9cc6d32e7bfef077ed99f580 |
8.14.0.512 | 2000-04-25 16:37:12 | 0x3A00 / 0x3C00 / 0x5200 |
23da437bde09458cd512644a139c6ce8d180187a9cc6d32e7bfef077ed99f580 |
? | 2001-08-13 19:13:38 | 0x3A00 / 0x3C00 |
? |
9.01.202.0 | 2001-10-25 21:47:11 | 0x3A00 / 0x3C00 / 0x9C00 |
96a173c62f632140e9d14a7eee0d42f8ef62bee4b66ed317f2077bdfaa32376a |
9.02.204.0 | 2001-10-25 21:47:11 | 0x3A00 / 0x3C00 / 0x9C00 |
96a173c62f632140e9d14a7eee0d42f8ef62bee4b66ed317f2077bdfaa32376a |
??? | 2031-05-20 22:54:01 | 0x4C00 |
? |
zip
support.PE BUILD | FILENAME | NAME |
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17-08-1999 17:25:48 | counter-strike.exe | Half-Life Counter-Strike (2000) |
17-08-1999 17:25:48 | SETUP.EXE | SWAT 3: Elite Edition (2000) |
17-08-1999 17:25:48 | setup.EXE | Wild Wheels (2002) (aka Buzzing Cars) |
25-04-2000 16:37:12 | SETUP.EXE | Half-Life Game Of The Year Edition (1999) |
25-04-2000 16:37:12 | Setup.exe | Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001) |
A large collection of Wise installers is used to test REWise, see tests/extended/results/README.md for the current stats. A list of all the installer sources can be found here.
ScriptDeflateOffset
isn't correct on some installers, there
are still some unknowns on how to calculate this proper.OP 0x18
is not understood.To determine what Wise package/version was used other then the PE build date. However it looks like there is none, but: On Wikipedia is a list of different Wise installer releases, comparing that list to the tested installers (games) their PE build date it suggests that the targeted Wise installer versions are either one of these:
All multi-disc installers are current NOT supported.
A workaround is to append the .W02
, .W03
, etc.. to the setup.exe
to make it work with REWise. Example:
cat setup.exe setup.W02 setup.W03 > new_setup.exe
PE BUILD | FILENAME | NAME |
---|---|---|
25-04-2000 16:37:12 | setup.exe | Hitman Contracts (2004) |
25-10-2001 21:47:11 | Gothic2-Setup.exe | Gothic II (2003) |
GOTHIC II
Would be nice to support for the use with REGoth-bs or OpenGothic.
NAME | LICENSE | URL |
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zlib | Zlib | https://www.zlib.net/ |