Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (PS2) .CAT file

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Shikamaru
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Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (PS2) .CAT file

Post by Shikamaru »

Need help opening many .cat files for BF2MC. Hope they all work the same as they are in the same game. https://mega.nz/folder/10lxTZJS#pfExQaXAUDKIIYgFvWXByA
Thank you,
-Shikamaru
aluigi
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Re: Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (PS2) .CAT file

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Re: Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (PS2) .CAT file

Post by Shikamaru »

The audio files were able to open, however when I tried to open the resource.cat, resourcesCaptureTheFlag.cat, resourcesconquest.cat, spray_CaptureTheFlag.cat, spray_common.cat, spray_conquest.cat files I got this and similar errors.
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When I tried to open the textures.cat I got this
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texturesCaptureTheFlag.cat seemed to grab only one file
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The same for texturesconquest.cat
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Re: Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (PS2) .CAT file

Post by aluigi »

I updated the script for working with both audio*.cat and texture*.cat.
The other files aren't archives.
So CAT is not a format, just a generic extension and it's up to the game to know what format to use with each file.