How to extract textures from Dragon's Dogma for PS3

How to extract textures from Dragon's Dogma for PS3.

Use http://www.tzarsectus.com/tools/ARCtool.rar to extract files from archive file_name.arc (open ps3-dd-extract.bat, and at the end add archive name.)

Go into file_name folder you extracted, and find texture you want to edit. Usually it's something like texture_name_BM.tex or texture_name_NUKI.tex Copy it into ARCtool folder.

Open texture_name_BM.tex (or texture_name_NUKI.tex - whatever) in your hex editor, choose bytes from 0 to 13 (or from 0 to 33) and make byte flip in 32 bit, and save.

Using conv-re6tex extract texture from texture_name_BM.tex - you will get texture_name_BM.dds and texture_name_BM.txt (you need it to repack texture later.)

Edit texture_name_BM.dds, and save using dxt5 and "generate MIP maps" with "all" (or no less than 9.)

Open your saved testure in hex editor, and change 10xC to 09 (10 is a left number, C is a from above - same as using multiplication table.) Save.

Put your texture with txt file back from were you coped texture_name_BM.tex.

Copy ps3-dd-extract.bat, open it and paste this: arctool -c -dd -pc -txt -dds -tex %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
Put file_name folder at the end, and run you edited bat.

You will get file_name.arc, but you can delete it.

Go into folder were you put your texture, and open texture_name_BM.tex in hex editor.

Choose bytes from 0 to 33, make byte flip in 32 bit, and save.

Use ps3-dd-repack.bat (don't forget to add folder name at the end) to repack. You will get file_name.arc.

Open file_name.arc in hex editor and change 0x5 from 11 to 08. Save.

Put your file_name.arc back into Dragon's Dogma, where you get it.

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