Resource Manager

Utility for viewing, comparing, creating and extracting files from Age of Empires III .BAR archive

Developer: VladTheJunior and Kevsoft
Current version: 0.5.0

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Note: Portable version may require .NET6 desktop runtime: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/6.0 Another Note: Versions below .NET 6.0.5 had a bug with displaying tooltips. Be sure that you are using an updated version of .NET if you find this bug. You can also join my Discord server to stay up to date with the latest updates and news about my current developments and projects: Commando Squad

Table of Contents

• About the Project
• Latest Changes
• Screenshots
• License
• Contact
• Acknowledgements

About The Project

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 Legacy). With this application, you can easily view and extract any content of the game. Tool replaces the AoE3Ed Viewer developed by Ykkrosh, which does not work for the Definitive Edition. The updated version includes all 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.
• BAR caching and versioning.
• Calculation of Hash.
• The size of the selected entries.
• Detail of entry file.
• Copy path of entry to clipboard.

Conversion:

• Converting XML <-> JSON <-> XMB (both Legacy and DE).
• Converting DDT -> PNG.
• Converting DDT <-> TGA.

Extract:

• Extract all files.
• Extract selected files.
• Extract files to one folder.
• Extract from list of paths.
• Entries details as JSON.
• Extract PNG with compression.
• Extract PNG as WEBP.

Other:

• Comparison of BAR archives.
• Create BAR archive from files and folders.

Screenshots

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

Contact

VladTheJunior - Discord: VladTheJunior#1244 - [email protected]

Kevsoft/KevinW1998 - Discord: Kevsoft#1873

Project Link: https://github.com/VladTheJunior/Resource-Manager

Acknowledgements

• ProjectCeleste/ProjectCeleste.GameFiles.Tools
• PaulZero/AoE3-File-Readers
• AoE3Ed by Ykkrosh

Special thanks to:

• Kevsoft for great contribution to the development.
• Sebastien for help in decrypting sounds.
• Budschie for making changes to the usability of the GUI.
• AoE3 Modding Council for supporting and testing the application.