Consoles resources are much more complicated then PC once, this is because of consoles hardware.Here are no normal algorithms in common access for working with console resources, so we need to use some of it from consoles SDK, in this case we just can’t release tools to the public. With console versions we can’t do the same thing, because consoles executable is encrypted itself. This key can’t be included inside OpenIV on PC we easy solve this problem, just read the key from game EXE file. For example, to open any of GTA IV or Max Payne3 archive OpenIV must to know encryption key. Like file size, file count and file system structure, etc.īut, you will say: “Okay, no need modding get to us only viewing things.” But here we have second reason: Burn the disc, or transfer modded files to console is some other way.īeside of this you need to know about many limitations.To make some mod’s in console version of game, you must to do too many things, like: But we never had point to make public tools for console versions. Because of it we were able to release Max Payne 3 support so fast.

But we need to know about changes was made in RAGE, so we need to research it too. So, historically Rockstar release their games on consoles before PC, and some games are released only on consoles (Red Dead Redemption, for example). In this message I want to explain this situation.

After OpenIV 1.0 with Max Payne 3 supports was released, some people have a question, why OpenIV is not supported consoles version, but in.

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