arcdEx

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One barScore 5.3

arcdEx is ranked #13 of 24 in game asset extractors on Freedom251.

Compared on game asset extractors

Free plan: Yes
Asset types: Defold archives, archive indexes, manifests, compiled Lua files, texture resources
Game file formats: .arcd, .arci, .dmanifest, .texturec, .luac
Texture formats: .texturec, Basis UASTC, .basis
Batch extraction: Yes
Command-line support: Yes
Archive repacking: No

Purpose: arcdEx is a tool for working with .arcd files generated by the Defold game engine.
Archive support: It can list .arcd archive contents and extract files from archives.
Compression and encryption: Archive extraction supports compressed and encrypted files, but decryption works only with the default Defold encryption key.
Texture features: It can inspect and extract .texturec files and their contained textures.
Lua features: It can inspect compiled .luac files and extract Lua source code from them.
Manifest versions: The repository says this version supports manifest version 5; the README also lists support for versions 1 through 4.
Input files: The tool uses an .arcd archive and guesses the paths to the associated .arci index and .dmanifest manifest files.
Web archive limit: When a Defold web game uses multiple .arcd files, the README says they must be combined before use.
Desktop Lua limit: The README says desktop applications contain compiled Lua bytecode, while web projects up to Defold 1.3.4 contain Lua source code.
Runtime: The usage examples run arcdEx with Java using java -jar arcdEx.full.jar.
Support: Feature requests and bug reports are intentionally disabled; patches are welcome.
License: The README says arcdEx is licensed under AGPL v3.
Maker: The README credits Christian Weiske as the author.

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