Ripping ".exe" games (QUESTION)

[Shadowth117]

No, they aren't, as every game is different.
Game rippers are very unreliable and outdated IMO, so your best option is using an hex editor to scan the .dat file for .png or .bmp headers.
If you hit paydirt, then delete everything *before* the image header, save and open the .dat file with any image viewer program, copy the image and paste it on MSPaint.
Scan the .dat file again, and search for the next image header, then delete everything before it, save and repeat the previous steps until you get all the images on it.

Yeah, it's a long and tedious process, but it works.

However, because of the new data compression routines, sometimes even the hex editor trick fails, which really sucks.

I hope this could help you somehow.

Don't really know if there are a program which opens .dat files...
Also, hex editor is made for change codes of images and others right?
I don't get much follow what you did said, but may I give some try...
Just need an program to open dat files...
I have Irfan View and XnView...
It works?

A hex editor is a program used to view the raw data of a file. If you know what you're doing, they can be very powerful and can be used to do a number of things. In this case, it would allow you to find images in that .dat file. So long as you know what headers to look for, you should be fine.

If Maneko's method works for you, then you should just be able to open the .dat in any program that supports the file type of the header you found. In this case, yes Irfan View would probably work fine.

Also, I'm just guessing based on the fact that you mentioned textures in the first post, but this is a 3d game right? If so, another method you may want to try to rip textures with is ripping them with this program. It rips 3d scenes and, more importantly in your case, textures in .dds format. This method ONLY works though if the game renders itself with a recent version of DirectX. You'll also have to be skilled enough to get through the game in order to get to the point where the textures you want show up since it only rips what's been rendered.