Editing Gadvia:Guides/Extracting game files (section)

= Extracting the missing assets =

Some of these missing files can be extracted using AssetRipper if they are opened individually. For example, the chart file located inside the <code>/assets/bin/Data/293c9b06cc505f448949507b64e7a17c</code> asset bundle in the <code>split_UnityDataAssetPack.apk</code>, can be extracted by selecting <code>File > Open File</code> instead of <code>File > Open Folder</code>. This section of the guide will help you extract those assets.

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<li>Find the [[asset bundle file]] that contains the asset you want. Asset bundle files are files with no extension, and 32-character-long names which contain only numbers 0-9 and lowercase letters a-f. The simplest way to find the wanted asset bundle is to search for some text that appears in the asset. For example, to find a chart file, try searching for the song name. On Linux, you can use a tool such as [https://apps.kde.org/en/kfind/ KFind] to search for text in the binary files.</li>
<li>Once you have successfully located the asset bundle, open AssetRipper.</li>
<li>On the top bar, choose <code>File > Open File</code> and select the asset bundle with the extracted files.</li>
<li>After AssetRipper is done loading everything, choose <code>Export > Export all Files</code> on the top bar, and choose a directory for all of the extracted assets.</li>
<li>Wait until AssetRipper finishes extracting, and you are done! The selected asset bundle should have its content extracted to the selected directory.</li>
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=== Files that cannot be extracted ===

Unfortunately, even this method cannot extract all of the assets. These "unextractable" assets include:
* Song list file
* Lyrics file
The cause of this issue is currently unknown.

While you cannot cleanly extract these files, you can still somewhat read the contents of the assets using a text editor such as [https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ Notepad++] or [https://kate-editor.org Kate]. Since both the lyrics file and the song list file contain a mostly text, you can read the majority of it.

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