PS2 Stargazer 1.0.0

[Brawl345]

Stargazer is a tool developed by me which can extract "STAR" files from the PSX which are used by its package manager.

It's developed in Go and hence cross-plattform.

• Download binaries on GitHub
• Find the source code on GitHub (released into the Public Domain)

To use it, either drag your ".star" file onto the binary or use the command line:

stargazer <file> [output dir (optional)]

If no output directory is given, the file is extracted to the file name minus the extension plus "_extracted" (e.g. xPackmanJr_0.105.star -> xPackmanJr_0.105_extracted).

 

[Berion]

Any chance to add feature for packing them back?

 

[Brawl345]

Should be no problem, I have figured out that the first byte is just the size of the header.

 

[Brawl345]

I have added experimental packing in an extra branch and created an issue to keep track of it.

 

[niino]

Any chance to add feature for packing them back?

Packing has been added in an extra branch https://github.com/Brawl345/stargazer/tree/feature/packing

It's still experimental since not everything about properly packing files is known (e.g. the correct order of files, since metadata.xml and install.txt are always the last files in any archive). Also, we currently don't have a way for testing packed files.

 

[jolek]

Added into the Resources.

 

[Brawl345]

I have reworked the TUI so it's clearer which arguments are accepted, etc.:

Spoiler: Screenshots

It's currently in an extra branch which means I've integrated the packing feature into it. Packing is still experimental though. I've also added tests to the code so refactoring or adding new features should not break existing stuff.