My Audiosurf/Quest3D reverse engineering journey

[m1nt_]

error[E0433]: cannot find module or crate `flate2` in this scope
--> lib.rs:98:31
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98 | let mut decoder = flate2::read::ZlibDecoder::new(tags[3].data.as_slice());
| ^^^^^^ use of unresolved module or unlinked crate `flate2`
|
= help: you might be missing a crate named `flate2`

error[E0601]: `main` function not found in crate `lib`
--> lib.rs:195:2
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195 | }
| ^ consider adding a `main` function to `lib.rs`

Thanks! flate2 is listed as a dependency in the crate - you should try seeing if it works when you use gingerlib in another program ("cargo new" to create a new project, "cargo add gingerlib" in the project's folder to add gingerlib. See rainbowdream or gingerlib's documentation to find out how to use the library)

[trob2026]

Thanks! flate2 is listed as a dependency in the crate - you should try seeing if it works when you use gingerlib in another program ("cargo new" to create a new project, "cargo add gingerlib" in the project's folder to add gingerlib. See rainbowdream or gingerlib's documentation to find out how to use the library)

I did try adding gingerlib to rainbowdream, and it worked. Now, what apps are you talking about in terms of gingerlib?

[m1nt_]

gingerlib just provides a generic way to read and write data to/from CGR files - it's pretty much up to you what you do with that
The functionality is kind of basic, but should be enough to scan files for interesting data. A bit of programming knowledge will be required to do this kind of stuff, so if you're not familiar with it, I'd recommend picking up some Rust basics first (or, if you're not familiar with programming in general, any other programming language is fine at first, so you can learn the fundamentals, since programming is a very good skill to have for this stuff).

[trob2026]

gingerlib just provides a generic way to read and write data to/from CGR files - it's pretty much up to you what you do with that
The functionality is kind of basic, but should be enough to scan files for interesting data. A bit of programming knowledge will be required to do this kind of stuff, so if you're not familiar with it, I'd recommend picking up some Rust basics first (or, if you're not familiar with programming in general, any other programming language is fine at first, so you can learn the fundamentals, since programming is a very good skill to have for this stuff).

I've learned a little bit.

[trob2026]

Now, I'm trying to run CranberryCity.

[m1nt_]

Now, I'm trying to run CranberryCity.

CranberryCity doesn't work, unfortunately. Never got around to fixing that since I'm busy with a bunch of other things nowadays

[trob2026]

CranberryCity doesn't work, unfortunately. Never got around to fixing that since I'm busy with a bunch of other things nowadays

Oh well. Now, I tried decompressing the MoneyFloaterCommander file with rainbowdreams, it didn't work because there's no ash file.

[trob2026]

New day, still trying to figure out how to decompress using GingerLib.

[m1nt_]

Oh well. Now, I tried decompressing the MoneyFloaterCommander file with rainbowdreams, it didn't work because there's no ash file.

Hello, RainbowDream is specifically for making custom Audiosurf Radio songs. You can look at the code as reference for how to use GingerLib in general, but RainbowDream itself is only for that one specific purpose.

This particular function from GingerLib may be of interest: https://docs.rs/gingerlib/latest/ginger ... _from_file

[trob2026]

Hello, RainbowDream is specifically for making custom Audiosurf Radio songs. You can look at the code as reference for how to use GingerLib in general, but RainbowDream itself is only for that one specific purpose.

This particular function from GingerLib may be of interest: https://docs.rs/gingerlib/latest/ginger ... _from_file

What Rust applets can decompress the files with GingerLib?