GPK

Used in the following game(s):

• Schooldays HQ

Structure

Overall
Size	Content	Description
5120 Bytes	Unknown	Microsoft.Net assembly *.EXE
? Bytes	Data	full archive data
? Bytes	Index	Protected Space
12 Bytes	Magic2?	Format identifier?
4 Bytes	File Size	Size of the protected space
16 Bytes	Magic1?	Format identifier?

Protected Space
Size	Content	Description
4 Bytes	Unknown
? Bytes	Unknown

Research

Strange format... First 5120 bytes look like program code but is the same code for every archive. Data itself might not be protected but index data, including offsets are. There may be some anti-debugging code. If the debugger eats up the exception that it throws, the program never catches it so it knows it's being debugged and exits. Passing the exception to the program appears to get around this.

When loading a archive, the game does the following...

reads the last 16 bytes in the file (read offset(fileSize - 16) for 16 bytes).

reads 16 bytes, 32 bytes before the end of the file (read offset (fileSize - 32) for 16 bytes).

The last 4 bytes of the data that was just read is a number, that number is the size of the protected space that is at the end of the file - 32 bytes.

The program then tries to process the protected area. It XOR's the protected space in memory by a number that might change for each byte. Once that is done, the first 4 bytes is a number the program uses for an unknown purpose. It always appears larger than what the protected space is so chances are, it could actually be compressed/encoded data and the number at the front is really just the uncompressed size. Needs more research.

Managed to find unprotected file list while debugging however unsure of structure yet. Lots of unknown data and some could be junk. Looks like it's full width characters (2 bytes per character) for file names. Possibly found offset which is first number after the file name string.

Fuck this format... seriously... All the "tools" I found to see if anyone else managed ended up being a simple program that searches for common headers. Putting this format aside for now. Might return someday... narrowed it down to one gigantic sub routine though. XD With the usage of anti-debugger tricks, who knows what other bullshit is put into this. Could just be a lot of nothing to just confuse people dissembling things... or actually compression. O.o