Description
This program allow you to open the game resource files in an explorer-like interface then extract the content at will.
More than 80 games are supported directly (check the List of supported games).
If the game is not supported, Dragon UnPACKer include a very useful tool named HyperRipper.
This tool searches for known patterns in unknown file formats. This allows to extract texture, sounds, music and more from unknown file formats!
Dragon UnPACKer is plugin based for faster and easier enhancement and support for new games file formats:
- Driver plugins: Allowing Dragon UnPACKer to natively/directly open file formats, if no driver plugin recognize the file your only hope is HyperRipper.
- Convert plugins: Permits conversion of custom/exotic file formats to common file formats (example: convert a RAW texture to a Windows Bitmap .BMP file)
You can usually update the plugins without upgrading to the new Dragon UnPACKer core program, but sometimes it is mandatory when new core features are needed.
License: Free & Open Source
Dragon UnPACKer is free (as in beer and as in freedom) to use and the source code is available under the Mozilla Public License [MPL] v2.0.
Get Dragon UnPACKer (Download)
Get the recommended version 5.7.0 Beta with Setup
Donate
Feel free to donate, whatever the amount, it will be really appreciated:
Dash (preferred): XguFSysJK9kkSoka9k3WPn2jHqu59aAzrn
Bitcoin: 34udKGE7ixLMsdQHv6s1kudr5XunP57aEd or 1AHmysjf1DuaMtjEFufMKEX5faM3kxM6zH
Participating
If you want to see/change the source code (Borland Delphi 7 Personnal Edition), you can also download the Source package compressed as a 7-Zip .7z file format. Please read the README file once uncompressed, it contains a list of libraries needed if you ever want to compile the source. You can also visit the Developers Area that contains more information regarding development of Dragon UnPACKer.
Distributions
You can freely download the program for Windows from the bellow links, it is available as three different packages:
- With setup
This include an installer program (based on free Jurdan Russell's Inno Setup to be exact) which will help you install and configure Dragon UnPACKer on your Windows installation. It also provides an uninstaller.
- Without Setup/Archive
Compressed using free 7-Zip .7z file format.
To install decompress on a directory and run DrgUnPACKer5.exe. You can also use Tools/Duppi.exe (the Online/Offline Updater). - Update package To install you need Duppi (at least v3.3.5) and the previous version of Dragon UnPACKer installed and run at least once. Double-click/open the file with Duppi to install the upgrade.
Get the stable version
Download the latest stable version: 5.6.2 "Exedra-Chac"
- With setup (Main mirror)
Mirror (France)
Mirror (Hong Kong)
File: dup562exedrachac-setup.exe (3,282,983 bytes)
SHA1 Checksum: 3a88aae6d9afb748f38aa834402a447ccc6579de
SHA256 Checksum: 5a5a8fed50bb5e31a16602550a6cc172e790e2a0e94efbef20dcd243669a3ee5
PGP Signature: dup562exedrachac-setup.exe.sig - Without Setup/Archive
File: dup562exedrachac.7z (2.7MB)
SHA1 Checksum: ca3e7951c5b1c5226c7f9a6c596faca7d18dc38d
SHA256 Checksum: e651a072953cf6d439ee88bbc7cff74555adc6d1bed4c24bebb8f13b079e3be5
PGP Signature: dup562exedrachac.7z.sig - Update for 5.6.1
File: dup562-updatefrom561.d5p (1.7MB)
SHA1 Checksum: 1c765d107c89a375f5c790ecaab6bc2a1557498e
SHA256 Checksum: 361d9859096f264ecf536c45ff88fbfdfd40e0f31e32c3e6b314d50ee867bccf
PGP Signature: dup562-updatefrom561.d5p.sig - Source archive
Get the latest (unstable) version
Download the latest unstable version: 5.7.0 Beta
- With setup (Main mirror)
Mirror (France)
Mirror (Hong Kong)
File: dup570-setup.exe (3,187,802 bytes)
SHA1 Checksum: 25f43c07c49132178aad065f543700be2942372a
SHA256 Checksum: dd942be70ecbc8778d9c9b7c4c7f48104c6535dea31c7814607c85160ef5a0ea
PGP Signature: dup570beta-setup.exe.sig - Without Setup/Archive
File: dup570beta.7z (2,553,660 bytes)
SHA1 Checksum: f71f017f23e773d22018963e749765ccec50cf95
SHA256 Checksum: 217f17521154d39dbeac60190fb9de2d8e694ae86edafe44c9811d1cc83c669d<
PGP Signature: dup570beta.7z.sig - Source archive
File: dup570beta-src.7z (1,983,017 bytes)
SHA1 Checksum: 173345ce638000f2c2d7b3fbc28e4931faaa4031
SHA256 Checksum: 44fcfea62f96f6bd74b15873ebcc9f1fa1900f5d1c80fb70d9c5ac5f58d4684f
PGP Signature: dup570beta-src.7z.sig
Translations
You can freely download translations here. They are available as D5P (Dragon UnPACKer 5 Package) file which auto-install/update using Duppi.
If you run Duppi in online mode you will also find all available translations for your version of Dragon UnPACKer.
| Translation | Translation author | For Version |
|---|---|---|
| Czech | David Mokry (SUSHI) | |
| English | Alexandre Devilliers (Elbereth) | Included in all versions |
| French | Alexandre Devilliers (Elbereth) | Included in all versions |
| German | livinskull | |
| German | Felix Riemann | |
| Hungarian | Kov�cs Andr�s' | |
| Italian | gabriTB01 | |
| Polish | Piotr "Halamix2" Halama | |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Samir Jorge de Aguiar (Piloto de Fuga) | |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gabriel Silva | |
| Spanish | Alexandre Devilliers (Elbereth) | Included in all versions |
| Russian | Alexms69 | |
| Russian | Pit0n2 | |
| Russian | Andrew Bondar (SkYuS) | |
| Russian | Nikita Churilov (Deliverer) | |
| Russian | Andrew Bondar (SkYuS) | |
| Turkish | bosluk | |
| Turkish | Volkan Özdemir | |
| Ukranian | Andrew Strepetov |
New translations are released by third parties authors sometimes months after the release.
Stay up to date
Duppi - Update utility
Dragon UnPACKer comes with an online/offline update utility named Duppi.
With this updater you can keep your plugins up to date easily, just fire up Duppi every now and then, download the new versions and Duppi will install them automatically!
The other function of Duppi is to download and install additional translation of Dragon UnPACKer.
Duppi works also as an offline updater, it can install compressed D5P files (Dragon UnPACKer 5 Packages). All updates are also available as D5P files if you don't trust or cannot use the online updater.
Newest plugins
You can freely download the new plugins versions here. They are available as D5P (Dragon UnPACKer 5 Package) file which auto-install/update using Duppi.
| Plugin Type | Plugin Name | Plugin Version | Plugin What's new |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | drv_default | 2.1.1 (149kB) |
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| Driver | drv_zip | 1.1.3 (DLL v5.5.2) (89kB) |
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New plugins are released now & then which bring new supported games and/or bug fixes.
Support
This is a oneman program, so support is also handled by myself, so it might be really long before I find a solution to your problem or before a feature request is implemented. You must understand I do this for fun and during my spare time, therefore sometimes I might choose to implement something that was not requested before anything else.
Now if you want to report a bug, ask for a feature you want or chat about Dragon UnPACKer here are your options:
- Issues tracker: This page keeps track of all bug reports, it is really useful for me to have them all on that page and I will surely ignore any other bug report (email, forum, etc..). One catch, you need to register an account on GitHub, but this is easy, fast and free...
- Feature request: This page is the same as the bug report one, but for feature request, just use the Feature Request label.
That's all the support you will get and that's a lot considering the price (it is free...) of Dragon UnPACKer! 
Roadmap (TODO list)
Here is what I am thinking for the future of Dragon UnPACKer, don't get your expectations high as I am really busy and almost not touching it anymore.
| Version | Priority | Status | Description |
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5.0.0 Beta 1 released (28/07/2002) |
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5.0.0 Beta 2 released (18/10/2002) |
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5.0.0 Beta 3 released (08/04/2003) |
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5.0.0 Beta 4 released (26/04/2003) |
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5.0.0 Release Candidate 1 released (29/06/2003) |
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5.0.0 Release Candidate 2 released (08/09/2003) |
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5.0.0 Release Candidate 3 released (27/09/2003) |
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5.0.0 Release Candidate 4 released (08/05/2004) |
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5.0.0 Stable released (17/07/2004) |
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5.1.0 WIP released (22/08/2004) |
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5.1.1 WIP released (03/10/2004) |
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5.1.2 WIP released (27/03/2005) |
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5.2.0 "Cinthia" Stable released (23/12/2005) |
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5.2.0 "Cinthia" Release A released (29/12/2005) |
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5.2.0 "Cinthia" Release B released (30/01/2006) |
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5.3.0 WIP released (04/03/2008) |
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5.3.1 WIP released (10/03/2008) |
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5.3.2 WIP released (19/04/2008) |
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5.3.3 Beta released (23/08/2008) |
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5.4.0 "Degei" Stable released (20/11/2008) |
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5.4.0 "Degei" Release A Stable released (23/04/2009) |
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5.5.0 Beta Unstable released (27/06/2009) |
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5.5.1 Beta Unstable released (12/09/2009) |
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5.6.0 "Exedra" Stable released (15/10/2010) |
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5.6.1 "Exedra-Benton" Stable released (05/04/2011) |
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5.6.2 "Exedra-Chac" Stable released (07/08/2011) |
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5.7.0 Beta Unstable released (08/04/2014) |
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| 5.7.x | 25% | Enhance log ability (error reporting, file save, etc..). | |
5.8.0 Stable |
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| 6.0.0 | 0% | Rewrite using Lazarus/FreePascal. | |
6.0.0 Stable |
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| 6.x.x | 0% | Propose a 64bits version for Windows | |
| 6.x.x | 0% | Add repack (or at least edit ability) | |
Ideas not on the roadmap
- Add popup to select between different driver plugin when more than one declares being able to open the file
- Add a certainty of ability to open a file
Example:- High if smart used with a very good ID/Magic string
- Medium if smart used with a weak ID/Magic string
- Low if smart was not used (only based on extension)
- "Create" plugins (do not integrate the creation to the drivers plugins.
Stuff that will never happen
Stuff I should do but will most likely never do (too boring):
- Make a Dragon UnPACKer 5 Help manual
- Make a Dragon UnPACKer 5 plugin Development kit (PDK)