need to hack a locked .cab

[GHOST_Dimz]

before i get bashed for game related threads , this is game related ...

i bought the splinter cell 3 : chaos theory limited collectors edition and the installer for the bonus content is bugged , says it cant retrieve the installation folder .

so , i need to somehow unlock the .cab file and extract the contents to a temp directory and install manually , because ubisoft isnt gonna help us out that bought the game anytime soon .

does anyone know of a way to unlock a cab file , ive searched google for unlock cab , unlock .cab , unlocking cab , unlocking .cab , and nothing udeful came up

[DABhand]

There is tools if i remember on another site the link is on gcw, ie6comp is what your looking for if I remember correctly.

If searching for google, look for "decompress .cab" or "open .cab installshield"

[GLH]

The name of the tool is "I6Comp" and can be downloaded here: http://myplc.com/sony/bin/i6comp.zip

[GHOST_Dimz]

sorry im a big cracking noob , how do i open and extract the contents of the locked .cab ? all i wanna do is play the content i bought ...

[Joe Forster/STA]

Hi GHOST_Dimz,

First of all, this is _not_ a problem related to backing up games or playing games from backups. Therefore, you should ask the game publisher/manufacturer or send a post to the official game support forum. (No, this isn't bashing; this is just what this forum is and isn't about...)

That said, I don't quite understand your problem with the installation; can you describe what you're trying to do and _exactly_ what error messager you get and when? (No, I don't have this game at all but someone else might have it and anyone might come up with general ideas on what to do.) Also, I don't quite understand what you mean that Ubisoft isn't gonna help; they simply have to, as you haven't paid for the game only, but for user support, too.

Joe

[GHOST_Dimz]

when trying to install a patch that installs bonus content , it says " cannot retreieve installation folder . setup will abort " .

so i have a look at the files involved with the setup and find theres a seup.ini thats easily readable in notepad so i modify it to say " md5check=y " instead of =n , and " enterpassword=n " modified to = y .

this works for the installation folder retrieval , but it prompts me for a password . this passowrd is not available in either of the serials included with the game ...

now theres a setup.inx file with the words password mentioned more than a few times , but after each instance of the words "password" are encrytpted characters which i cannot read since i dont code or know how to open encrypted files .


and finally i said ubisoft isnt gonna help us " anytime soon" , meaning i would like to get access to the bonus content before forever comes and they finally release a new working version of the patch .

[edit ] and i have sent an email to ubisoft reporting this eroror and theres been no reply for about 1 1/2 weeks .