decodeSTA.lua

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-- decodeSTA.lua --
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-- For some game, I don't even know what it is lol.

-- Run this within a folder with some STA files in it.
-- TXT file conversions will be created in the same folder.
-- Pre-existing TXT files will be replaced without prompting.

require "lfs"

for entry in lfs.dir(lfs.currentdir()) do if entry:sub(-4):lower() == ".sta" then
    local input = io.open(entry, "rb")
    local output = io.open(entry:sub(1, #entry - 3) .. "txt", "w")
    local strCount = 0

    input:read(16) -- header crap, skip for now

    while true do
        local long = input:read(4)
        if not long then break end
        output:write("\n*Do*Not*Edit*This*Line* " .. strCount .. "\n" .. input:read(long:byte(1) * 256^3 + long:byte(2) * 256^2 + long:byte(3) * 256 + long:byte(4)))
        strCount = strCount + 1
    end

    input:close()
    output:close()
end end