Help extracting maps from SWAT 3 (converting .dat to .scn)

Hi everyone! I've been trying to extract some maps from SWAT 3 (GOG version) to convert them into a usable format. Inspired by the SWAT 3 WebGL Map Viewer, I wanted to extract and convert the maps to   to open them in  , I managed to convert several maps that were in   format. However, most of the maps are not in that format but in   files. For example, I want to convert the   map to   to process it with  .I've tried various tools and methods to extract or convert   files, but without success. I used QuickBMS with generic scripts for   files, but it didn't work correctly. I also inspected the files with a hex editor, but I didn't find clear file signatures (like  ,  , etc.).I'm not a programmer, so I've been following guides and relying on ChatGPT for help, but I've hit a  SWAT 3 files and could help me extract or convert these maps? Any guidance, tools, or scripts would be greatly !

Your message makes it hard to read.

I take it basically you want Swat 3 maps in .obj format?

.dat files in the Swat 3 world are just glorified text files (just like .map files).

Oh, sorry. I don’t know why my question looks like that. It seems like parts of the text were auto-hidden.

But yes, in summary, I want to convert certain maps from SWAT 3 to .obj or some other 3D format to open them in Blender.

The problem is that, in the folder structure of SWAT 3 (GOG version), I only find some missions. From "missionE" onwards, and a few other maps. I had no issues converting these maps to .obj using scn2obj or even inspecting them with the SWAT3 SCN Editor.

These missions are stored in a .zip file that contains several folders with textures, sounds, characters, etc.

Specifically, I want to extract mission 4 or "D" ("Home invasion"), which I can’t seem to find.

The main swat 3 folder scenes.res has the rest.

Just rename the extension to a .zip file and extract

Yes, finally! Thank you so much!
I was able to extract the rest of the maps using the scenes.res file.

Leaving some clarifications for posterity, in case it helps someone else:

The scenes.res file only contains the geometry of the maps.

The textures and other assets are located in the Swatdata.res file, which can be extracted in the same way as scenes.res by changing the extension to .zip.

The texture files are in .bmp format. For some reason, Blender doesn’t apply them correctly (it assigns them, but they don’t show up). I’m not sure if it’s a Blender issue or if the files are too "archaic".

I converted all the .bmp files to .png, and it worked perfectly.

That’s all for now. Once again, thank you so much!