RA2 Remixer - Red Alert 2 Tool Collection

A collection of utilities for working with Red Alert 2 game files, particularly MIX archives.

Features

• MIX File Support: Read, write, and modify RA2 MIX archives
• Encryption/Decryption: Handle RA2's custom encryption for MIX files
• File Management: Extract and patch files from/to MIX archives
• CRC Calculation: Calculate file IDs using RA2's CRC algorithm

Installation

1. Ensure you have Rust installed (version 1.70.0 or higher)
2. Clone this repository
3. Build the project:

   cargo build --release

Usage

Basic Commands

# Extract files from a MIX archive
ra2-mix extract input.mix output_directory

# Patch files into a MIX archive
ra2-mix patch input_directory output.mix

Library Usage

use ra2_mix::XccPackage;

// Load a MIX file
let mut package = XccPackage::load(Path::new("input.mix")) ?;

// Add a file to the package
package.add_file(Path::new("new_file.txt")) ?;

// Save the modified package
package.save(Path::new("output.mix")) ?;

Reference Projects

• XCC Utilities for RA2