Crate ra2_mix

RA2 MIX Library

A Rust library for reading and writing Red Alert 2 MIX archive files. Supports both encrypted and unencrypted MIX formats.

Features

• Read and parse MIX files
• Extract files from MIX archives
• Support for encrypted MIX files
• Checksum calculation for filenames
• File operations (read/write)

Installation

Add this to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
ra2-mix = "0.0.0"

Basic Usage

use ra2_mix::{MixPackage,MixError};
use std::path::Path;

fn main() -> Result<(), MixError> {
    // Load a MIX file
    let mix = MixPackage::load(Path::new("example.mix"))?;
    
    // Access files in the MIX archive
    for (filename, data) in mix.files.iter() {
        println!("Found file: {}", filename);
    }
    
    Ok(())
}

API Documentation

See the full API documentation for detailed usage.

Examples

Check the examples/ directory for complete usage examples:

1. basic.rs - Basic MIX file operations
2. encrypted.rs - Working with encrypted MIX files
3. extract.rs - Extracting files from MIX archives RA2 MIX file format library

This library provides functionality for reading and writing Red Alert 2 MIX files. It supports both encrypted and unencrypted MIX files, and can extract files from MIX archives.

Structs

MixDatabase

The reverse of the MIX database

MixPackage

MIX package

Enums

CncGame

Enum representing different games that use XCC format

Ra2Error

Error type for RA2 MIX file operations

Functions

decompress

Recursively unpack all mix files in the game directory

extract

Extract single file from the MIX file to a folder

patch

Patch a folder into the MIX file

Type Aliases

Result

Result type for RA2 MIX file operations