.Big Utilities
Files extracted from ".big" archives (with one of the ".big" utilities listed, below) must first be converted into human-readable form (decompiled) before they can be edited using a text-editor. You can use Age2uN's Lua Decompiler to decompile the extracted file.

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.Big Extractors:

• SpookyRAT by Spooky.
  • Download
  • Discussion
• HW2 Big Extractor by Delphy.
  • Download [Dead Link. -Mikail, 01/29/06]
  • Discussion
• archive.exe by Relic Entertainment.
  • RDN Tools
  • Documentation for "archive.exe"
• unfBig Big Extractor & Lua Decompiler by unfunf.
  • Discussion
  - http://www.hwaccess.net/downloads.php?cat_id=8&rowstart=15
  
• Bigar A .big tool for the Mac.
  • Discussion

.Big Creators:

• ModPackager by Relic Entertainment.
  • RDN Tools
  • ModPackager Tutorial by ÜberJumper and Mikail.

• archive.exe by Relic Entertainment.
  • RDN Tools
  • Big File Creator Tutorial by jpaugh78. Describes how to create ".big" files using batch files.
  • Documentation for "archive.exe"
• Bigar A .big tool for the Mac.
  • Discussion

Related Pages:

• .big file format described in detail
• Automation for big file compression
• Mod Data Precedence