Sims 2 Tools - DBPF Compare
DBPF Compare is a utility for helping to identify the differences between two .package files.
It can be used to answer questions such as:
What did I change between backup version X and Y?
There are two places to download the same mod, but the .package files are different sizes, are there any real differences between the two download sites?
These two mods are described as doing very similar things, but what exactly do they do differently?
This translation I've been sent, did they really only edit the Text Resources?
DBPF Compare can also copy resources from one .package file into the other
Conventional applications such as Beyond Compare and WinDiff struggle with .package files as
the contents are binary not text,
the order of resources (BHAVs, BCONs, TXMTs, et al) within the .package file is not important, and
resources can be compressed in one file and not the other.
DBPF Compare understands the internal format of .package files and overcomes these peculiarities.
If you do not know why you would want to compare the resources within two .package files, this application is not for you!