Encryption Of USM Files

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Introduction And Credit

‏‏‎ ‎ Tekken 7 uses Criware's middleware called Sofdec2 which creates video containers that end with the file extension 'USM'. These files have unfortunately been encrypted for the PC version of Tekken 7 and were previously not modifiable. Thanks to Donmai, the situation has changed now: Donmai created an additional Python script for us that works in combination with his work-in-progress Python library called WannaCri. This would not be possible without Donmai, so huge thanks to him! ‏‏‎ ‎ ‎

Installing Python

‏‏‎ ‎ WannaCRI is based on Python 3.8.0, so in order to use it we need to install said version which can be downloaded here: ‏‏‎ ‎ Python 3.8.0 (Windows x86-64 executable installer) ‏‏‎ ‎ While installing Python, make sure to tick the option that says 'Add Python 3.8 to PATH'. ‏‏‎ ‎ ‎

Installing WannaCRI

‏‏‎ ‎ Open Command Prompt (CMD) and type the following to install WannaCRI: ‏‏‎ ‎ pip install WannaCRI ‏‏‎ ‎ WannaCRI needs 'ffmpeg-python' as well 'python-json-logger' to function correctly. 'ffmpeg-python' gets automatically installed with WannaCRI, but you need to install 'python-json-logger' manually. To do so, open Command Prompt (CMD) once again and type the following: ‏‏‎ ‎ pip install python-json-logger ‏‏‎ ‎ You have now successfully installed WannaCRI.

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Encrypting USM files

‏‏‎ ‎ As already mentioned in the introduction section of this guide, Donmai wrote a Python script that isolates the encryption function of WannaCRI. I prepared the script for usage with Tekken 7s USM files and wrote a batch file for it which can be downloaded below:

Tekken 7 USM Encryption.rar

Once extracted, you should be greeted by two files, 'Encrypt USM.bat' and 'WannaCRI_Encryption.py'. In order to encrypt an USM file, drag and drop it into the batch file. You are going to be prompted with the question "Do you want to make a copy of the original file? [Y/N]" which you can answer with either 'Y(es)' or 'N(o)'. If you enter Y(es), the batch file will create a copy of the inserted USM file and adds '*_Original' to it's name - If you enter N(o), the batch file will skip to the encryption section. The Python script will encrypt the file now which may take some time depending on the file size. Once that's done, the originally inserted USM file is encrypted and can be used with Tekken 7.