compress-mcf.py - struct.error: 'i' format requires -2147483648 <= number <= 2147483647

[Puddingpanzer]

Hi, i'm trying to re-compress my just extracted skin1 folder without any changes and getting this error with Python 3.12:

compress-mcf.py .\skin1\images.mcf .\skin1\images_new.mcf .\skin1\Unsorted\
original-file incorrect magic!
size of TOC: 42880
number of files: 2680
data start: 42936
IMG ;1;8;12;4;1;1606336533;1;1;4356;1;420932218
IMG ;2;8;12;4;1;4028075487;1;1;4356;1;3052432344
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "compress-mcf.py", line 118, in <module>
    struct_data = struct_data + struct.pack('<4siiiiiihhhh', type.encode("UTF-8"), file_id, always_8, zsize,
                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
struct.error: 'i' format requires -2147483648 <= number <= 2147483647

any advices how to fix?

[drivebyroma]

I guess you solved this problem, could you tell how? as I get the same error basically. I'm not a pro in python. I did manage to do startupscreen decompiling and compiling ok, but having problems with compress-mcf.py as I get the same error

C:\Trytwo>python compress-mcf.py .\skin1\images.mcf .\newfile\images.mcf .\skin1raw
original-file incorrect magic!
size of TOC: 42560
number of files: 2660
data start: 42616
IMG ;1;8;12;4;1;1606336533;1;1;4356;1;420932218
IMG ;2;8;12;4;1;4028075487;1;1;4356;1;3052432344
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Trytwo\compress-mcf.py", line 118, in
struct_data = struct_data + struct.pack('<4siiiiiihhhh', type.encode("UTF-8"), file_id, always_8, zsize,
~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
max_pixel_count, always_1, hash_1, width, height, image_mode,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
always__1) + image_zlib + struct.pack('<i', hash_2)
^^^^^^^^^^
struct.error: 'i' format requires -2147483648 <= number <= 2147483647