I'm trying to mod a game from 2007 that has two .xml files, but they don't look like conventional XML when I open them in VS Code or Notepad++. Here's a sample of what they look like:

strings.xml

settings.xml

In the comments, Quentin suggests that both files' contents beginning with the characters "ZXML" could mean this data is compressed in "Cubetto 5.0 Compressed Document Format".

If that's the case, how can I decompress and read these files, or re-compress my modded files back to this format?

I'm trying to mod the game Chocolatier from 2007. It has two .xml files, but they don't look like conventional XML when I open them in VS Code or Notepad++. Here's a sample of what they look like:

strings.xml

settings.xml

In the comments, Quentin suggests that both files' contents beginning with the characters "ZXML" could mean this data is compressed in "Cubetto 5.0 Compressed Document Format".

If that's the case, how can I decompress and read these files, or re-compress my modded files back to this format?

I've tried basic notepad, then installed Notepad++ and then tried VS Code (well, just in case) if I can see at least something, it's this: picture 1 of "strings" picture 2 of "settings"

This game has only 2 xml files strings and settings, I suppose all the game info is there (it's very small 21mb game). Can anyone help please?

If someone could say where are the textures could be in that game, that's be just great too.

I'm trying to mod a game from 2007 that has two .xml files, but they don't look like conventional XML when I open them in VS Code or Notepad++. Here's a sample of what they look like:

strings.xml

settings.xml

In the comments, Quentin suggests that both files' contents beginning with the characters "ZXML" could mean this data is compressed in "Cubetto 5.0 Compressed Document Format".

If that's the case, how can I decompress and read these files, or re-compress my modded files back to this format?

I've tried basic notepad, then installed Notepad++ and then tried VS Code (well, just in case) if I can see at least something, it's this: picture 1 of "strings" picture 2 of "settings"

This game has only 2 xml files strings and settings, I suppose all the game info is there (it's very small 21mb game). Can anyone help please?

If someone could say where are the textures could be in that game, that's be just great.

I've tried basic notepad, then installed Notepad++ and then tried VS Code (well, just in case) if I can see at least something, it's this: picture 1 of "strings" picture 2 of "settings"

This game has only 2 xml files strings and settings, I suppose all the game info is there (it's very small 21mb game). Can anyone help please?

If someone could say where are the textures could be in that game, that's be just great too.