Extracted Xbox files. (Now with actual files!)
Quinctia:
Quote from: Blizzaird on 2008 September 12, 23:08:54
Actually I am familiar with the KOTOR II restoration efforts (that's another forum I've lurked on for quite some time), and although much of the cut content is left in the PC version, an entire cut planet was successfully extracted from the Xbox version. The problem is that the Xbox and PC versions of KOTOR are essentially the exact same game and I doubt much, if any, format conversion had to be done, whereas The Sims 2 was significantly altered or even completely remade when they ported it to the consoles, as Fat D mentioned.
That's exactly why I mentioned it. I know there's resources to get to that content (restoration project or no, I've seen a really entertaining picture walk-through that faked some of the cut-content that was only on the Xbox) and, while I'm sure the format was really similar to PC in this case, I thought it might be possible that the file compression system was the same among all the Xbox games. And perhaps that could get you into those .arc files.
You obviously knew about that already. Crud.
Blizzaird:
I've looked into it a little more, and as far I can tell, KOTOR on the XBox shares almost all it's filetypes with the PC version, no extra archives to get past, just folders with files in them. Although I think the directories are arranged a little differently. It even has the same .ini file if I'm not mistaken. Console games just don't have the kind of standardized file-types you might expect them to. That link is pretty funny, though a little long and drawn out if you've already played the game.
Also, a reminder to those with skills: I've uploaded two of the .arc files for your decoding pleasure. (see my last post or the first post for links)
sirnh:
About the .arc files. According to http://www.file-extensions.org an arc file is a 'Compressed file archive' or a 'UGS I-DEAS Native' (wathever that means).
I know that alzip supports the '.arc' file format. (alzip is a compression utility found at: http://www.altools.com/ALTools/ALZip.aspx)
Did you try unzipping an '.arc'-file (it probably will not work, but well...)
Blizzaird:
Yeah, not with that specific tool, but that is exactly what i previously mentioned that they are most definitely not. Quote from: Wikipedia
.arc is often also used as a file extension for several different file types that have in common that they are some kind of archive files.
dragonarts:
UGS stands for UniGraphics... something. I-DEAS is owned by UGS folks. They are professional CAD programs used to 3D model parts of things like cars. My daughter is a designer for some folks that build cupholders and stuff out of plastic for Toyota and Ford and others. She mostly doesn't use either anymore as they mostly design in CATIA now, but she's shared bits about both programs with me. She knows I like 3D modeling for Sims. The only way you're going to get your hands on I-DEAS is through someone's work, unless you've got about $20,000 lying around loose. I don't know if there are other programs out there that can open the files either. You might however try Google sketchup plugins. I know she can convert between TurboCAD and Sketchup. And there's a plugin to export and import .obj files for Sketchup that works very well.
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