Extracted Xbox files. (Now with actual files!)
Quinctia:
I don't know if there's a similar type of format conversion involved, but Xbox games have been ripped to add content to PC games before. There's an ongoing project to restore cut material from Knights of the Old Republic II. It was left on just the Xbox version, and they're making a mod to the PC version with the material.
That (or similar projects I don't know about) may be the place to start your search.
Jelenedra:
Faulty information there. They left the cut content on the PC version of KOTOR II as well. If you have proper tools, you can listen to the cut audio files straight from the game folders.
So, as far as I know, no one has successfully converted Xbox to PC content before.
Fat D:
I guess it depends on the individual game. Some are ported between console and PC, whereas others, like for example all sim games, are rewritten with an entirely different backend, and most likely not using the familiar format from TS2, which makes conversion impractical.
arogers:
i cant see why riping a mesh of an object would be impossbile. there must be some way to get objects from it. ??? ??? ???
Blizzaird:
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.
Quote from: arogers on 2008 September 12, 22:15:38
i cant see why riping a mesh of an object would be impossbile. there must be some way to get objects from it. ??? ??? ???
It's not impossible, the problem is that I have no clue how to do it. That's exactly why I posted this here. I was hoping someone could have a look at one of these files in a hex editor or whatever you would use, and see if they could decode the format. I personally have no experience whatsoever with that kind of thing.
As a side note, I fail at html and have no idea why my links aren't showing up right.
Edit: to fix my forum code fail. I feel stupid now.
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