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[Edheldil]

My original plan was to create updated versions of sites I previously created for Baldur's Gate II and Icewind Dale on my homepage and add additional ones for BGI, IWDII, Planescape Torment and possibly Lionheart and The Temple of Elemental Evil

Hi, David,

Some time ago I have created site lionheart.eowyn.cz with information on the file formats - it's not complete yet by any means, it's missing some stuff I have made (GIMP plugin for reading FRM16 files) and I have since found a problem with FRM16 type 68 description, but it still has some useful info.

Corrections, submissions etc. are as always welcome.

Regards,
Edheldil

[Sam.]

Some time ago I have created site lionheart.eowyn.cz with information on the file formats - it's not complete yet by any means, it's missing some stuff I have made (GIMP plugin for reading FRM16 files) and I have since found a problem with FRM16 type 68 description, but it still has some useful info.

Have you made (and compiled) tools that work with any of the lionheart formats? If so, where can I find them? Nice to see some progress on figuring out the file formats, btw .

[Edheldil]

Have you made (and compiled) tools that work with any of the lionheart formats? If so, where can I find them? Nice to see some progress on figuring out the file formats, btw .

I have updated the wiki a bit. At the moment the current tools are not in a presentable state, so what little is available is in the GIT repository on the title page. Mostly Python code, I think

[salomonkane]

Hello, I wonder if henceforth we have a utility/a tool for Undat/Extract/View the Lionheart game files ?,
-Thank You .

Edited by salomonkane, 31 October 2011 - 01:48 AM.

[Edheldil]

Hello, I wonder if henceforth we have a utility/a tool for Undat/Extract/View the Lionheart game files ?,
-Thank You .

What game files do you mean? If you go to my wiki[1], there is description for
.ZAX (and 99% of all the text datafiles regardless of extension, because they have the same general format)
.WAY
.FRM16 (there's some aspect I found recently still missing, I will fix it soon)
.SEQ16

I have made some minor inroads to .MDL16, but I am distracted with other projects and RealLife ™ at the moment.

Hmm, I have probably forgot to push the tools .

Edheldil

[1] http://lionheart.eowyn.cz

Edited by Edheldil, 31 October 2011 - 02:17 AM.

[salomonkane]

Hello Edheldil,

Sorry but I'm a little lost in your very technical (for me, and for the moment) documentation .

In fact how to decompress the. DAT [1.5 G], please ?

data.dat - ZIP archive of actual game data files. Look below for its contents. It can be unpacked in place [FIXME: how?] to allow easy modding without need to pack it each time.

-Is there a tool to do it, as undat.exe that we know for TOEE or Arcanum ?

I am looking initially to explore the sounds [./Music,./Sounds] and spells, then , the tiles and maps ...

BTW did you know if we can convert some LH speels , or CRE. animation in a .BAM/BG transposable format like : BMP/AVI/Gif. ... ?

TY .

Edited by salomonkane, 31 October 2011 - 05:53 AM.

[Edheldil]

In fact how to decompress the. DAT [1.5 G], please ?
-Is there a tool to do it, as undat.exe that we know for TOEE or Arcanum ?

Should be possible with good-enough ZIP unpacker - something like WinRAR, perhaps?

I am looking initially to explore the sounds [./Music,./Sounds] and spells, then , the tiles and maps ...

There are no tiles like in Infinity Engine - the map is constructed by placing objects on a textured background.
Re music, GemRB can play OGG files directly, btw ;-)

BTW did you know if we can convert some LH speels , or CRE. animation in a .BAM/BG transposable format like : BMP/AVI/Gif. ... ?

IIRC unlike IE, avatars are real 3d models kept in .GR2 files[1], so at the foreseeable future I do not see a way to convert them to creature BAMs without too much manual work.

Edheldil

[1] Which is a proprietary and obfuscated format of RAD Games

[salomonkane]

how to decompress the. DAT

- something like WinRAR, perhaps?

-Oh, How beautiful life is, When everything is as simple ...

-Thank you very much Edheldil .

I do not see a way to convert them to creature BAMs without too much manual work.

-I've in mind LH Charac's Spirit Avatar (especially the Red one) :



-And what about speels spells ? It is the same problems ?

Edited by salomonkane, 31 October 2011 - 08:14 AM.

[salomonkane]

And to return about the Maps :

Would it possible to Export/Modified this Map (for Infinity Engine) or to Extract the carcass of this dragon ? :


FWI, Edheldil, :
http://www.baldursga...html#post279665

Edited by salomonkane, 31 October 2011 - 08:20 AM.

[Sam.]

I do not see a way to convert them to creature BAMs without too much manual work.

-I've in mind LH Charac's Spirit Avatar (especially the Red one) :

See Porting animations from other games. Unfortunately IIRC, the animations for these three spirits are very limited, and so I do not think there would be nearly enough content (attack, death, get hit, etc. sequences) to be able to port to the IE and fill the necessary animation sequences. The other animations from the game are technically possible, though.

-And what about speels ? It is the same problems ?

I'm not familiar with what a "speel" is...

Edited by Sam., 27 January 2012 - 11:46 PM.

[Sam.]

And to return about the Maps :

Would it possible to export/Modified this Map (for Infinity Engine) or to extract the carcass of this dragon ? :

I'm afraid at this point your only option would be to recreate it using screenshots from within the game. Tedious, but certainly doable.

[Edheldil]

-I've in mind LH Charac's Spirit Avatar (especially the Red one) :



-And what about speels ? It is the same problems ?

Cast effects are in MDL16 files, could be quite easily extracted
Animation stances are in GR2 files
Spell descriptions are in text files, but I do not see them reusable in DnD ruleset.
Dunno about projectiles
Sounds are easy

[Sam.]

I am looking initially to explore the sounds [./Music,./Sounds] and spells, then , the tiles and maps ...

Re music, GemRB can play OGG files directly, btw ;-)

The game does use the OGG format for virtually all of their sound/soundset/music files. PS gui can convert OGG files to WAV, and vice versa. Alternatively, installing the K-Lite Codec Pack allows you to listen do OGG files (as well as MANY others) directly from programs like Windows Media Player.

[salomonkane]

It's been a long time I did not play this great game ...
The screen come from GameSpot :
http://www.gamespot....dQLsBgu7h6b7R_h
So,
How can I find this Map?
Is it somewhere indexed in the . DAT?
What are its references ?
In what part of the files of the game is it located?

If the screenshot is the only hypothesis to export the Map :
Do I have to replay a game, in order to make a screenshot ?
In which case: in which part of the game may I found this Map ?

In any case, if I can not see/edit Maps with an editor dedicated to LH , a save-game located not far from this map would be useful ...

-Any help are welcome .
-Thank you .

Edited by salomonkane, 31 October 2011 - 12:03 PM.

[Creepin]

Holy hell, man, wonderful work! Thank you for sharing

[Daulmakan]

That's awesome!

[Balder]

I know a lot of time has passed, but I've recently found myself delving into this game resources again.

 

I've completed my tool for .frm16 conversion to bmp.

 

I'm looking for info about other file formats used in this game.

 

Any info would be kindly appreciated.