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Extract ''tribestex.zip'' into the ''C:\Program Files (x86)\Hi-Rez Studios\games\tribes alpha\TribesGame\CookedPC'' folder, and open the ''Command Prompt'' to that folder. | Extract ''tribestex.zip'' into the ''C:\Program Files (x86)\Hi-Rez Studios\games\tribes alpha\TribesGame\CookedPC'' folder, and open the ''Command Prompt'' to that folder. | ||
There are two ways to do this, you can extract ALL of the textures and then find the one you want, which will extract about 16 | There are two ways to do this, you can extract ALL of the textures and then find the one you want, which will extract about 16 GB of textures, or you can generate a list and then extract the ones you want. | ||
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This will extract the texture we want, and we will name it ''light_spinfusor_dif.tga''. It needs to be .tga, because that's what file format they are. | This will extract the texture we want, and we will name it ''light_spinfusor_dif.tga''. It needs to be .tga, because that's what file format they are. | ||
== Extracting Sounds == | == Extracting Sounds == |
Revision as of 03:00, 18 June 2012
This tutorial will go through the steps required to extract models, textures, and sounds from Tribes: Ascend.
Tools
You will need to download the Tribes: Ascend Extraction Tools. For newer versions of the tools, there are links in the ReadMe.txt to the original websites, but these will be fine.
Extracting Models
Extract umodel_win32.zip and open the Command Prompt to that folder.
We need to extract the files from two different files in order to get all of the models. Run the following commands one at a time via the Command Prompt.
umodel.exe -path="C:\Program Files (x86)\Hi-Rez Studios\games\tribes alpha\TribesGame\CookedPC" -export -all TribesGame umodel.exe -path="C:\Program Files (x86)\Hi-Rez Studios\games\tribes alpha\TribesGame\CookedPC" -export -all TribesGameContent
There will now be two new folders where you extracted uModel, TribesGame and TribesGameContent. Inside each one, there is a SkeletalMesh3 folder, which has the majority of the models, there are a few models in StaticMesh3, but not many. Unfortunately, Hi-Rez implemented some form of compression, and uModel can not extract the images correctly, so we will need to use a separate tool for that, read below.
Extracting Textures
Extract tribestex.zip into the C:\Program Files (x86)\Hi-Rez Studios\games\tribes alpha\TribesGame\CookedPC folder, and open the Command Prompt to that folder.
There are two ways to do this, you can extract ALL of the textures and then find the one you want, which will extract about 16 GB of textures, or you can generate a list and then extract the ones you want.
To extract all of the images, run this command:
tribestexture.exe -a
To extract a specific image, a list needs to be generated first:
tribestexture.exe -l >List.txt
Open List.txt and look for the name of the texture you want.
Now we need to extract the specific texture, and set a file name for it.
For this example will we us wep_spinfusor_3p.textures.t_wep_spinfusor_3p_diff, which is the diffuse texture for the third person model of the Light Spinfusor.
tribestexture.exe -e wep_spinfusor_3p.textures.t_wep_spinfusor_3p_dif -o light_spinfusor_dif.tga
This will extract the texture we want, and we will name it light_spinfusor_dif.tga. It needs to be .tga, because that's what file format they are.
Extracting Sounds
This is very similar to extracting models, but you need a different flag.
Extract umodel_win32.zip and open the Command Prompt to that folder.
We need to extract the files from two different files in order to get all of the sounds. Run the following commands one at a time via the Command Prompt.
umodel.exe -path="C:\Program Files (x86)\Hi-Rez Studios\games\tribes alpha\TribesGame\CookedPC" -sounds -export TribesGame umodel.exe -path="C:\Program Files (x86)\Hi-Rez Studios\games\tribes alpha\TribesGame\CookedPC" -sounds -export TribesGameContent
There will now be a folder where you extracted uModel, TribesGame and TribesGameContent. Inside each one, there is a SoundNodeWave folder, which will have the sounds.
Importing the Models into 3ds Max
Extract ActorXImporter.zip and open 3ds Max. I'm not sure what versions the script works on, but I know it works on 3ds Max 2011 for sure.
In 3ds Max, go to the MAXScript menu, and click Run Script..., and browse to where you extracted ActorXImporter.ms.
This will open a new window, where you can import models and animations.
For the materials, most of the models have multiple textures that need to be applied, you will usually have three textures per model, sometimes four, and even more if there is an ammo display. Below is a list of the textures, and how you will see them in the list you generated earlier.
Diffuse Map: _dif Normals Map: _norm or _nrm Specular Map: _spec or _spc Emissive Map: _emi