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how do you extract graphics?

July 22nd 2004, 01:24 AM
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How do you extract graphics from games like Redink1 and other people have done like Warcraft2?
July 22nd 2004, 02:41 AM
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Glennglenn
Peasant He/Him Norway
GlennGlenn doesn't want a custom title. 
if they are FF created then you cant extract them since they has done it becuse peoples like you should steel the graphics that he has made, but somethimes they lay out a graphics pack like SimonK has done so you cant extract them from their FF position!
July 22nd 2004, 01:44 PM
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MadStalker
Peasant He/Him Finland
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Uh, I think he meant how to rip graphics from other <u>games</u>, not D-Mods.

In some games that is done easily, for example if you want to rip a graphic from Doom, download XWE or similar WAD editor, open the WAD and save the bitmaps on your hard drive from there.
July 22nd 2004, 02:35 PM
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redink1
King He/Him United States bloop
A mother ducking wizard 
There are a couple tools available to extract BMPs from WarCraft and StarCraft games. The one that I used extracted every character into one really, really tall bitmap, with the frames evenly spaced out. I went through it manually, highlighting and copying every frame to a new file. Sometimes I would accidently get off by a pixel or two, and would have to start over.

Yes, that took an absolutely mind-boggling amount of time, and I don't think I would ever do something like that again. Now I'd just create a program to extract them myself.
July 22nd 2004, 11:59 PM
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Thanks
So is there any good program you would recommend?
July 23rd 2004, 12:03 AM
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merlin
Peasant He/Him
 
What game?
July 23rd 2004, 12:18 AM
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Well maybe Fellowship of the ring or Escape from Monkey Island. I dont know if it's possible though.
If not then Diablo will do.
July 23rd 2004, 12:25 AM
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Phoenix
Peasant He/Him Norway
Back from the ashes 
That's BS. I can extract files from FF files all fine. Trust me, it's no sweat.
July 23rd 2004, 01:06 AM
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Kyle
Peasant He/Him Belgium
 
You can't extract bmps from full 3D games. They are 3D models, not 2D bitmaps. Escape from Monkey Island does use bitmaps, but I don't think you can simply extract them.
July 23rd 2004, 01:10 AM
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I didnt think so. Anyway, do you think I could extract graphics from Diablo or maybe Curse of Monkey Island? (it's 2D)
July 23rd 2004, 04:25 AM
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Kyle
Peasant He/Him Belgium
 
Diablo, yes. I think I've seen utilities floar around that do just that, but I have no idea where to get them. Search around and you'll find them eventually.
July 23rd 2004, 10:28 PM
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I cant find anything. Does anyone know of a program to extract Diablo graphics?