looking for something..

[bananaman040]

i was wondering what file the monster animations are stored
would they be in the *.wdf files that are in the co root directory.. the most obvious place
or a *.DMap file.. map files im guessing..
or a *.dds file
or would they be in one of the *.c3 files

im guessing one of the *.wdf files.. because i dont think that the other files are big enough to hold that many animations..

for the wdf files i have unknownones extractor..
the dds files i got peaches.. i think.. dds how to edit..

anyone got any idea of how to find the monster animations? to save me from extracting everything from the wdf files..

[smoothjonny]

DMap are maps.
dds are skins.
c3 are support files.

i'd imagine it'd have to be wdf.

hope that helps.

[bananaman040]

yeah i thought it would be.. ty..
oh.. just out of curiosity how would i go about opening the c3 files anyhows

[smoothjonny]

Originally posted by bananaman040@Jan 6 2007, 23:21
yeah i thought it would be.. ty..
oh.. just out of curiosity how would i go about opening the c3 files anyhows

it's encrypted.

also... .c3 is a really really old file extension, rarely used... i belive you could try finding a copy of Pov-ray but if you are running a new windows OS, i doubt it'll even run... it's from 3.1, and if you have 2000 or XP, most windows programs before 98/95 don't even work... lemme know if you need any more info

[bananaman040]

hmm.. im extracting 3dmotion.ini and all its popping out are c3 files.. so i opened one of the c3 files in wordpad.. and on the top line its says MAXFILE C3 and the rest is encrypted..
so maby c3 files are 3dmax animation files O.o which is what im looking for.. *crosses fingers*
at the bottom of the 3dmotion.ini file there are a whole heap of monster files.. and thats what i think im looking for

so im now sifting thru the hundreds of cd's ive got to find a 3dstudiomax and keygen :P

[smoothjonny]

lemme know... also, what do you plan to do with the files? i'm a bit intrigued.

and although c3 are support... it would make sense they are the animations... to animate the skins... well lemme know i only edit surfaces and make little tools for personal use so, yeah

[keroseneman]

i wanna know what hes doing also....

[bananaman040]

hmm.. ok..

well i want to find the death animations of the bird island birds..
you know how wen you go out hunting on BI how there are so many dead bodies its hard to see item/met drops
well i want to remove the dead body from the animation but keep the floating feathers.. coz that looks kewl..
so you will be able to see all of the item drops easily..
ive never seen anything like this anywhere..

cotobol you could remove death effects but it stil had the bird standing and if there is heaps of them they end up covering all the items anyhows..

i want to do something origional, something really helpful.. and to me this should turn out pretty sweet..

also i lost a db on BI not long ago.. i heard the dropping sound and saw the system message but when i eventually found it, it got picked up by some low lvl noob.. so thats another reason to do it too :P

[smoothjonny]

1) i hope you killed the theif

2) this will save me from using the shift button while hunting

[bananaman040]

yeah killed him but he didnt drop the DB..
and yeah i hope itll be really useful.. i wanna do basilisks aswell and maby a few others.. but mainly the BI birds
i like to be able to see the item.. not just its name..

hmm i should of edited the 3dmotion.ini file and deleted the stuff i didnt need..
but unsure if im allowed to..
its taking forever to get to extracting the monster folder..
**** i really need to upgrade my puter.. **** non 64bit piece of **** :P

EDIT: yay its finally started extracting the monster folder.. ho um stil have to wait to restart my comp to finnish the 3dmax8 instal..

EDIT2: YAY its done.. *crosses fingers* hope 3ds max opens these files...

EDIT3: **** no go.. anyone got any ideas??

EDIT4: pov-ray dont work either.. but i had a look at it.. its pretty kewl how it renders stuff..

[bananaman040]

so would anyone out there know how to get into a c3 file?
ive tried 3ds max and pov-ray..

if you look at the c3 files through wordpad one of the files start off as..
MAXFILE C3 00001PHY Õ?

so im guessing thats a physical mesh of somesort maby..

and another as..
MAXFILE C3 00001MOTI¼¬

guessing its an animation..

both say they are MAXFILE which lead me to guess that they could be opened in 3ds max..
but no.. so would anyone know a prog that would be able to open or if it is encrypted in a way.. decrypt it O.o...

i really want to complete this project.. so if anyone has any guesses.. no matter how far fetched..
id like to hear it..

cheers

[pfj511]

have you soved this issue?
can you open this c3 file as head line MAXFILE C3 00001PHY % ..MAXFILE C3 00001PHY $C and so on

here is the picture
I can't open it by 3d max as you said , it mabe encrypted in some way

it's a game file , I like it very much and i also want to edit it by myself

if you had soved this issue please help me ,thanks a lot!
email :

[bananaman040]

Originally Posted by pfj511

have you soved this issue?
can you open this c3 file as head line MAXFILE C3 00001PHY % ..MAXFILE C3 00001PHY and so on

here is the picture
I can't open it by 3d max as you said , it mabe encrypted in some way

it's a game file , I like it very much and i also want to edit it by myself

if you had soved this issue please help me ,thanks a lot!
email :

im sry, i wasnt able to open any of the c3 files.. i tried a few things but in the end i guessed that the files were most probably made in the Chinese co with a Chinese 3danimation program and havnt needed to be translated/modified to work in our co..

i dont understand Chinese but if you do i guess you could try d/ling some of their 3d animation programs and try an open the c3 files with them..

but that would be a stab in the dark..

if you manage to figure it out i would love to know so i can complete my abandoned project, i hate leaving things unfinnished.

[pfj511]

Originally Posted by bananaman040

im sry, i wasnt able to open any of the c3 files.. i tried a few things but in the end i guessed that the files were most probably made in the Chinese co with a Chinese 3danimation program and havnt needed to be translated/modified to work in our co..

i dont understand Chinese but if you do i guess you could try d/ling some of their 3d animation programs and try an open the c3 files with them..

but that would be a stab in the dark..

if you manage to figure it out i would love to know so i can complete my abandoned project, i hate leaving things unfinnished.

thanks for you reply soon, i can edit item.dat shop.dat by WinHex.exe ,but this ...

i find the mesh is had encrypt in to the c3 file ,16 bit number , if you can cut this file you can open it i guess .