My First HW2 MODding discovery

[Hopalong]

Relic did, in fact, use a different .big file format. It does not open in the old .big viewer. Not a big shock, but good to know. Time to get to work on cracking this thing.

Oh yeah, back to playing the demo.... B-)

[Crook]

if anything it might be similar to the IC format in internal construction. Shouldn't be too long...

[Spooky]

The Table of Contents for the Homeworld2.big file can be easily read using Delphy's IC SGAViewer/Extractor. All you need to do is change the extension to .SGA. :)

There are subtle differences however as the offsets to the actual file positions are all slightly off so you will not be able to extract anything.

There are a fair few thousand files within the demo .big file and it is definately a cut down version of the full one as the BC is not present (lol).

Should not take my leaned colleague too long to modify his code accordingly! :D

(P.S. add an "All Files" option to the common dialog file types - it would make life a lot easier - hehe)

[Crook]

Ahhhhhhhh this is so lovely. Back to business. It's been too long my friends :D

Gimme the fonts and BTG's!!!!!! I want a tool out before HW2 ships!!!!!!!!! lol

[Harvey Mk. II]

(cracks whip) Yeah! To work you dogs! (cracks whip) :)

[Hopalong]

Only Crook would be crazy enough to want a tool to mod the game before it ships.

:sprint:

[Crook]

ty for that.........

[Harvey Mk. II]

What are you talking about? It's not crazy. The sooner we get tools, the sooner we can start working on the next generation of mega-mods! Seeing as how a demo is more or less going to be the same as the finished game, it is feasible to start early.

[Spooky]

Actually I released my TXRViewer for IC before the full game was out... :)

[TyrealMathias]

Garr!

*gets out cattle prods and whips* get crackin, boys! and no caffiene till your done! mwuahaah... :-p :)

[SvK]

I beat you to it! (http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14932)

I'm moving this to the HW2 modding forum.

(finally a reason to use moderator powers!)

[Delphy]

See other thread :)

[Hopalong]

Doh! Sorry 'bout that one SvK. But hey, at least you got to flex your Moderate muscle.... B-)