The codec used in the Animatics

[Polaris]

I was wondering if anyone found a way to play the animatics in WMP.. or another player.

Will we have to wait for Relic to release them like they did for Homeworld?

[Dragon Lord]

There was a thread where they just used a hex editor to change the fourCC code of the animatics (fourcc tells an avi player what the codec to use it) to divx 5 and they then could play the files. i gotta go back to class so i can't look for it for you but do a search on fourcc and I think you should find the thread

[Polaris]

k. thanks.

[LogicSequence]

my thread actually :) open with a hex editor, change all instances of DXGM to DX50. however you will find the avi is video only, no sound or voice... those are in seperate files. i've composed them all into one (for the main intro vid) it can be found here (http://mods.firstones.com/buda5/public/Homeworld2_intro.avi).

[Polaris]

wow thanks. Any chance of you doing the others?

[LogicSequence]

i'll probably do the end movie... what other ones are worth doing??

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[LogicSequence]

SPOILER! this is the end movie for Homeworld2, don't download it unless u want to spoil the ending (if you haven't completed the game)

homeworld2 closing movie (http://mods.firstones.com/buda5/public/homeworld2_end.avi)




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interestingly enough, the origional narration for the end movie was as follows, some of the sound files are not actually played...

"Karan became the Sajuuk-Khar, the chosen one, and custodian of the three. Conflicts the raged for millenia came to an end, and a new age of discovery began. An age of great wonders and visions. A time of boundless treasures and knowledge. The old trade routes thrived anew. But one secret remaind, the Eye of Aarran was descovered. It was opened by the power of the Three. What lay beyond hushed every voice in the galaxy. The Great network of hyperspace gates. Each one a magnificent engine of unimaginable power, and elegance. An ancient system, perfectly preserved in the void, hidden from view, throughout all of history. The age of S'jet has begun."



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- Lead Modeler
- Lead Weapon Systems Designer
- Lead Graphic Designer
- Head of the Art Department

"The avalanche has already started; it is too late for the pebbles to vote." - Kosh

[ZorClone]

how do you access the sound files? I found a "BigViewer3" program that is supposed to work, but it tells me the .big files aren't real big files.. rrrrt?

[Langy]

Look in the docked thread in this forum that says something along the lines of '.big extractor'