.ucs files decoding. help needed!

[Alex A. Florov]

I'we unpack English.big file... and in "locale" folder got some *.ucs files.

I know that files containes the texts of the game, but

(example - ui.ucs) instead this -

"
2550 SHADOWS
2551 TOGGLE SHIP SHADOWS
2552 DAMAGE FX LOD
2553 SELECT DAMAGE EFFECTS LEVEL OF DETAIL FOR SHIPS
2554 HYPERSPACE QUALITY
2555 SET THE QUALITY OF THE HYPERSPACE EFFECTS
2556 LIGHTING LOD
2557 SELECT THE LIGHTING LEVEL OF DETAIL
2558 DETAIL GEOMETRY
2559 ENABLE OR DISABLE DISPLAY OF DETAIL GEOMETRY
2560 GEOMETRY SCALING
2561 TURN ON OR OFF DYNAMIC REDUCTION OF GEOMETRY
2562 UPDATE INFO
2563 UPDATE INFORMATION
"
I got that -

"
x??}ioI? ????p?i7???®j???)?c???????D???%?D?»???neDdD?QE??·?¶TygF???§????|?????`4??????}??X??e«??q??d0
r:8??bu?¶??-9m?C???????r¬?2?w?¶??Z?¶??-??d?
??mKG ?i?F?xN_??`?F???·}??m?NZ˜e???m?????y??I[c??K??Fg?µj??°v¶4??;i?l?7-·?V????§p??`?lo±?}?#m?°?z??z???7??*4-?¤m48_??5·5??+?~??6R+?_/%?@????!_¶??@??<o?f???G5?µ6???1?¶u??m«?¶?!¬?_q?;&s????3??9?q˜3&0Y'??±?Mj˜sx6?¬?6?{Ub??'®!??????.T ????z? ??c???;<kk|l?n???S5?=?
?
"

the pre-header "x?" is in all ucs files... what encoder have I to use!?

TNX a lot for answers.

[Thought]

Try re-downloading the .BIG viewer, I believe there was a bug in older versions that did not uncompress the files properly.

[Alex A. Florov]

I've got a 2.3 version.... :(

[Alex A. Florov]

P.S. If it will not be hard... Could someone send me on pmaker@ukr.net unpacked English.big?

TNX..

[Thought]

Err... wait, the locale directory is not present in English.big, are you sure you're looking in the right place?

[Arioch]

May be a foreign version he's looking at.

[TheSilentOne]

Alex, I sent you an unpacked English.Big with readable .ucs files.

[Alex A. Florov]

>>Err... wait, the locale directory is not present in English.big, are you sure you're looking in the right place?

Yes, I'm making the russian version of HW2... and locale folder presents!

>>Alex, I sent you an unpacked English.Big with readable .ucs files.

Thanks a lot!! :):):

[Alex A. Florov]

2 TheSilentOne

But how do you correctly extracct files!? What is the secret? :):):

[Thought]

Alex, could you send me a copy of one of those UCS files? I can look into it.

[Alex A. Florov]

2 Thought

Yes! But I couldn't find your e-mail :(

[GreG (3d)]

please, Send extracted english.big for me..
greg@homeworld2.ru

[Alex A. Florov]

2 TheSilentOne

The mailserver is down :(... could you send files to admin@tpa5.vk.kh.ua please?

[Alex A. Florov]

2 TheSilentOne

I've reseived the files - TNX :)