HW2 Big Extractor

[thesofafox]

Spooky's:
Run-time error '429':
ActiveX component can't create oject

BigX:
Just does not extract anything.. no errors, just doesnt do anything..

FinalBIG:
No error message, yet opening a *.big displays nothing to extract.

Delphy's:
component "COMPRESSZIT.OCX" or one of its dependencies are not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid


I have VB6 SP5 installed, latest everything.. still no go..

[Zatch]

@thesofafox: About BigX: did you check the directory you told it to extract to?

[Warlock_]

I have the same error as thesofafox for every program as well. I checked the directory and it is blank Zatch. It never was transfered. My brothers PC just blinked for a second and nothing happened.

[Zatch]

I have released an updated version of BigX available here (202 KB). Give it a try and let me know what happens.

[Matze1983]

The newest version of FinalBIG might solve your problem (http://wagnerma.de).

[unfunfofmpc]

You can use my unfBig big file creator and extractor.

[gamgam2]

=S !!!

All the links don't work

can anyone post a working link:S

[Spooky]

Here's the link to my one:

http://www.b5mods.com/tools/general/SpookyRATv200.rar

I intend to update the links on the b5mods site as I have just realised they are hopelessly wrong in most cases

[donvier]

alright so this used to be a simple procedure but i cant seem to get it on this one. im trying to edit the existing .big file like i used to do in cataclysm. ive tried all of the .big programs i can find and they wont let me edit the .ship files or anything. what am i doing wrong?

[Zatch]

*.big extractors just extract the scripts from the *.big archives. Once the scripts are extracted (lua, ship, wepn, miss, level, etc...) you will need to decompile them using LuaDC or some variation of it. unfBig does the extracting as well as the decompiling, so it makes life a bit easier.

[donvier]

yes but i cant seem to find a working link for unfbig i did try to download it. spookys .big viewer also says it will decompile them but doesnt seem to do it unless i am doing it wrong which is entirely possible. sorry for not being more detailed in my previous message.

[Adramelech]

I'm yet to find a working downloadable .big extractor that can extract the music.big HW2 file.

[Mikali]

You have to use magic.

[EhraniNavy]

unfBig: www.hwaccess.net - Downloads

And you don't want to only decompile them, but click the Floppy Disk (Save) and it will actually extract them.

[Probe Captain]

i cant find it :/, why is it so damn impossible to find a big-extractor? its the same dead link everywhere, why are there no mirrors, i had one yesterday but i cant find it anymore

[JT145]

The unfBig gives me some strange files with numbers replaced by squares.

What is this?

[EhraniNavy]

This is a compiled version of a LUA File. You'll need to get the LuaDC (Decompiler) to decompile these.

I hosted it on my site: click here

EhraniNavy

EDIT: You can also try to use the CFLuaDC by 4E534B in the Tanis Forum.

[MasterZH]

I cant get ANY extractor working...

[lmsmi1]

Here, try this one.

I haven't been registered long enough to post a link, so I will give it in pieces.

ht

tp://

complex.

mastertopforum.

com/

complex-tool-pack-1-0-

vt231

.html

Put the pieces together and go to that place. I know this seems retarded but it works for me. Download the Tool Pack and use the program called HW2ICArchive. I use it to extract my .BIG files.

[NteGBase]

delphy. Where can i get a homeworld 2 big file extractor? ive been looking all over for the thing. I HAVE FOUND NOTHING! all i want to do is mod the files for the ships.