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@Pedro No, not yet. But there is plenty of information in the data to indicate multiple textures. Using the ARROW for example, and looking at the pretty-printed data bellow, it indicates a texture count of 60 and the texture index values in the mappings run from 0 to 59. Also, looking at the...

I agree. I took a quick look at the data, and using the Arrow as an example, the textures are broken-up into 60 files.

Glad you found the help file. Yes, all the data structures for WC1/2 are documented in it.

Same extension, but different file format. I certainly would like to be able to extract the files from all these container archives and I will take a closer look at it, but this is another case of having no file names; all the entries are using hashes.

I don't know if the formats between the PC and 3DO are compatible; although they do seem similar. I am not familiar with the 3D meshes for the PC version so perhaps someone with more knowledge can answer.

For WC3 on the 3DO, you can extract the files from bundle (BUN) and stream (STR) archives: WCToolsCmd WC3:3DO:ExtractBundle commov.bun -HashMappingFile:commov.bun.txt wc3\movies\sc_200.mov wc3\movies\sc_201.mov wc3\movies\sc_202.mov wc3\movies\sc_203.mov wc3\movies\sc_205.mov ...

For WC3 on the PlayStation, you can extract the files from a library (LIB) archive: WCToolsCmd WC3:PSX:ExtractLibrary INFLIT1.LIB a1spfei1.tai a1spfei2.tai a2spfrl1.tai a2spfrl2.tai a3spfrl1.tai ... You can also convert the audio into a WAV file: WCToolsCmd WC3:PSX:ExtractAudio *.TAI...

For WC3 on the PC, you can extract the audio from a profile file: WCToolsCmd WC3:PC:ExtractAudio HOBBES.IFF HOBBES.IFF-Radio0000.WAV HOBBES.IFF-Radio0001.WAV HOBBES.IFF-Radio0002.WAV HOBBES.IFF-Radio0003.WAV HOBBES.IFF-Radio0004.WAV ... All the larger files probably have audio data in them.

I was not planning on making a release just yet, but I have noticed some interest in the container formats for console versions of WC games. Since I have working code to handle some of these files, I figured I would make it available even though I am in the middle of restructuring the toolbox...

Yeah the file extensions are the same, but the file format is completely different. I have started looking into them and I am planning on adding extraction support for these in the near future.

No, for WC3/4 the toolbox only supports extracting game data and not creating or updating files.

More extraction support for WC3, this time adding the ability to extract movies. The result is in the AVI format using uncompressed frames; therefore the file sizes can be quite large, especially for the opening movie: about 1.5 GB. From the command line: WC3ToolsCmd.exe exmovie...

I figured they would be and I am working on them right now. I don't know if I will have them ready for the next release, but they are coming.

Just as a curiosity, if you look into the mission data (MODULE.000) for Kurasawa 1 (S09M0) you can see three additional ships which are not referenced in any of the spheres: one additional Krant (ship 16) and two Gratha (ships 20 and 21). This would represent an additional 40 points (10 points...

No updates to the toolbox, but I have been digging through the WC3 dataset and found what looks like early room designs. I do not recall ever seeing these before.

It might run on Mono, but I have never tried it.

I found the location in the executable where the campaign index is set. It is a small change that can easily be done with a hex-editor: SM2.EXE, file size: 305024; pos: 21106; from B8 02 00 --> B8 00 00 // for WC1 SM2.EXE, file size: 305024; pos: 21106; from B8 02 00 --> B8 01 00 // for...

@Pedro I am working on the videos right now. It is going well, being made considerably easier thanks the to code from @HCl; in fact, I am using it practically verbatim. Not sure what I will work on next, probably on the interchange files (IFF); if I dig deep enough on these this might be the...

Added more extraction support for WC3; this time something we can actually see. This update includes support for extracting an image representation of a palette; this is actually a little trickier than it might seem. The colors in WC3 are not simply presented as they are encoded in a palette...

I would happy to share the knowledge I am gaining from WC3. Obviously I am focusing on the toolbox, but any assistance I can provide.