Ben Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 Can we make a graphics section containing all the converted pick files ? I'll host them all on my website, I'm more than willing too - and have unlimited bandwidth. Might as well bundle them all up for the public , every one is looking for them. please email me if you have them all on your computer.. preferably bmp's and zipped, And i'll grab them from you. benny@xboxottawa.ca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted October 7, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 Oh, the reason i want the "sprites" is because i really badly want to make a flash cartoon series using the xcom world. I think it could be awsome , but i would need EVERY last image in the game. Unfortunatly i'm dim and can't rip them myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted October 7, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 ok. I spent 3 hrs today using cool edit pro converting xcom sounds to mp3. I have all of them , 79 unique sounds ( weighing in at aprox 1MB ) I'm willing to share for the complete graphics collection. I'll have them up on my site shortly. benny@xboxottawa.ca ( i spent 7 years playing xcom... now i've switched to Halo lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daishiva Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 well if you want to rip the images yourself, the easiest way would be to use my pckView.net program (located on my webpage). It outputs whole pck files as a single 8-bit bmp (24-bit is supported, but i havent uploaded that yet). Better yet, it is compatible with both games (ufo and tftd) I would think my mapedit program would also be useful for backgrounds, unless you want to tile them yourself. Finally i have an online unit generator, tho im currently working on ways of improving image output. The link is in this thread. The only thing it doesnt do (currently) is create frames for running Hope this helps =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted October 8, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2003 yes, unfortunately im usually stuck at home with dial-up.. or at school with admined computers. I can't install anything basically, directx 9 is out of the question. If you could point to where i could download the files ( ufo defence ) I will most certainly host them for everyone else here. It's the least i can do, and frankly won't affect my bandwidth diddly squat ( i'm used to hosting huge files ) btw the avatar creator is great. And if the images wern't anti-aliased i'd probably sit there for .. no i wouldn't thanks in advance. benny@xboxottawa.ca BTW if you like halo videos go visit my site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BladeFireLight Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 you want to host them at home on a dialup? The problem with posting the graphic sprites is that we dont own them.. Atari does. And I dont think anyone wants to be the target of there leagal department. Making a cartoon based on the graphics I think would be 'fair use', but not making all the game graphics availible. -Blade FireLight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daishiva Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 you dont need dx9 for the image viewer/map editor, just the .net framework Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted October 9, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 NO ! lol, i would host them on my website ie FTP them from school to an online server . I don't think anyone has to worry about swapping sprites from a game that came out over 8 years ago. I think a lot of that legal bs has expired . I'm holding the PC Gamer disk # 5.10 "Classic Games Collection " which includes a full install of xcom ufo as well as several others -The Secret of Monkey Island hasn't been a secret for a very , very long time if you get my drift. I can do some research on the topic if it would change your mind ... but , i'm hoping someone will let me grab the files from them so i can toss them up on my website. any idea on the file size ? benny@xboxottawa.ca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkeylord Posted October 13, 2003 Report Share Posted October 13, 2003 man, i think your nuts. just use the 300kb pckview.exe its just as easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted October 14, 2003 Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 Munkylord has spoken wisely. A little DOS prompt never hurt anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BladeFireLight Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 man I've been spoiled with DiaShivas program for so long I forgot about pckview.exe Ben: if you have problems with the copy from theXcomUtil Homepage. I will post a link to a version that runs on faster cpu's -Blade FireLight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted October 15, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 Ok thanks , i'll try to extract the files myself today... But my school's computers don't like to have programs installed on them. I'll let everyone know if i decide to host the files. pckview from the xcom util homepage doesn't work for me . I think because i have ONLY the xcom "gold edition" from the pc gamer diskette. Which program is a stand-alone pck viewer ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted October 15, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 I tried Daishiva's pck view - it worked but none of the selectable paletts produced perfect results. Could be that i'm using xp pro at school :dontgetit: I'll try using another OS . In the meantime - if you have them all ripped please email me at benny@xboxottawa.ca and i'll host them to the public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted October 15, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 lol Daishiva's program worked for me ( except it won't load "big objects" ) now i know why nobody has the sprites - It would take a month to convert them all to GIF format. ! I'll keep you posted on my progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagirov Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 a month ? Try Paint Shop Pro Batch Conversion to convert the bmp files to gif format Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BladeFireLight Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 actually with a photoshop macro it is posible to convert all the bmp files to gif in a matter of minutes -BladeFireLight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 pckview from the xcom util homepage doesn't work for me . I think because i have ONLY the xcom "gold edition" from the pc gamer diskette. Which program is a stand-alone pck viewer ?The only difference between the PCGamer's nerfed edition of the Collectors Edition and the original dos edition are a few executables and the music files. Otherwise, the files used to store the graphics are identical, and therefore pckview should be able to export images from them. If pckview cannot run on your system, then it cannot run on your system. As for ripping the graphics and hosting them: I don't particularly condone this path of action, but, on the other hand, there are a lot of sprite webcomics around these days and they seem to have gotten away with it. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daishiva Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 I converted everything to a gif file once, i had 1000+ images The only reason i do not convert everything for you (it would take about 5 minutes to write the code) is that i feel their content is copyrighted and while its okay to use it in the manner you suggest, you should only have access to that content if you legally own the game. so in that line of thought, i do not want you to host the images, i cannot stop you from doing so, but i will not help you in that endeavor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted October 16, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 I do own the gamesUFO defence ( original & gold ) TFTDand i even used to have Apoc. proof--- The music was done by John Broomhall (UFO) & The technical supplemenet for UFO has written on the front page :"Your X-com UFO Defense package should contain a Player's Handbook... etc" BTW i don't have photoshop so , really I don't see any quick way to convert the files with the programs I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BladeFireLight Posted October 17, 2003 Report Share Posted October 17, 2003 Ok kids.. this topic has outlived it's usfullness.. and it has not really been about moding.. Ben has said he got the image extrator to bmp to work.. so He must have the game. Topic closed -Blade FireLight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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