(08-08-2010, 09:46 PM)Domobot Wrote: I've been looking into ripping Super Robot Wars GC (for gamecube durr) but I've tried 3D Ripper and 3D Via and neither seem to work. What do?

I also have no idea what to do with the files afterward but I was going to figure that out on my own later

(08-21-2010, 08:19 AM)Robot-Dude Wrote: Hello,

what would be the best tool to rip models out of a WII iso ?
I am currently ripping models out of the wii engine by using 3D Ripper DX + Dolphin. However i don't fancy fixing the vertexes and moving them into a T position, so was wondering if there was another way ?

(08-21-2010, 12:43 PM)Shadowth117 Wrote:

(08-21-2010, 08:19 AM)Robot-Dude Wrote: Hello,

what would be the best tool to rip models out of a WII iso ?
I am currently ripping models out of the wii engine by using 3D Ripper DX + Dolphin. However i don't fancy fixing the vertexes and moving them into a T position, so was wondering if there was another way ?

Depends on the game, but a lot of Wii games use .BRRES models. A lot of the time they're packed in an archive or something, but its probably one of the more common formats you'll see on the Wii. If it is .brres format the game is using I'd suggest trying this: http://www.mediafire.com/?pks947vo1u8zh9p program to convert the models. Its older and not necessarily the best, but its fairly reliable and works most of the time. You should just have to drag a .brres onto the program and then let it run. The output is a .DAE file (which you'll need to fix up) and .png textures.

The part you'd need to fix is the reversed normals upon importing the model. Considering its the whole model with reversed normals and not random polys like 3D Ripper DX this is easy to fix. Its also more convenient in that it extracts the rigging as well. I'd suggesting saving it in your programs native format and reopening it though before fixing it though since sometimes doing that right after import makes the normals look a bit screwy.

Of course, that's if the game uses that format at all and you can extract any archives the models might be in. I know Mario Kart uses .SZS archives (not the same as the Gamecube format) for its models and Smash Bros. Brawl uses .PAC archives for its models, but it can vary a bunch from game to game. Your best bet would be using a hex editor to examine some of the archives and determine what's in there.

I can try and help more, but I'd need to know more about whatever game you're trying to rip from.

(08-21-2010, 04:04 PM)Robot-Dude Wrote:

(08-21-2010, 12:43 PM)Shadowth117 Wrote:

(08-21-2010, 08:19 AM)Robot-Dude Wrote: Hello,

what would be the best tool to rip models out of a WII iso ?
I am currently ripping models out of the wii engine by using 3D Ripper DX + Dolphin. However i don't fancy fixing the vertexes and moving them into a T position, so was wondering if there was another way ?

Depends on the game, but a lot of Wii games use .BRRES models. A lot of the time they're packed in an archive or something, but its probably one of the more common formats you'll see on the Wii. If it is .brres format the game is using I'd suggest trying this: http://www.mediafire.com/?pks947vo1u8zh9p program to convert the models. Its older and not necessarily the best, but its fairly reliable and works most of the time. You should just have to drag a .brres onto the program and then let it run. The output is a .DAE file (which you'll need to fix up) and .png textures.

The part you'd need to fix is the reversed normals upon importing the model. Considering its the whole model with reversed normals and not random polys like 3D Ripper DX this is easy to fix. Its also more convenient in that it extracts the rigging as well. I'd suggesting saving it in your programs native format and reopening it though before fixing it though since sometimes doing that right after import makes the normals look a bit screwy.

Of course, that's if the game uses that format at all and you can extract any archives the models might be in. I know Mario Kart uses .SZS archives (not the same as the Gamecube format) for its models and Smash Bros. Brawl uses .PAC archives for its models, but it can vary a bunch from game to game. Your best bet would be using a hex editor to examine some of the archives and determine what's in there.

I can try and help more, but I'd need to know more about whatever game you're trying to rip from.

I haven't seen any of those formats its mostly either; .mrg/.mrgc Thats for the "Bleach Versus Crusade" then the other bleach has a list of random ones, and then the DBZ ones are compressed, as i've read before on this forum, so i already know its going to be hard to find out how to rip from those.

I'm planning on ripping from the following Wii iso's:
Bleach Shattered Blade
Bleach BLEACH VERSUS CRUSADE
DBZ BT2 and 3

(08-21-2010, 05:58 PM)Robot-Dude Wrote: I ripped a Janemba and Saibaman model a while back from two different DBZ Games, and then animated then and converted them to wc3, however i never fixed the Janemba model in to a T position, however with the saibaman i mirrored one side so it looks like its in a alright position for rigging.

Thanks for the advice, and i'll take a look on google, and see what i can find for the Bleach: Versus Crusade

(08-22-2010, 03:46 PM)Robot-Dude Wrote: Yeah true, because i want to rip some models and have other people animate them, saves me doing all the work and them the time of Posing them in a T position, and i know a few people doing PSP rips, so thought might as well and try some Wii versions.

But its all worth a shot, also how did you rip the models out of "Bleach Versus Crusade" ?

(08-26-2010, 02:09 PM)Novax Wrote: Question by chance. How easy is it to obtain models from PSP games, not really ones from Square-Enix? Also, my post on KOS-MOS' model has a link regarding how to rip from Xenosaga Ep. III, a PS2 game.