09-12-2018, 05:16 PM
First post here!And with that i'll be discussing a few issues i've experienced on my little "quest" to rip Sonic models.
Note that most of these problems are related to my attempts at ripping the models from the game files themselves rather than using something like Ninja Ripper.
First off,Sonic Riders.The models (from what i could guess) are actually on either extensionless or .DAT files,and with the research i've done i wasn't able to find a way to get the models without creating an extractor from scratch (which i have no idea how to do lmao).
Sonic Free Riders is a whole different case,and i wasn't even able to find any info on it too,since all the files are either .lex or .xex files that i have no idea how to open or extract.
I also tried Sonic Rivals 1-2,and i was able to go pretty far with it,but wasn't able to get the models.They seem to be inside .str files,and although i was able to open those files,the program i used was only for sound data which means the models weren't accesable.
The Sonic Boom games seem to have some pretty odd issues regarding ripping.Shattered Crystal and Fire & Ice both seem to only give me a bunch of .xmb files and a log_assets text file that lists a bunch of files that weren't even extracted.As for Rise of Lyric,the only files i got were .wiiu.stream files and the only quickbms script that can extract them is unavailable due to the link for it being down.
Lastly,there's Sega Superstars Tennis.Both versions i got (Wii and Xbox 360) only had a single .pac or .pak file that probably contains all the files,but i wasn't lucky on finding any info on how to extract those.
Any help is appreciated if anyone happens to know how to rip these,even just pointing me to the right direction would help.
Note that most of these problems are related to my attempts at ripping the models from the game files themselves rather than using something like Ninja Ripper.
First off,Sonic Riders.The models (from what i could guess) are actually on either extensionless or .DAT files,and with the research i've done i wasn't able to find a way to get the models without creating an extractor from scratch (which i have no idea how to do lmao).
Sonic Free Riders is a whole different case,and i wasn't even able to find any info on it too,since all the files are either .lex or .xex files that i have no idea how to open or extract.
I also tried Sonic Rivals 1-2,and i was able to go pretty far with it,but wasn't able to get the models.They seem to be inside .str files,and although i was able to open those files,the program i used was only for sound data which means the models weren't accesable.
The Sonic Boom games seem to have some pretty odd issues regarding ripping.Shattered Crystal and Fire & Ice both seem to only give me a bunch of .xmb files and a log_assets text file that lists a bunch of files that weren't even extracted.As for Rise of Lyric,the only files i got were .wiiu.stream files and the only quickbms script that can extract them is unavailable due to the link for it being down.
Lastly,there's Sega Superstars Tennis.Both versions i got (Wii and Xbox 360) only had a single .pac or .pak file that probably contains all the files,but i wasn't lucky on finding any info on how to extract those.
Any help is appreciated if anyone happens to know how to rip these,even just pointing me to the right direction would help.