Hello, and thanks in advance for offering to help.
I have been following guides online that say to use ISOBuster, Soul Spiral, and ModelEx respectively in order to extract the game's bigfile, then extract the level/sound/character model data from that using SS, finally viewing level/char .drm's in ModelEX. However, the latest version from thelostworlds just seems to crash when loading Gex, and never loads the levels.
To satiate curiosity without giving up too much detail, I am trying to export the levels (bonus for gex but not necessary) as preferably .obj but any file that works in blender will work. I'm working on a custom level overhaul for something, and I want to use Gex 3d's Levels in the project as a sick nostalgia mashup pack of sorts.
If someone could help me figure out how to either fix the issue with ModelEx, or if there's any other niche software out there for viewing and exporting .drm files from Crystal Dynamic's golden age era, please let me know.
To help with possible resolutions, I'm running on the latest release of Windows 11, currently 23H2, I have installed all necessary prerequisites such as .net runtimes and SlimDX runtimes, running as administrator, and tried using multiple different regional variants of the game, starting with my European PS1 disc, then presuming it may work with a US/Japanese release, trying copies of those hosted online to no avail.
I monumentally appreciate any and all help provided in this endeavor, thank you.
Links to the aforementioned subjects in question:
ISOBuster, used for extracting bigfile.dat from your Gex-EnterTheGecko.bin file: IsoBuster: Recover file data from CD, DVD, BD, Hard Drive, USB, SD, Floppy, etc.
SoulSpiral, used for extracting the .drm files from the bigfile.dat (this page also has a link to the creator's github repo for it): Soul Spiral - Software - Legacy of Kain: The Lost Worlds
ModelEX, the viewer for the game's model files that seems to not be working as of current: ModelEx - Software - Legacy of Kain: The Lost Worlds
Thanks a ton once again in advance!
Sincerely,
GexFan0x74AXB3
I have been following guides online that say to use ISOBuster, Soul Spiral, and ModelEx respectively in order to extract the game's bigfile, then extract the level/sound/character model data from that using SS, finally viewing level/char .drm's in ModelEX. However, the latest version from thelostworlds just seems to crash when loading Gex, and never loads the levels.
To satiate curiosity without giving up too much detail, I am trying to export the levels (bonus for gex but not necessary) as preferably .obj but any file that works in blender will work. I'm working on a custom level overhaul for something, and I want to use Gex 3d's Levels in the project as a sick nostalgia mashup pack of sorts.
If someone could help me figure out how to either fix the issue with ModelEx, or if there's any other niche software out there for viewing and exporting .drm files from Crystal Dynamic's golden age era, please let me know.
To help with possible resolutions, I'm running on the latest release of Windows 11, currently 23H2, I have installed all necessary prerequisites such as .net runtimes and SlimDX runtimes, running as administrator, and tried using multiple different regional variants of the game, starting with my European PS1 disc, then presuming it may work with a US/Japanese release, trying copies of those hosted online to no avail.
I monumentally appreciate any and all help provided in this endeavor, thank you.
Links to the aforementioned subjects in question:
ISOBuster, used for extracting bigfile.dat from your Gex-EnterTheGecko.bin file: IsoBuster: Recover file data from CD, DVD, BD, Hard Drive, USB, SD, Floppy, etc.
SoulSpiral, used for extracting the .drm files from the bigfile.dat (this page also has a link to the creator's github repo for it): Soul Spiral - Software - Legacy of Kain: The Lost Worlds
ModelEX, the viewer for the game's model files that seems to not be working as of current: ModelEx - Software - Legacy of Kain: The Lost Worlds
Thanks a ton once again in advance!
Sincerely,
GexFan0x74AXB3