03-09-2025, 12:46 AM
First post here because it really looks like there's not much info on my current situation and my last resort would be to go on forums and see if anyone could help me out.
I'm currently trying to rip models from the game in post's title and so far have succeeded in opening the .rkv files that must first be extracted from this game's ISO. However, I cannot open certain files that I'm sure are the models themselves--no programs or scripts that exist online to my knowledge are capable of doing this. I have researched opening these files for quite a while now and can't find anything else so I'm truly hoping that someone might know something about opening these files.
As a side note, I did successfully rip stage music, sound effects, and menu images used for this game. Models are my only issue.
I have browsed zenhax forum archives and found that apparently there is a script for a Hellboy (Science of Evil) game on the PS3 which can open these files however there is no download link for them, effectively making it nonexistent. One user posted an image which shows him using noesis with this script successfully viewing one particular model I am trying to rip but this can only be done with said script. I am not certain, but based on a couple of posts in this site's discord server I believe I may have to write a script myself in order to view these particular models.
Here is a screenshot the aforementioned user posted onto zenhax showing his model being loaded onto noesis. The bottom dropdown indicates that the Hellboy model script was indeed used in order to read the .mdl file, but again I cannot locate it anywhere.
Here is a screenshot of what some of the extracted files look like in the browser. The .MDG and .MDL files are the suspected models.
Literally anything helps. I have spent quite a while figuring things out and really don't want to stop just because of an issue that I know can be solved. If you have any info please share! Thank you so much
I'm currently trying to rip models from the game in post's title and so far have succeeded in opening the .rkv files that must first be extracted from this game's ISO. However, I cannot open certain files that I'm sure are the models themselves--no programs or scripts that exist online to my knowledge are capable of doing this. I have researched opening these files for quite a while now and can't find anything else so I'm truly hoping that someone might know something about opening these files.
As a side note, I did successfully rip stage music, sound effects, and menu images used for this game. Models are my only issue.
I have browsed zenhax forum archives and found that apparently there is a script for a Hellboy (Science of Evil) game on the PS3 which can open these files however there is no download link for them, effectively making it nonexistent. One user posted an image which shows him using noesis with this script successfully viewing one particular model I am trying to rip but this can only be done with said script. I am not certain, but based on a couple of posts in this site's discord server I believe I may have to write a script myself in order to view these particular models.
Here is a screenshot the aforementioned user posted onto zenhax showing his model being loaded onto noesis. The bottom dropdown indicates that the Hellboy model script was indeed used in order to read the .mdl file, but again I cannot locate it anywhere.
Here is a screenshot of what some of the extracted files look like in the browser. The .MDG and .MDL files are the suspected models.
Literally anything helps. I have spent quite a while figuring things out and really don't want to stop just because of an issue that I know can be solved. If you have any info please share! Thank you so much