my own TRU data extractor

[Dusan]

As of version 3.4, character models are exported with normals, bones and skinning data (vertex weights)!

Hi everyone,
I've written a program that can extract all kinds of data files from the TR: Underworld "bigfiles".

Here it is: UnpackTRU3.96.zip
And the C# source code for those interested: UnpackTRU3.96Src.zip

It's possible to extract geometry, normals, uvs, bones+skin, textures, sound/music files and images.



... plus, here's the DLC version of the unpacker:
UnpackTRU1.0DLC.zip




CDRM files - character models ('meshes') and environments ('scenes') with textures
MUL files - sounds and music (use program mul2wav to convert them)
RAW, PNG - bitmaps (not textures, rather artwork etc.)

MUL1 - one audio channel, typically dialogs
MUL2 - two audio channels, often music
MUL4, MUL6 - four and six audio channels, often ambient sounds


Be prepared that you'll need a lot of free harddisk space to extract everything



Since the program is written in C# you'll need Microsoft .NET Framework to run it.
Don't forget to put the zlib.net.dll library (located in the zip archive) to the same directory as your program.

To import bones and skinning data (Collada/DAE format) to 3ds MAX, install the Collada importer plugin for 3ds MAX.


Here are lists of hashcodes of various models and scenes for different language versions of the game:

English/Multi6: hashcodes_en_multi.txt
Polish/Czech/Hungarian: hashcodes_pl_cz_hu.txt
Russian: hashcodes_ru.txt









Here are a few screenshots of the models I extracted with UnpackTRU (imported to Blender or 3ds max):







And here a 3D model of the ship visualized (realtime!) using DirectX/XNA with multi-textures and static and dynamic shadows:






To simplify the process of selecting textures from texture groups assigned to individual submeshes, I've written yet another program, TRUTexMan:

TRUTexMan1.15.zip

Source code in C#:
TRUTexMan1.15Src.zip

For more information, read the file readme.txt or this short tutorial.

[john_york]

That's cool! My bf is a big blender user, so this'll be useful for getting him to make me TRU things

[Culprit]

if it would be possible to change the game without crashes
that would be amazing
but thank you this looks great
will test it soon

[badboy70]

That's great !

I have a questiona tho;
Can you make an injector ?

[Mrshina]

Ok so you can export them from TRU but you cannot import them back....is it true?...but really good job

[ultima espio]

Looks like TRU has a missing cowboy...i found this after looking through Bigfile.000, and it's 4CF319F5_0317.mesh.

[dizzydoil]

Phwoarr. That's pretty hot. Thanks dude. Can you by any chance make an Injector? That'd ROCK.

[tomblover]

Originally Posted by ultima espio

Looks like TRU has a missing cowboy...i found this after looking through Bigfile.000, and it's 4CF319F5_0317.mesh.

Larson!

That, or it's someone else, or it's one of the Mexico poachers.

[tlr online]

Looks interesting. I'll check this out. Thank you for posting and welcome aboard.

[Sim2fanTR]

Hey, really awesome program but.. How can i launch it ? xD
When i try it says : "UnpackTRU stopped working"...