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el zee

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Resource editing
« on: May 19, 2011, 09:19:11 PM »
XWE and SLADE are the only known resource editors for A&A so far, textures, descriptions , HUD graphics, and palettes are viewable/editable. However sprites are not  :(.
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Re: Resource editing
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2013, 01:38:34 PM »
Can someone provide instructions on how to extract resources from the *.res files?

I'd like to be able to view textures and sprites and upload them to the wiki.

I've found links to XWE and SLADE, but not entirely sure how to get them to be friendly with the *.res files.

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Looks like with SLADE, you can simply open the *.res archives from the File menu. However, attempting to view resources in the pics.res seems to crash it...

« Last Edit: October 03, 2013, 01:50:21 PM by AntiMatter_16 »
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Re: Resource editing
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2013, 06:39:29 AM »
I opened the .res files with "XWE" and everything works fine. I can view the images and export them to BMP ( Entry > Save As ).  :)
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Re: Resource editing
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2013, 10:13:44 PM »
The files you need are now in the Editor release on the download page.  All the files are .png and somewhat organized.
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Re: Resource editing
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2013, 06:08:11 AM »
A big THANK YOU !!!   :D
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Re: Resource editing
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2013, 11:18:23 AM »
Indeed! A huge thank you!
I made a couple quick gifs of the frames from Elmore and Exiguus' sprites and put them on their wiki pages. After looking through the archives though, I didn't see any of the Journal pages that you pick up in the levels. If there were any unused, or some that I've missed in my playthroughs, they'd be helpful in discovering more lore about the game.
Maybe someone could assist with that, since I'm very unfamiliar with extracting resources from this game? =)
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Re: Resource editing
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2013, 11:30:03 AM »
To view/extract contents of this game:

1. Download XWE at http://www.doomworld.com/xwe/
2. Start XWE
3. FILE > OPEN "PICS.RES" or "SOUNDS.RES" , located in the A&A folder.
4. To extract content: ENTRY > SAVE AS!

Enjoy! :)
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Re: Resource editing
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2013, 05:04:25 PM »
Sooo, it turns out the reason XWE kept crashing is that it needs to be run as administrator. Oops.
Thanks for the help though, I got it working. =)
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