IDX extractor

[Vercingetorix]

[dohtml]<span class='section'>IDX extractor</span>[/dohtml]

Category: Tools
Compatibility: Rome: Total War
Description:

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--Update List--
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(v0.82)--------
Sixth release 4/23/05
Added support for animation packs

(v0.70)--------
Fifth release 4/17/05
Added packing ability and rewrote program.


I decided to write a program to extract all the sound files.

Here it is I thought I&#39;d share, to extract the sound files do the following:
1) Copy from the zip file the files xdix.exe and extract_all_idx.bat to you data&#092;sounds folder (in your RTW install dir)
2) Run extract_all_idx.bat
3) Sit back and wait while the program does its work
4) Listen to all the music, voices and other sounds

Have fun with it guys&#33;

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[Crazy_Ivan80]

there&#39;s seems to be a problem with the exe-file.
nor are there any directories made.

I do run XP.

making the directory manually seems to help.

[Vercingetorix]

Are you trying to extract the game or demo sound files? If the game then right click on the .bat file click edit and remove "SFX.idx" from both the first and second lines and it should work. For some reason in the full game this file crashes the program, I&#39;ll take a look into when I get the chance.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Originally posted by Vercingetorix@Sep 29 2004, 01:09 AM
Are you trying to extract the game or demo sound files? If the game then right click on the .bat file click edit and remove "SFX.idx" from both the first and second lines and it should work. For some reason in the full game this file crashes the program, I&#39;ll take a look into when I get the chance.

it was indeed the ful game.
Now it works like a charm.
Thanx

[NorthHammer]

the one for the demo didn&#39;t work for the full version of the game. This one is the right one for the full game right?

Also, do you know the triggers for what causes what to play? I noticed that the war chant is different than before because it has several different sayings at once. I&#39;ve got some really cool sounds and war chants that I&#39;m slowly creating.

[Vercingetorix]

Version 0.3 supports the full game, all the linking is done in the events.dat file which is only somewhat human readable.

[arrakis201]

i just used your program and works great, i was wondering if you could post the source code for it, or if you could, e-mail it to me at arrakis202@yahoo.com. The reason i ask for it is because i am a up and coming programmer and was wondering how your program works.

[RedKnight]

Hella piece of work, Vercingetorix&#33; THANKS&#33;&#33;

Hey by any chance can you figure out the structure of the savegames or write an applet that extracts all the info? I want to make some utils that e.g. summarize current city income etc., but can&#39;t figure out the savegame structure.

[zayanm]

Thanks Vercingetorix&#33; I really wanted to listen to the sound files. :

[Varsity]

www.goldwave.com does it too. This is better though.

[madtomic]

Can somone host the file somewhere? twcenter download seems to be broken atm.

[Arbaces]

Thank you Vercingetorix!!!

I'd need a mirror as TWC is broken .

Arbaces.

[Kallikratis]

Please provide me a valid link to download the latest Xpack or those who have it please upload them and give me the link. It's urgent!

Edit: Sorry! Ignore the previous. I saw Arbaces's signature that has links for the stuff i wanted!

[Arbaces]

Just noticed there was no update and this topic was bumped up... lol.

Glad my sig helps, unfortunately the original Xpak link is dead, but my Fileparser tool inculdes Xpak as well.

Arbaces.

[Kallikratis]

Yes, it's a very usefull tool :wink:

[Gen.jamesWolfe]

what would modding be without ya?! *kisses guy on forehead in arab gesture of admiration and repect*

[SigniferOne]

Uploading the XIDX extractor in case other links become broken: