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Extracting client icons

Started by Deception, May 11, 2005, 02:14 AM

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Deception

Are there any tutorials to explain how to extact the icons we see in the Battle.net channel userlist from the actual game client files?

Someone has stated that the icons for StarCraft are stored in StarDat.MPQ

I would like to know where I can find an MPQ extactor/viewer and where in the MPQ the files are stored.

My goal is to integrate every icon from all 12 products into my multi-client emulator.
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tA-Kane

Quote from: Deception on May 11, 2005, 02:14 AMAre there any tutorials to explain how to extact the icons we see in the Battle.net channel userlist from the actual game client files?
My document best explains the BNI format, which is the game client file format used to store the icons (which as I'm sure you meant to ask, there are some default ones stored in the MPQs).
http://linkware.clan-mac.com/kanebot/misc/bni_file.shtml

Quote from: Deception on May 11, 2005, 02:14 AMI would like to know where I can find an MPQ extactor/viewer and where in the MPQ the files are stored.
A brief search of google revealed these two items:

MPQ2k
http://www.infoceptor.com/files/war2/mpq2k.zip

MPQ Extractor 1.0:
http://newtystuff.freewebspace.com/dwl09/gam/mpqview.zip.html
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Deception

Quote from: tA-Kane on May 11, 2005, 03:17 AM
Quote from: Deception on May 11, 2005, 02:14 AMAre there any tutorials to explain how to extact the icons we see in the Battle.net channel userlist from the actual game client files?
My document best explains the BNI format, which is the game client file format used to store the icons (which as I'm sure you meant to ask, there are some default ones stored in the MPQs).
http://linkware.clan-mac.com/kanebot/misc/bni_file.shtml

Quote from: Deception on May 11, 2005, 02:14 AMI would like to know where I can find an MPQ extactor/viewer and where in the MPQ the files are stored.
A brief search of google revealed these two items:

MPQ2k
http://www.infoceptor.com/files/war2/mpq2k.zip

MPQ Extractor 1.0:
http://newtystuff.freewebspace.com/dwl09/gam/mpqview.zip.html


MPQ2k does not exist on that server anymore.
MPQ Extractor 1.0 doesn't work. I've tried it before and when I try to "Open Archive" StarDat.mpq and the other patch.mpq file don't contain any files.

Any other ideas?
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Eric

... you have to load a file list before you can open MPQ archives when using that program.

Deception

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Quote from: LoRd[nK] on May 11, 2005, 05:57 AM
... you have to load a file list before you can open MPQ archives when using that program.

Oh, I see. I loaded sc_data.txt and then opened stardat.mpq.

I found the client icons with the wins and what not.

I didn't however find the KBK icons. Are they in there?
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UserLoser.

Quote from: Deception on May 11, 2005, 03:07 PM
Quote from: LoRd[nK] on May 11, 2005, 05:57 AM
... you have to load a file list before you can open MPQ archives when using that program.

Oh, I see. I loaded sc_data.txt and then opened stardat.mpq.

I found the client icons with the wins and what not.

I didn't however find the KBK icons. Are they in there?

KBK icons are extinct.  They used to be in icons_STAR.bni for a really long time.

Ringo

Quote from: UserLoser on May 11, 2005, 07:01 PM
Quote from: Deception on May 11, 2005, 03:07 PM
Quote from: LoRd[nK] on May 11, 2005, 05:57 AM
... you have to load a file list before you can open MPQ archives when using that program.

Oh, I see. I loaded sc_data.txt and then opened stardat.mpq.

I found the client icons with the wins and what not.

I didn't however find the KBK icons. Are they in there?

KBK icons are extinct.  They used to be in icons_STAR.bni for a really long time.

There in SC's patch_rt.mpq