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March 25th, 2011Making F.A.Q. for OpenIV/openFormats
In soon time, I plan open few sections on this site. One of them will be OpenIV/openFormats F.A.Q.(Frequently Asked Question(s)) section. Please, leave your questions in comments. This questions will fill future FAQ section.
March 25th, 2011 at 11:45
Is it possible to make new textures with no need of DDS?
March 25th, 2011 at 12:22
@Quechus13 – OIV already supports import of .png .tga .bmp .jpg and .dds
@GooD – do you plan to support locked files to prevent mod theft? ..and assist/support Doomer in the creation of a locking option for .odr/.odd export? ..and go even further in a locking option for .obn/.obd? – as I see OIV already respects the Zm lock of extracted wft files :2bigthumbsup:
March 25th, 2011 at 12:44
KotsChopShop, Quechus13 ask question for FAQ, this is right. And not all users know about it.
About locking files, WDR/WDD/WFT or any other RAGE/IV resources don’t support any locking features.
ODR/ODD and other openFormats files is simple text files and they not made for locking.
March 25th, 2011 at 13:13
oh I get it now urhr – sry bro, the ganja always mess up the head thpppt
which commonly used modding tools can OIV/OFs replace?
March 25th, 2011 at 13:18
It’s possible to add encryption to openFormats files, but I don’t suppose that’s a strongly needed feature xD
March 25th, 2011 at 14:19
maybe not for these no talent hack convertors that plague the community by littering the modding scene with their garbage these days, but I certainly won’t release any of my scratch work without some kind of protection enabled.. but if you’d like to follow up, I took this specific conversation to gtaf where it’s more appropriate (as I didn’t fully realize what this comment section was about initially)
OT FAQ;
does OIV/OFs only support the latest patches?
..and does OIV/OFs support both gtaIV and EFLC?
March 25th, 2011 at 14:51
KotsChopShop, I think discussing will be better on forums, and here only questions for FAQ.
March 31st, 2011 at 11:43
I know something similar has been asked before, but please read:
Would it be possible to have an option added to extract RPF6 files from a console version of Red Dead Redemption?
I understand it if you don’t want to help cheaters on the PS3/Xbox 360(I’m not interested in cheating!), but if you would only add an extract option(without rebuild/edit options) for RPF6 it shouldn’t allow cheaters to play modified versions on consoles, while allowing people interested in putting RDR models in the PC version of GTA4 to do their thing(experimenting).
Thanks, really like the work so far!
March 31st, 2011 at 14:25
Dinn, I can’t add extract option for RPF6 because for it need to know RDR encryption key, in current workflow this key read from GTAIV.EXE but RDR and GTA IV have different keys.
Also, if you even extract files from RPF6 this not helping you, because RAGE Resources is also compressed, and it need to decompress(on PC and Consoles versions uses different algorithms).Next resources have very complicated structure because is not a simple files.At last, all graphics data (textures, pixel and index buffers, etc) have specific XENOS format and you need read many XBOX and ATI documentation to figure it out.
March 31st, 2011 at 19:32
@Good-NTS: OK, thanks for the explanation, have been wondering for some time 🙂
Also, I would like to donate for the great work, but there is no Paypal option on the donate page.. Many people only use Paypal for international payments.
March 31st, 2011 at 23:36
Dinn, Unfortunately PayPal don’t allow to receive money to Russian accounts.
You can see it here: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-approved-signup-countries-outside
And I don’t know any other methods to make it possible.
April 13th, 2011 at 15:20
The OPENIV Newest version for some reason it wont extract the dds’s from wtd files and doesnt show the images ?
May 2nd, 2011 at 16:54
I don’t mean to be an ass but I have genuine questions that I would like to be answered in plain english….
What is OpenIV?
What can it be used for?
What are the benefits (and disadvantages maybe :S) of using OpenIV?
How to use?
September 5th, 2011 at 19:55
I’m confused as to how to use the wpl file I exported… how do I get it into the game?!