Well, I guess either they are saved in another file or all files use a defined common format.

Unfortunately I can't provide you with texture samples cause they use an unknown compression: viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2580

Seems to be EA's strategy
I'm also fighting with an EA audio format for some time now: viewtopic.php?f=17&t=2756

How shall that work? WIthout headers you don't know where one sound ends and the other begins (cause I don't believe a single sounds takes up 62MB)

Is there any source code out there to convert mus files?
Maybe they simply used some encryption.

http://datacompression.info/Zlib.shtml
maybe there's something for you.

cdf contains textures, but couldn't find out the header format on the quick.

Wow, will you release your import script (mabye at least partly)?

I use maxscript(3dsmax), simply because it is a powerful 3D ready scripting language, easily edit and have the result instantly... Ah ok. Gotta write something to import it. I am almost finish everything include animation and skeleton! Only have some problem in root bone animation! The animation da...

We need much more programmers ^^

I already had the skeleton header, but thought that your transformType is some kind of count variable. Could it be that this variable is a flag byte (bitwise coding)? Btw, what is your way of importing that stuff into a 3D-program? EDIT: And AFAIK there is not skeleton in animation files, purely ani...

And the skeleton is followed by the animations.
But I can't even figure out the skeleton parts, since they have variable length.

Maybe there are other files that control it, but spawning is probably hardcoded or it is saved in the map files.

Well it's a lot of strings, I haven't translated much yet, only the most important stuff. Yeah I know, but as always the problem is time. I have many projects going. btw, as you see, I always started with capital letters, e.g. Create flag, Lumberjack, Fishing lodge,.. is this ok or should I use smal...

Since Settlers 2: Rise of Cultures seems to be only available in German, I started to translate the UI file into English. Hopefully it gains some popularity as a result :wink: I included both the unencrypted version in case someone wants to translate it further and the encrypted one that is ready to...