Finding models inside EEMemory.bin files?

[SmashFan127]

Hello, all. Lately, I've been seeking to get 3D models of characters and monsters in Wild Arms 3 on the PS2, and I was able to find out the 3D data is stored in the EEMemory.bin file extracted from a savestate on PCSX2. I wanna learn how to use shakotay's 3D model extraction guide, but I am uncertain of how to actually locate in hex editors. Can someone please help me? If anyone is interested, I will supply them with the EEMemory.bin from a savestate during the battle with Janus Cascade's demon form.

[barti]

http://ps23dformat.wikispaces.com/Wild+Arms+3
This website might be quite useful for you.

[SmashFan127]

http://ps23dformat.wikispaces.com/Wild+Arms+3
This website might be quite useful for you.

Well, I have the textures for said character. The problem is finding some way to get the UVs to fit onto them, to help with disassembling model parts.

[barti]

Have you tried using the WildArms3eememoryto3ds.BMS script? The format specification below seems to mention UVs so they should load.

[SmashFan127]

Have you tried using the WildArms3eememoryto3ds.BMS script? The format specification below seems to mention UVs so they should load.

Of course. I try unwrapping UVs via Blender, but it's in every tri being separated.

[barti]

Can you send me the file EEMemory.bin file so that I can have a look at it?

[SmashFan127]

Can you send me the file EEMemory.bin file so that I can have a look at it?

Here you go, good sir.

[Gh0stBlade]

Why are you trying to obtain them from a ram dump, what's up with the raw files?

[barti]

Why are you trying to obtain them from a ram dump, what's up with the raw files?

Supposedly files on the disc use some unknown compression and it's easier to extract data from a PCSX2 savestate.

[SmashFan127]

I really don't intend to put pressure on anybody with this post.

Has there been an update to the situation?

[barti]

I tried to look at the BMS script to see how it loads the models but it's quite hard to read I need to look into it later.

[SmashFan127]

No worries. I can wait.

[SmashFan127]

My sincere apologies for the bump, but I have recently learned all models in the game use backface culling. Not sure if this will help, but felt like informing.

[shakotay2]

Due to your question in the tutorials thread concerning another game I restarted viewing the problem here and found it not too hard:


But I have no time to update the bms script so that the uvs are automatically written into the 3ds files in
a 4140 chunk (Mapping coordinates).
(wonder why the author of the script didn't do it. I'm sure he knew how to but maybe he wasn't interested in uvs and normals).

I just made a workaround using a 3ds lib from the web to extract the face indices, and using the bms to dump the uvs.

So I've no one-in-all solution but I could provide the 8 3ds files as objs (including uvs).

[SmashFan127]

Due to your question in the tutorials thread concerning another game I restarted viewing the problem here and found it not too hard:


But I have no time to update the bms script so that the uvs are automatically written into the 3ds files in
a 4140 chunk (Mapping coordinates).
(wonder why the author of the script didn't do it. I'm sure he knew how to but maybe he wasn't interested in uvs and normals).

I just made a workaround using a 3ds lib from the web to extract the face indices, and using the bms to dump the uvs.

So I've no one-in-all solution but I could provide the 8 3ds files as objs (including uvs).

Yes, please.

It would be appreciated!