RobMegone Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 While I know its not Scumm related I figured it was better here than elsewhere. Ive been looking at the mi2 slideshow demo available here http://www.scummbar.com//resources/downloads/demos/MI2-SHOW.EXE And Ive been able to determine that while its just images these images are stored inside the executable data, through a hex editor I think ive been able to see that the images are BMP I figure this because Ive looked at BMP format documents and the header seems similar However I'd like to be able to extract these images, I know there available online at some site, but there screenshots not original images It seems pointless but Its more of a learning curve for me than any real interest in the demo and its pictures. Im using a hex editor to extract what I think is the BMP header and the data that follows it, but im not having any luck in getting this to be recognised as a BMP image when I try to open the file in a viewer. If anyone could spare a few minutes to give me some hints and tips I would be very greatful The BMP header can be found with a text search for 'PBM BMHD' I know this may seem a little silly but its a Lucasarts community and this is a Lucasarts release so maybe someone can help me out Thank you very much Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 They are old-style Amiga iff ILBPM images. You can view these using Paint Shop Pro (and probably most other image apps). Remember that the format is big endian when extracting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMegone Posted December 25, 2007 Author Share Posted December 25, 2007 Thank you very much, I hope your enjoying your christmas I'll post a link to what I manage to extract when I get around to it, just for anyone who is interested Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMegone Posted December 25, 2007 Author Share Posted December 25, 2007 Just for anyone thats interested, http://gracesdisposal.bpweb.net/MI2SLIDESHOW/ The complete extracted image set in IFF format, They can be converted to JPG with various pieces of software, also included is the original executable, an executable with no image data(the 'engine' for this demo) and a few notes on the process Many thanks to bgbennyboy for showing me the way. I never intended this to be of any use to me or anybody else, rather just to get me used to using a hex editor properly, but if anybody wants to make use of the images then feel free Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Nice one. Its always good to see someone new doing some SCUMM hacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMegone Posted December 26, 2007 Author Share Posted December 26, 2007 Just wondering, whats the chances that these shots were created on the Amiga? possibly in a development version demo. Its interesting as I think I see Herman Toothrot in the cell in the third picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Its certainly possible, especially since we know that LEC used Deluxe Paint for at least some of the art on MI (hence the guy.brush name theory). The fact that the images are ILBPM (introduced and used in DPaint) makes it likely that DPaint was used. According to Wikipedia though, there was a pc version of Deluxe Paint - so they could have used that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huz Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Sadly, I think it must have been the PC version they used. The rolling demo was presumably produced sometime around 1991 in 256 colours. Unless my memory is broken, the first Amiga capable of displaying 256 colours wasn't released until late in 1992, and the version of Deluxe Paint to support it must have followed some time later. Geek out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Retro-geekery! You're right of course, I had it in my head that this was an MI1 slideshow demo for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMegone Posted December 28, 2007 Author Share Posted December 28, 2007 Thanks for clearing this up for me guys! you sure do know your stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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