Ripping background from PQ3

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Ripping background from PQ3

#1 Post by JWar » Fri Aug 27, 2004 1:51 pm

Can anyone tell me if there's a program around with which I can rip the screens etc from PQ3?

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yes,

#2 Post by Radiant » Fri Aug 27, 2004 3:48 pm

Google SCI studio.

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#3 Post by Pidgeot » Fri Aug 27, 2004 4:11 pm

PQ3 is a SCI1 game, and SCI Studio doesn't support that yet.

I'd suggest you google SCI1 picture extract, or something like that.

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#4 Post by Broomie » Fri Aug 27, 2004 8:23 pm

SCIV Decoder, Google that.

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#5 Post by JWar » Fri Aug 27, 2004 9:51 pm

Ah, thanks for that, but these don't dump to any editable file-format. SCI Decoder gives you previews though, but it's a dos program, so my xp-box won't capture it... so I'm like the carrot chasing the rabbit tied to its own back..

I can see it... but I can't reach it

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#6 Post by Pidgeot » Fri Aug 27, 2004 10:14 pm

You could run SCI Decoder through DOSBox and make screenshots that way.

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#7 Post by BerserkerTails » Sun Aug 29, 2004 5:25 am

Take screenshot of background. Paste into graphics program. Move Sonny to another place in the background. Take noth screenshot. Paste again. Edit together.

Repeat.

Backgrounds with unmovable NPCs are a bit trickier, but there's not too many in PQ3 as I can recall. But still, with the ones that are there, just edit the background pixel by pixel until the NPC is gone.

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#8 Post by JWar » Sun Aug 29, 2004 8:55 am

Nah, the dosbox approach in combination with the source-dump programs worked. Thanks all.

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