kirby's return to dreamland files

[BlueBrain]

i've figured how the stuff kinda works in the kirby iso
basically for models, they are all in one folder, and then there are small .dat files that "compose" the levels...

that being said, all the models are in brres.cmp files, so i'm assuming it is possible to retrieve regular brres files out of it...
question is, how?

[BlueBrain]

nobody ever looked into the files?
there's a galacta knight model...

[mnsg]

You need to get hold of Revolution SDK (Google it), and decompress the files with ntcompress.exe.  The compression setting that the Kirby's Return to Dream Land files use is also used by the Mario Party 9 files; -lex.

Just be aware that the character models will be quite small when you view them.

[BlueBrain]

ok, ive foud the ntcompress.exe
couldnt find the whole dev kit though... i'll check and see how it works :P

[GentlemanPotato]

I've extracted some models from this game before. Use this in the command prompt but leave out the [].
ntcompress -x -o [output file] [compressed file]

[BlueBrain]

yeah, does anybody know how to make a batch file that will auto-decompress ALL files in a folder?

[mnsg]

You need to decompress the files individually.

[GentlemanPotato]

I'm sure a batch file could be made if someone knew how to write batch files.

[fake_jokekid]

i've been looking around for help on it, but with no results...

[Spex130]

I don't have a batch to do them all, but I DID write a batch to bypass having to open the command prompt while decompressing some Klonoa files.

Here, put this inside a .bat file inside the same folder as your ntcompress.exe. Just make a .txt, put it inside, and rename the file to .bat.

ntcompress -x %1

Then just drag your files to be decompressed onto it. Makes things much easier.

EDIT:
Also, I could've swore RandomTalkingBush already figured out most of this stuff at the Modeler's Resource though. Unfortunately, I can't find the thread.

[GentlemanPotato]

He figured out that you have to use ntcompress with the argument that I posted. There are some models on models resource but its not all of them.