Why Qhimm, don't release a pak archiver?

[Snake]

With Qhimm 's FF8 FMV ou can extract the bik movies of FFVIII, but you can't rebuild the discX.pak file.
It would be fun to have a pak rebuilder(archiver), and modify movies and put them again in the game.
I 've searched into internet but i didn't find anything that can access this old type of archives.
Any helpful knowledge about this archive would help me, Qhimm. Anything in mind???

[dziugo]

What is wrong with your version of FF8? I mean... Why do you write "It would be fun to have..." instead of "If I had it, I would fix/try to fix the corrupted FMV that won't let me play any further."?

And IIRC, even if you don't know how to write a new header, you can just replace the FMV with another one of the same size (files sit there uncompressed, ready to be played).

dziugo

[Snake]

I have the fmv that is working(re-encoded from the low-res movie), but i don't know any program that can access this files to replace it.

And IIRC, even if you don't know how to write a new header, you can just replace the FMV with another one of the same size (files sit there uncompressed, ready to be played).

And what do you mean to do exactly with the movie file?

[dziugo]

RAW-replace it?

[Snake]

And how i do that? Using something like hex editor? Any suggestion?

[dziugo]

A hint? If you want to copy millions of numbers by hand, go ahead . I'd do it by writing a simple program (in any language - there are many tutorials on the web) to do it for me.

dziugo

[Snake]

Sorry Dziugo, but i am only 16 years old, and my knowledge at programing is very little.
At the school we(the students) learn very little things(even if you read the whole book).
I know more than the most of teachers, and as i say above my programming is very little.
I have the knowledge to use programs, but not write my own...
Thz

[dziugo]

Why not try (just try) to learn something new?

[Snake]

I want to try something new. Practical is not the hard part. The theory part is just "infinitive", and i don't know where to start.......     I'm just lost

[MagiMaster]

I want to try something new. Practical is not the hard part. The theory part is just "infinitive", and i don't know where to start.......     I'm just lost

Well, which programming language are you going to use?  First figure that out.  Then, if you know very little about it, check out a book (C++ for Dummies if you must) and begin working on small sample projects, until you're ready to tackle a larger one.

[Otokoshi]

Maybe you could start out with C or C++.  If your interested, grab the book mentioned on this forum.  Then you can follow along with the lessons online.  The book is about $30 American on Amazon.com.  Try something new and who knows, you might be writing programs in no time.

C++ Workshop

[Borde]

Personally, I started with QBasic (it was included with the old MS-DOS). I tried some of the examples on the users guide and then started modifying them to see what happenes . I won't tell you to use that old piece of junk, but I think that trial and error is a good startegy for beginers (no theory, just practice). You will probably learn slower that way, though.

[Asdayasman13]

It's how I've learned.  I'm not too good, but I can show off...