Cyrem 2,286 Posted January 8 LEGOLAND - State of Modding This topic outlines the progress of LEGOLAND research for modding so that you as a member can get up to speed with the progress on the game and join in! You don’t need to be a programmer to help with this, just a keen eye and some motivation. Many hands make light work, so if you can help please throw in a hand. File Types Extension Progress Tools About RES 100% Yes Resource Volume - The resource archives storing most of the game resources (Legoland.res, Graphics1.res, Graphics2.res) LLS 0% No LegoLand Sprite - These files are compressed image sprites. The format seems to contain multiple images for animations. MAP 0% No MAP file are used for the playable maps in the game. WAV 100% Yes Wave sound file for sound effects. Nothing special needed to play. 3D 0% No Possibly 3D model files that are no longer used. COL 0% No Something to do with colour, possibly not used. CSP 0% No Standardized LL Index File for LLS sprites. Seems to contain a "compilation" of sprites. ILF 0% No See CSP File LOC 0% No Unknown ODF 0% No Possibly "Object Data File". Contains properties of objects. PK 0% No Unknown. There is only one file "pirates song.pk" POS 0% No Unknown but possibly to do with the 3D Model files. RIN 0% No Unknown but possibly to do with the 3D Model files. TXT 100% Yes Standard text document for briefings and level scripts. TSF 0% No Something to do with tile sets. Referrenced by TSM files. TSM 0% No Something to do with tile sets. Referrences TSF files. BMP 100% Yes Standard Bitmap File. SCC 100% N/A Microsoft Visual Source Safe files. Leftover file from development. JBF 100% Yes Jasc Paint Shop Pro files. Leftover from development. STY 100% Yes Microsoft DirectMusic Style. (Thanks LDD Mods) BND 100% Yes Microsoft DirectMusic Band. (Thanks LDD Mods) STR 100% Yes Strings File. BNV 0% No Unknown. Something to do with ride zbuffers. LFM/LMS/LPT/OBJ/LTX 0% No Unknown. Various rollercoaster related files. Current Tools These are the current tools available for dealing with custom LEGOLAND files. RES - LEGOLAND Resource Tool STR - STR Clean Tool Needed Tools We really need tools to deal with the the following files: LLS to BMP, BMP to LLS Edit Index files such as TSM, TSF, CSP, ILF Edit Object Data. For the ODF file format. Map Viewer/Editor for MAP files. Experiments We need members to conduct experiments with altering and swapping files and checking their outcomes. Please post all progress you make on any files. While testing all files is important, the following files are of particular interest: LLS, CSP MAP, TXT (Level Scripts) ODF TSF, TSM Misc Some other pages/topics of interest... LEGOLAND Parameters TCRF Notes Happy modding! 6 Ben24x7, Ephemeralic, Cirevam and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LDD Mods 28 Posted January 8 Thanks Cyrem. I know that sty and bnd are both DirectMusic Producer files which I've had a small amount of experience of opening them. 1 Cyrem reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cyrem 2,286 Posted January 8 Thanks @legoman99, I've added that information. 1 LDD Mods reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LDD Mods 28 Posted January 8 1 minute ago, Cyrem said: Thanks @legoman99, I've added that information. No worries. Mr Skeltal is more of an expert in DMP than I am with exporting them to wav files but I know someone has uploaded them to YouTube. I can have a look around on the net for any of the other file types, and post here if I find anything of interest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cyrem 2,286 Posted January 9 Updated definitions for SCC and JBF. Neither of these files need investigating as they're just leftovers from development. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LDD Mods 28 Posted January 9 RIN files are what appear to be Retrieve 4GL Database Index file. From what I've found they're not meant to be opened directly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cyrem 2,286 Posted January 10 Interesting, any more info on that? I can't seem to turn up much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LDD Mods 28 Posted January 10 1 hour ago, Cyrem said: 46 minutes ago, Cyrem said: Interesting, any more info on that? I can't seem to turn up much. I basically just googled .rin file format into Google and had 3 websites all say that's what it is. Can't seem to find more info than that. I thought it was more likely to be the database then a music file since DirectMusic files are the music. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aidenpons 926 Posted January 10 7 hours ago, legoman99 said: I basically just googled .rin file format into Google and had 3 websites all say that's what it is. Can't seem to find more info than that. I thought it was more likely to be the database then a music file since DirectMusic files are the music. That said, it's not uncommon for obscure games to use obscure file formats that no-one knows about... it's hardly like using a file extension is copyright and once you use .xyz nobody else can use it... ... much like LR1's .bmp shenanigans (they had the BMP extension but really weren't BMP files at all) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cyrem 2,286 Posted January 10 There doesn't seem to much of an indicator or signature in the files themselves to tell you much about them. Its quite possible that its a custom file with the same extension, it has some relation to the 3d models in the same folder. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
