Madagascar (PC) .RWS extracted

[Mygoshi]

Hello, so I managed to extract the files from the PC version and it works (I used Eksz-Box ABX and it output extensionless files)

Now the problem is the audio files, could someone help please?

Link to one of the file extracted without extension name: https://mega.co.nz/#!dZ4EgZiS!YcLZbVwC9 ... V1ZzhoX6yw

Thanks if you can help

[aluigi]

How did you extract them?

[Mygoshi]

I used Eksz-Box ABX.

[aluigi]

And what they did?

[Mygoshi]

I don't think the problem is this but when I drag and drop the RWS archives into Eksz-Box ABX, I got several output files.

[aluigi]

The problem is this.
Other people are probably looking for a solution.

This is a community forum for sharing knowledge, tools and information so feel free to go to another forum.

[Mygoshi]

Sorry.

[Mygoshi]

Any help please?

[Mygoshi]

Regarding these files you can see "substream" with an Hex Editor and the tool RWS2WAV can convert Asterix & Obelix XXL .rws files PC into wav and for this it doesn't work because it looks like the same structure but several things change...

[id-daemon]

The "streams" in Madagascar are close to XBOX IMA ADPCM. You can decode them all with vgmtoolbox. But all music in this game is mono. You can hear it when playing game on PC.

[Mygoshi]

Can you specify how do I add a working GENH header with vgmtoolbox? Thanks.

[id-daemon]

Why do you need them? You already ripped all from other platforms.

You must remove paddings (for example with deint.bms), and then create genh as xbox adpcm

[id-daemon]

deint settings:

set HEADER 0x10
set PRESERVE 0
set ADJUST 0
set BLOCKSIZE 0x2800
set INTSIZE 0x800
set LAYERS 1
set SKIP 0x7f0

[Mygoshi]

Do you have a download link for deint.bms script please? And I need them because it seems PC version have the best quality.

[id-daemon]

http://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.php?p=78284#p78284

[Mygoshi]

"Error: file size minus header isn't divisable by blocksize!"

[id-daemon]

just delete "cleanexit" command there

[Mygoshi]

Same error with 0 files found in 0 seconds. I have just to delete "cleanexit" word in the script?

[Mygoshi]

Ok, it works, thanks, but what are the exact settings for vgmtoolbox? I used Header Skip 0x00, interleave 0x10, channels 1, freq 22050 but the quality is just bad, I played the game on PC and the sound quality isn't the same.

[id-daemon]

yes its because its not exactly xbox adpcm, its something a little different. But if you ignore these noises, what do you think, the quality is better that xbox or ps version? I don't think so.

And rip audio DOESN'T degrade if you rip it in digital form.