I'm not entirely sure if this qualifies to be posted here, but my primary intention in making this program was for using Halo3 content in HaloCE. If it doesn't qualify, then Dennis may delete it.
Anyways....

There are only 3 Halo3 raw extractors I know of, only one which includes model extraction and is available to the public.
Out of all those three, I still don't like the extracting process - so I set out to create my own.

And the result was Adjutant - a Halo3 extraction program with bitmap/model extraction with features I have never seen in any other extractor.

• Tag Types Filtering
  
• Folder Heirachy View
  
• Batch Extraction
  
• Included meta viewer with built in plugins (excludes ODST)
  
• Works on Vista and 7 and XP
  
• All files are internal - no internet required
  

Adjutant is now downloadable from HaloMaps in the "Halo Utilities" section

Screenshots:
Tag Class View and Meta Editor:


Folder Hierarchy View and Bitmap Extractor:


Tag Filter and Model Extractor:


Batch Extraction:

Edited by Gravemind on Aug 14, 2011 at 02:26 AM

Does this extract sounds?

No, only models and bitmaps for now. Even without sounds it still has better features though.
(I intend to add sounds sometime, but I don't know how long it will take)
Edited by Gravemind on Aug 3, 2011 at 09:07 PM

Please DO upload sounds. Then maybe even animations! And then we're all set!

Thanks for this by the way.

EDIT: Apparently I cannot extract bitmaps nor models. How come.
Edited by XlzQwerty1 on Aug 3, 2011 at 09:20 PM

As much I would love to do sounds and animations, I cant right now, and I have no idea how long it'll take. Also, just to clarify, that "Lite" version doesnt include extract functions, its just to show you what the app is like. (it says so in the readme)
Edited by Gravemind on Aug 3, 2011 at 09:26 PM

It's a lite version, just shows you the ui, nothing else.

I suppose I should've used the word "trial" instead because that would work better. Anyways, d4rfnader is right. It's just for UI and feature show.
Edited by Gravemind on Aug 3, 2011 at 09:28 PM

Will it be open source?

I don't have the legal permissions to make it open source. The extraction functions come from a library which isn't mine, so I'm not allowed to release it's source. (if you want the source, decompile it like I did).
The UI, batch extraction algorithm, heirachy view, and tag filter are all mine. Meta viewer, model/bitmap view/extract are not mine.

Yea it qualifies :)

Do I ever smell BSPs coming around?

Also how about HUD elements, or those few textures that I could never rip. e.i. 343 Guilty Spark diffuse
Edited by iHalo on Aug 3, 2011 at 10:32 PM

Highly unlikely, if it is possible then its probably top secret and noones allowed to have it. I heard xTraction had bsp extraction and is was disabled before release, but I dont know if thats true or not.

As for those bitmaps, its probably possible but I dont know how. There is a way to do it if you extract the raw (.bin) and do something with it but I dont know.
Edited by Gravemind on Aug 3, 2011 at 10:34 PM

Hmm I know xTraction is all code form Anth0ny [Alteration] which I know he can rip BSPs... but xTraction was an attempt to steal credit..

It had some enhanced features, but there was no credit given where due. But alright seems cool, I'll be keeping a good look on this :D

Well as you can see from my previous post, im not trying to take credit. (apart from the parts which are actually mine lol)
support is good though :)

Coolo a free app.

Yea Alteration has problems with aero on windows 7 and vista, this doesnt

I cant take those.
Really wish we could get a real version..

cant take what? and you can get a working version of Adjutant, just not right now, maybe in a week or two (unless u wanna buy it early)

Cant take Alteration not working...

oh lol i thought you meant you couldnt take my one... anyways, i uploaded pics :D

lol

WOAH

BATCH EXTRACTION?

*dies*

Edited by Spartan 279 on Aug 4, 2011 at 03:12 AM

ikr? i love it! :D
like they say, if you want it done right, do it yourself. so thats what ive done
and to think i did all this in only a week worth of afternoons after school...
Edited by Gravemind on Aug 4, 2011 at 03:22 AM

god i wish xTraction had that feature!

May have miss this question but can it rip level models?

this is only batch extraction though, not recursive. you select a folder while in folder view, right click and extract. it extracts the whole folder with all extractable tags in it (and it only extracts the tag types you have set in the tag filter)


yes it can rip models. if you mean BSPs, then no.
Edited by Gravemind on Aug 4, 2011 at 03:30 AM

thats what i meant.
wait.....
can you just rip the whole level?

well yeah, pretty much. but itd take a while with that many tags (still nowhere near as long as doing it one at a time though)

:3 CANT WAIT!

at the moment the batch extraction doesnt always show the output; sometimes it just freezes until its finished extracting, but other than that it works well

as long as it works.

ive got exams and whatnot for the rest of this week and one each week for the next two weeks, but if anyone wants to donate to my paypal i will happily change my priorities :P (obviously not something like 5c)

I've had resource and partial sound extraction in my BlamLib library for a while now (H3, ODST, Reach, all of the needed tag interfacing is there for them). However, I don't process geometry into any standard format at the moment (eg, .obj or COLLADA). It processes resources in the same manner as the engine, unlike the tools I've seen, which go about it in a hacked up manner.

how is the sound extraction partial? and the bsp extraction looks good, but i dont have the skills to process it into standard formats

EDIT: kornman, can you add me on AIM? @ Gravemind2401
Edited by Gravemind on Aug 4, 2011 at 04:19 AM

will this be bale to extract the ghost illum? i really need it lol

no the ghost illum doesnt extract. Adjutant has the same extracting capabilities as xTraction, just with a lot nicer UI and features