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Assassin2684

I couldent find a direct fourm for this so i put it here. Ok i have this file from a certin game. I want soem graphics from it. But the file extensions are wierd to me. The extensions are called .blo And for soem reason i cant attach the file. Can anyone help me?

Mine GO BOOM · Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:25 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

BLO is an object file found for some games. Search Google for the specific game and "blo" to find an extractor for that game.

Blo isn't an accepted attachment, since it has nothing to do with Subspace here. Also, when in doubt, zips are allows allowed.

Assassin2684 · Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:30 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Ok i can tell you its from the game infantry do i look on thier website or type in google "infantry blo extracters?"

Gravitron · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 1:13 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

It's just a blob.
An archive with an indexing header for all files.
It has no compression applied or otherwise, AFAIK.
I have the tools, but extracting from it won't do you any good.

"Their website"? What website?
INF doesn't have a website anymore.

Mr Ekted · Movie Geek Gender: Joined: Feb 09 2004 Posts: 1379 Offline

Infantry .BLO files are sort of like LVZ. A collection of images and other things. The image objects are stored in RLE fashion in the file in such a way that makes me think they are rendered almost directly from this format. I suspect they use system buffers (not video buffers) and render images (and alpha blends) using CPU rather than GPU. You can't do alpha blending in DirectDraw, only Direct3D. This is probably why Infantry had such poor FPS at the same resolution/depth as Subspace. Also Infantry is 16-bit only (full screen). Subspace VIE client used 8-bit, and Continuum defaults to 8-bit.
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Gravitron · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 10:13 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

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Assassin2684 · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:06 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Ya i have been tryign to extract them. I also know it is like a .lvz but we have a tool that can extract the stuff inside the lvz. But i dont kno of one for .blo

Cyan~Fire · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:59 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Your sig is so annoying.
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Purge · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 4:07 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Then ad-block it.

Assassin2684 · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 4:18 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

jeez can you at least help me and i will make it go away.

Donkano · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 5:03 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Assassin2684 · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 5:40 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

So sence no one knows i guess there is no way to get the graphics out of it? I will zip one of the files if it will help me be able to get it open.

CypherJF · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 6:22 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

If you find the copy of infantry server floating around out there, it includes the utility to view items in the BLO files. My guess is that you're trying to extract them to make another... infantry zone.
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Gravitron · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 6:30 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Assassin2684 · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 6:44 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

eh hem... To tell you the truth infsntry sucks. The only good part in the graphics. I am making a half-life 2 zone with the aliens vs people type thing. I kno there has to be a way sence i see lots of thier graphics floating around.

Gravitron · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:01 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Infantry doesn't suck.
The lame zones losers run might sux.
Same goes for "subspace".
But the engine is awesome, wish I had it + Jeff to maintain it, heh.

Cyan~Fire · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:54 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Assassin2684 · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:05 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

I knew you would like it the most

Katie · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:29 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

JESUS CHRIST! I laughed so hard I had tears in my eyes! Is there any humane way to make the signature graphic into a 61x61 (or 61x44 with aspect ratio) buddy icon? I would fucking die if I had that as mine...

Assassin2684 · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 10:51 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Hey guys, what if i were to take a screenshot of the graphics and then use them like that?

Purge · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 11:05 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Yeah, you can just crop them right off.

Assassin2684 · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 11:13 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Ya i will try that but i will have to use gimp or paint.

Assassin2684 · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 2:58 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

What should i do about ships and bullets and stuff like that?

Purge · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 4:22 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Make them? You shouldn't steal Infantry's stuff.