Left4Dead: create Transparent animated sprays

Creating static sprays with transparancy

- preperation
1. create new image in photoshop -> 256x256px with transparent background . then you can add any images you want on top of it.
2. save as .png

- Creating static sprays with transparancy
1. download VTF Edit here Nem's Tools [VTFLib - Download - VTFEdit v1.2.5 Full]
2. install VTF Edit.
3. run VTF Edit,
4. File -> Import
5. on"VTF Options", go to "general" tab.
6. uncheck "mipmap",
normal format : DXT 1,
Alpha DXT 5,
texture type : Environment map

click "OK"

7. file -> save as, to save your new spray (.VTF)
8. run L4D and go to multiplayer option touse the spray (press t to spray)

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Creating animated sprays with transparancy

- need to know
max resolution is 256x256pixels. max filesize is about 256kKB. if you exeed on of these, your spray wont be displayed.
if you want to make animated sprays from animated gif, you can split the .gif frame by frame to individual .png.
You can use Ulead GIF animator, Acdsee ad many other apps

Creating animated sprays with transparancy
1. download VTF Edit Nem's Tools [VTFLib - Download - VTFEdit v1.2.5 Full]
2. install VTF Edit.
3. run VTF Edit,
4. File -> Import, then select all the frames.
5. at "VTF Options", go to "general" tab.
6. uncheck "mipmap",
normal format : DXT 1,
Alpha DXT 5,
texture type : animated texture

click "OK"

7. file -> save as, to save your animated sprays
8. run L4D then choose your animated sprays

here some sprays i created
8bit megaman spray (megaman 9)
book of darkness spray (nanoha)

screenshot

Otomedius .pak files

been playing Otomedius G (オトメディウス G) and i see there CG gallery in the game. i browse the DVD and i found many .pak files, i think it contain all the CG.
there's one problem, i can't identify the .pak file. There no header or something to identify the .pak files. I already tried many extractors and all failed......

i have tried :
IsoBuster
Far (with MR Ripper plugin)
SUSIE
Winrar >_<


below you can download some files.
if you success extracting it, please tell me...... how to extract these .pak files.

thanks


| DOWNLOAD |

gallery_0001.pak and gallery_0002.pak
otomedius SWF files (yea, the menu is in NORMAL swf files)
otomedius fonts (normal TTF fonts)

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there also many more files in otomedius disc.
the videos are in NORMAL .wmv files :D
the audio, just like other xbox 360 games, its in XMA2 codec >_< . Some on .pak, some on .xwb (xbox wavebank)
XMA2 can be extracted but unplayable due to no decoder.
there's XMA decoder but it can't decode XMA2 :p


here the gallery .pak file list and size :

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F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0002.pak,3462962,422354
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0003.pak,651428,359084
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F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0005.pak,1655214,395521
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0006.pak,1654814,396330
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0007.pak,1373826,387425
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0008.pak,909940,368325
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F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0013.pak,1956390,405843
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F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0015.pak,1200626,379254
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F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0017.pak,626218,358466
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0018.pak,1695270,398790
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0019.pak,1198354,378668
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F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0027.pak,902944,367441
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0028.pak,978758,370627
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0029.pak,524548,357076
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0030.pak,965996,369677
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0031.pak,1367780,386087
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0032.pak,1384074,388096
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0033.pak,1618398,393932
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0034.pak,1083666,372628
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0035.pak,1088888,373688
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0036.pak,518314,356822
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0037.pak,685450,359735
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0038.pak,1543986,391610
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0039.pak,1152738,376948
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0040.pak,1297852,383493
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0041.pak,2220048,411920
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0042.pak,917444,368770
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0043.pak,774114,362579
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0044.pak,2197596,410846
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0045.pak,1356256,385424
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0046.pak,2877388,418152
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0047.pak,1095640,374220
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0048.pak,1010786,371105
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0049.pak,1058362,372111
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0050.pak,1416846,389463
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0051.pak,848706,365725
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0052.pak,678170,359403
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0053.pak,2368232,413005
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0054.pak,1292090,382231
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0055.pak,978544,370149
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0056.pak,1706608,400447
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0057.pak,2820342,416774
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0058.pak,379818,356039
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0059.pak,1083460,373158
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F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0063.pak,1787042,401281
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0064.pak,1518798,390868
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F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0066.pak,1235296,381018
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0067.pak,637270,358772
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0068.pak,2553702,414162
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0069.pak,382630,356225
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0070.pak,387404,356412
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0071.pak,3557816,424045
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0072.pak,757338,361835
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0073.pak,1099388,374755
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0074.pak,1370952,386755
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0075.pak,1414204,388772
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0076.pak,1167904,377511
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0077.pak,880264,366140
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F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0079.pak,1599394,392364
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0080.pak,2015556,407776
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F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0082.pak,297142,355539
F,\media\Data\Gallery\gallery_0083.pak,697020,360070
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the SWF

menu.swf
dialog.swf
ranking.swf
replay.swf
shop.swf

the fonts

3.339 KB FONT3_2.TTF
2.621 KB FONT1_2.TTF
2.621 KB FONT1_0.TT
3.387 KB FONT2_2.TTF
4.361 KB FONT5_0.TTF
1.940 KB FONT4_2.TTF
2.823 KB FONT6_0.TTF
2.823 KB FONT6_2.TTF

Jasper is HERE!!!

from Xbox-scene

Jasper Motherboard in the Wild: 256MB Internal 'MU', 150W PSU, ...
>> It looks like the first Jasper motherboards (which should have the new 65nm GPU) are now out in the wild!
Moddage posted pictures of his new Jasper 360 on our forums (here and here) and we also received some pictures from The Dude Z. Both are Arcade SKUs made 10-23-2008 Lot #0843X by Team FDOU.
Xbox 360 Jasper Xbox 360 Jasper

The new power supply is now 150W (25W less than those used with Falcon boards) and the plug has of course been changed so u can't plugin this PSU into an older motherboard.
Xbox 360 Jasper Xbox 360 Jasper

Other unannounced change ... the onboard flash chip has grown from 16MB to 256MB. Microsoft included internal memory storage, so the Arcade SKU now ships without (external) Memory Unit and the new NXE dash will install fully on the flashchip (rather than requiring a HDD or external MU). But the internal memory can also be used to store gamesave data, XBLA games, videos or whatever ... u can use it asif it was an external MU. (as the flash chip is also used for the kernel/keyvault/dash etc there seems to be about 214MB left according to scoldingice on our forums to store your own stuff)
I'm guessing the Jasper PRO and Elite SKUs will also come with this internal memory. It's just cheaper for Microsoft to make 1 type of motherboard for all SKUs rather than making a different version for each SKU. Also seems logic in a way ... get the full NXE dash on the internal flash is much 'cleaner' than using HDD/MU for it.
Xbox 360 Jasper Xbox 360 Jasper

The motherboard design didn't change much ... besides the bigger flash and what's probably the new 65nm GPU, we also see a new south bridge model ... the rest (videochip, CPU, heatsinks, general board layout, ...) seems pretty much similar to falcon boards.
Xbox 360 Jasper Xbox 360 Jasper
Xbox 360 Jasper Xbox 360 Jasper

It also appears there are RAM chips on the bottom of the board again (without thermal pads even) ... Microsoft recently switched to RAM chips with double capacity so they could drop the 4 chips on bottom (and only place 4 on the top) ... but apparently they are back (old stock maybe?). However the type of RAM chips they use is not bound to the motherboard revision ... there are falcon boards with RAM chips only on the top and falcon boards with RAM chips on both top and bottom. Same can happen for the jasper boards.
Xbox 360 Jasper Xbox 360 Jasper

akhirnya mainboard revisi terbaru Xbox 360 yang kabarnya bakal jadi penyelamat gamer dari RROD berkat GPU 65nm nya ini TELAH TERBIT !!!!!!!!!!!




dengan perubahan :
65nm GPU
150Watt PSU
256MB internal flash ram (bisa buat save persis kayak MU)

btw lihat disini http://pictures.xbox-scene.com/xbox3...r/dd3df355.jpg

wkwkwk masih saja microsoft memakai LEM untuk menempelkan GPU agar lebih nempel



copy pasta dari Xbox-Scene News: Jasper Motherboard in the Wild: 256MB Internal 'MU', 150W PSU, ...

What i can do to my Avatar

a short video showing what i can do to my avatar.
my avatar can blurp, get dizzy and many more :p




see you at November 19 in NXE!

i will upload 640x480 .MP4 later.
btw i also uploaded this to GT, but it really slow. always says "compressing" ugh...

Moving NXE update from Memory Unit (MU) to HDD

Moving NXE update from Memory Unit (MU) to HDD
Moving NXE update from HDD to MU :)

if you installed NXE on MU, then you buy HDD from XBOX storage solution or somewhere..
you maybe want to free the MU from that big NXE update.

here what you need to do

TO MOVE NXE FROM MU to HDD.

1. turn off your Xbox 360
2. plug the new HDD. unplug the MU.
3. turn on the xbox 360, when connected to LIVE it will re-download the
NXE contents to HDD.

4. after all downloaded. plug MU.
5. go to system, memory.
6. copy your data from MU to HDD. then format your MU....
7. copy back your data to MU.

the NXE data like the intro video, avatar application, all are hidden
from the "memory" menu. the only way to remove it is by format the
MU.

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TO MOVE NXE FROM HDD to MU.

1. turn off your Xbox 360
2. plug the MU. unplug the HDD.
3. turn on the xbox 360, when connected to LIVE it will re-download the
NXE contents to MU.

4. after all downloaded. plug HDD.
5. go to system, memory.
6. copy your data from HDD to MU (or backup it to PC :) ). then format your HDD....
7. copy back your data to HDD.

the NXE data like the intro video, avatar application, all are hidden
from the "memory" menu. the only way to remove it is by format the
HDD.