<![CDATA[Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool]]>Here you'll find the model extraction tools written by nothingness on the old forums.

You can download the utility, and the source code, here.

Recently I remembered about the game and I found some time to try again recreate the models format. Generally, it's stored in a models.bin file (machines, buildings) and in files with the extension *.psb (map tiles), *.arb (artefacts, trees, plants, etc.) from a pdata directory. I enclosed my program to extracting.

Usage: binex a <filename to extract, part of this name or dir branch> <input filename>. Copy program binary to machines root directory. Run command prompt and change dir again to game root (e.g. cd c:\games\machines). Now type binex a .x models.bin to extract all *.x files from models.bin, similarly for *.arb. For *.psb type e.g. binex a .agt pdata\m_desert.psb.

I can't discover orginal objects coordinates so they need to be pieced together, but I think that isn't a big problem.

I hope that in any way it will be useful for something. Meshes can be imported and smoothed in any 3D software. Don't ask how to export new models to original game. I don't recreated whole format and I am not able to do it.

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/topic/19/tools-nothingness-model-extraction-toolRSS for NodeSat, 16 May 2026 08:40:56 GMTFri, 20 Mar 2015 22:04:40 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Tue, 05 Jul 2016 10:25:26 GMT]]>@Encrypted just modifying batch files etc.

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/1193http://wiredforwar.org/post/1193Tue, 05 Jul 2016 10:25:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Tue, 05 Jul 2016 10:01:28 GMT]]>@JRL101 Yus, but it works perfectly. It isn't really hard to turn .smks to .mp4s because of the simple commands.

Edit WinXP? How did ya do that?

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/1191http://wiredforwar.org/post/1191Tue, 05 Jul 2016 10:01:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Tue, 05 Jul 2016 09:59:50 GMT]]>@Encrypted WOW that's an old program. I remember RAD I used to use it to edit windows XP all the time.

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/1190http://wiredforwar.org/post/1190Tue, 05 Jul 2016 09:59:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Tue, 05 Jul 2016 09:56:30 GMT]]>@JRL101 Well, I would use this to play sequences from Machines and extract them. RAD Video Tools is a really nice program, I have to say, although I couldn't really find some of these videos in the original game's folder. How odd.

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/1189http://wiredforwar.org/post/1189Tue, 05 Jul 2016 09:56:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Mon, 04 Jul 2016 13:41:50 GMT]]>@Encrypted thanks i just used my ripping skill cough ad block cough to professional extract the file location. I hadnt seen the E3 trailer either, but back when i first tried this i went to that site. its just the quicktime players broken on the site.

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/1169http://wiredforwar.org/post/1169Mon, 04 Jul 2016 13:41:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Mon, 04 Jul 2016 10:20:32 GMT]]>@JRL101 Even the E3 intro is here! I've never heard of that one, actually...
...but good work!

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/1165http://wiredforwar.org/post/1165Mon, 04 Jul 2016 10:20:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Mon, 04 Jul 2016 05:31:58 GMT]]>machines-Mov.zip
Here we go the mov files from that site.

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/1157http://wiredforwar.org/post/1157Mon, 04 Jul 2016 05:31:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Tue, 07 Apr 2015 20:20:14 GMT]]>@Mahmoud lol

Let's make @Judas do it!

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/407http://wiredforwar.org/post/407Tue, 07 Apr 2015 20:20:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Tue, 07 Apr 2015 20:02:32 GMT]]>All right, so... draw straws to see who asks?

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/405http://wiredforwar.org/post/405Tue, 07 Apr 2015 20:02:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Tue, 07 Apr 2015 19:54:36 GMT]]>@Mahmoud
It's this guy: http://www.hogton.com/

He still has all of the gifs up here alongside the videos: http://www.hogton.com/animation/index.htm

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/403http://wiredforwar.org/post/403Tue, 07 Apr 2015 19:54:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Tue, 07 Apr 2015 19:51:35 GMT]]>@Mahmoud
Yeah you can probably find it in the old forum, he had a website with a bunch of gifs of running machines. I think Griffin or something was in his name?

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/402http://wiredforwar.org/post/402Tue, 07 Apr 2015 19:51:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Tue, 07 Apr 2015 19:50:17 GMT]]>@bilal said:

Is there any way to retrieve the animation files? If not maybe the original machines animator would be generous enough to provide them if he still has them. ;)

Back in the day I had the contact info and blog site for the animator. I don't remember how we had that; it was something like imdb I think. Now all I can get from a quick search is that the director of the game was Mark Hardisty, and that's just from Wikipedia. Anyone have better luck/memory?

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/401http://wiredforwar.org/post/401Tue, 07 Apr 2015 19:50:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Tue, 07 Apr 2015 15:42:56 GMT]]>Is there any way to retrieve the animation files? If not maybe the original machines animator would be generous enough to provide them if he still has them. ;)

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/388http://wiredforwar.org/post/388Tue, 07 Apr 2015 15:42:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Sun, 05 Apr 2015 09:54:05 GMT]]>ALL THE MODELS + TEXTURES

http://download.wiredforwar.org/Game/Machines Models %26 Textures.zip

In .x and .obj (Wavefront). If anybody needs the files in another format, call me!

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/345http://wiredforwar.org/post/345Sun, 05 Apr 2015 09:54:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Sat, 04 Apr 2015 14:12:00 GMT]]>If you need more space to upload this stuff I can get you access to upload to http://download.wiredforwar.org

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/332http://wiredforwar.org/post/332Sat, 04 Apr 2015 14:12:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Thu, 02 Apr 2015 11:41:25 GMT]]>Yes.

When did you play the game for the last time? :p

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/274http://wiredforwar.org/post/274Thu, 02 Apr 2015 11:41:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Thu, 02 Apr 2015 10:17:01 GMT]]>'Holo'? Hmmm... what does it look like?

Oh, wait. It might be that mineral site marker.
I've read somewhere that Locators place holograms where minerals are. If 'Holo' is that mineral site marker, then... well!

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/271http://wiredforwar.org/post/271Thu, 02 Apr 2015 10:17:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Wed, 01 Apr 2015 19:17:49 GMT]]>Last ones are:
planet
texture2
texture4

But they contain a lot of .bmp's so I can't upload 'm yet.

TOTAL SIZE of all model files + bitmaps = ~70Mb

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/258http://wiredforwar.org/post/258Wed, 01 Apr 2015 19:17:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Wed, 01 Apr 2015 19:15:29 GMT]]>Models3 Contains:

Shared
Smelter (Whoops, double)
Technici
Transpor
Weapons

Models3.zip

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/257http://wiredforwar.org/post/257Wed, 01 Apr 2015 19:15:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Wed, 01 Apr 2015 19:15:13 GMT]]>Models2 contains:
Lab
Locator
Mine
Missilee
Pod
Smelter
Models2.zip

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/255http://wiredforwar.org/post/255Wed, 01 Apr 2015 19:15:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Wed, 01 Apr 2015 19:11:24 GMT]]>Models 1 Contains:
Administrators
Aggressors
Beacon
Constructors
Debris
Factory
Fire
Garrison
Holo (?)

Models1.zip

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/254http://wiredforwar.org/post/254Wed, 01 Apr 2015 19:11:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Wed, 01 Apr 2015 13:09:53 GMT]]>@Judas
Sounds good.

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/242http://wiredforwar.org/post/242Wed, 01 Apr 2015 13:09:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Wed, 01 Apr 2015 13:08:18 GMT]]>@bilal

Very small(2MB total?). Problem is that all the textures are BMP files which bump up the size again. If I can separate those (probably have to do that by hand) I can upload 'm. I'll get on it tonight.

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/241http://wiredforwar.org/post/241Wed, 01 Apr 2015 13:08:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tools: nothingness' Model Extraction Tool on Wed, 01 Apr 2015 13:06:45 GMT]]>@Judas
Okay! Out of curiosity, about how big is one of those files?

]]>http://wiredforwar.org/post/240http://wiredforwar.org/post/240Wed, 01 Apr 2015 13:06:45 GMT