> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Olaf, I was wondering whether you might make XCC able to read the .DAT file for Dune 1? (and I mean Dune 1, the pre-westwood game!)

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No, probably not. I don't have Dune 1 and I don't have time to decode the file format myself.

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Shame. :(

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You could always decode it yourself.

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Could I? How?

> > > > > > > > > > > > > Learn how to use a hex editor and look at the files. Try to define the format.

> > > > > > > > > > > > Well I have Hex Workshop, and I know basically what hex is, but what exactly am I looking for?

> > > > > > > > > > > The purpose of each byte in the file. So also the ............. between filenames.


> > > > > > > > > > Forgive my ignorance, but,

> > > > > > > > > > How do I do that!?

> > > > > > > > > > I really would like to be able to do this, so if I'm asking dumb things, please don't give up on me!

> > > > > > > > > Look at the values with a hex editor and try to make sense of them.

> > > > > > > > That doesn't really help.
> > > > > > > > So, now I'm looking at hex. 00 to FF.
> > > > > > > > And lot's of it.
> > > > > > > > Should I be extracting segments? Changing parts of it? Removing sections?

> > > > > > > That's up to you. The end result should be that you can tell the purpose of all relevant values.

> > > > > > I get the feeling this is going to take a while, with it being a 340Mb file. So I'm going to wait until I get my new PC which is more powerful and faster etc, and try on that. (I should be getting it sometime in the next week or two, so I'll bug you about this again then)
> > > Dune 1 does not have a 340 Mb file AFAIK. Actually, the game is less than 3 MB IIRC :confused:.

> > Well, since I have the game on CD, I think I can safely say that there IS definately a file called dune.dat which is 379Mb in size.
> > You're probably thinking of Dune 2, the first Westwood RTS game, which is 4.02Mb zipped.

> But you're talking about Dune 1, the "Role" game by Virgin, right? The one where you play Paul Atreides and you fly around in an ornithopter to sietches and such?
> I don't know if they added any movies or something to this CD-ROM release, but my (very old) release is very small.

Ah, well that's it you see. There are three or four movie clips taken straight from the Dune film made in 1984.
Maybe if I had an older version of the game decoding might be possible?
I'll have to look around for it.