Hi,

I’m trying to extract models from World War Z (Swarm Engine) and I’ve run into a dead end with .tpl files.

What I’ve tried

• QCViewer

  • Couldn’t find a working version publicly

  • Older builds either missing or incompatible

Problem

I currently cannot view or export the model at all.
It seems like:

• Either the WWZ .tpl format differs from newer Saber games

• Or existing tools are outdated / partially compatible

What I’m looking for

• A working tool or method to open WWZ .tpl

• A compatible version of QCViewer (if one still exists)

• Any info about:

  • vertex layout

  • how .tpl_data is structured

  • how to reconstruct mesh manually if needed

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Extra info

• Header starts with 1SERtpl

• .tpl_data clearly contains float vertex data

• Looks like standard interleaved buffers but layout unknown

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If anyone has:

• a working tool

• a script

• or even partial documentation

I’d really appreciate it.

Samples Files: https://github.com/randalfcastro-tech/World-War-Z

Thanks.

QCViewer is findable in the xentax archive, but I can attach it anyway.
Unfortunately a ton of models don't work with it, seemingly at random, and normally you have to remove the prefix of the files to get them to load from my experience.
I wanted to rip some of the character models but unfortunately most of the ones I wanted refused to load; all first person arms included.
Was thinking of posting about it on here, but I've got too big of a collection of games I want to rip from already up.

I believe this is everything you need for texture extraction, model exporting, and a Noesis script to load the .nex files it exports.
Quick edit: for some documentation info, IndexV2 on GitHub for Halo2A and such is a similar format, probably older, and obviously Quake Champions has some version of the format. Basically all games by the company.

QCViewer_U1.7z

Edited 14 hours ago14 hr by DreamingOxxy

6 hours ago, DreamingOxxy said:

QCViewer is findable in the xentax archive, but I can attach it anyway.
Unfortunately a ton of models don't work with it, seemingly at random, and normally you have to remove the prefix of the files to get them to load from my experience.
I wanted to rip some of the character models but unfortunately most of the ones I wanted refused to load; all first person arms included.
Was thinking of posting about it on here, but I've got too big of a collection of games I want to rip from already up.

I believe this is everything you need for texture extraction, model exporting, and a Noesis script to load the .nex files it exports.
Quick edit: for some documentation info, IndexV2 on GitHub for Halo2A and such is a similar format, probably older, and obviously Quake Champions has some version of the format. Basically all games by the company.

QCViewer_U1.7z

Thanks a lot, my friend; it really works wonders. Cheers.

Edited 7 hours ago7 hr by Randalf2theReturn