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Hayal, posted Mon May 17, 2021 7:49 am (64104)

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Hi there,

First of all, my goal is to repack these files with modified content.

Overlord uses quite a few proprietary fileformats, some of which the devs later re-used for their later games, such as Age of Wonders.

I had no luck peeking into these files using the modding tools included with Age of Wonders, they either crashed or identified the file as outdated. (Given the 10 year difference between the games.)

Luckily, there are some Python Scripts available, for extraction purposes:
https://github.com/mortalis13/PythonScripts/blob/master/wav_extractor_overlord.py (for .pvp, Credit: Mortalis13)
https://github.com/REDxEYE/PRP_IO (.prp, Credit: REDxEYE)

However, has anyone here had luck reimporting modified content into these package files?

For example, MinionVoiceData_ENGLISH also consists of multiple extra components such as .vpk and .debug-vpk, however they only seem to carry a few strings, when investigated further in a Hexeditor.

More info on the .pvp format: https://www.reddit.com/r/overlordgame/comments/jvs8sd/sounds_extraction_from_game_files/

Examples: https://www.mediafire.com/file/ff9v7pnxlw7cnho/Overlord_Data.zip/file

Thanks!