ps2 Monster Rancher 3, 4, & EVO ripping

[Ryastoise]

16 hours ago, diegozmei said:

i'm sorry Fix quickbms what  MR3.Bms error No monster rancher 3 SLUS_201.90 ? ps2 😔🤦‍♂️  iso NTSC 

You would have to extract SLUS_201.90 from the iso itself, it's in there.

[diegozmei]

ps23dformat Monster Rancher Evo DAT  file ps2  XMD mesh file

https://web.archive.org/web/20171028154326/http://ps23dformat.wikispaces.com/List+of+Games

[Ryastoise]

3 hours ago, diegozmei said:

ps23dformat Monster Rancher Evo DAT  file ps2  XMD mesh file

https://web.archive.org/web/20171028154326/http://ps23dformat.wikispaces.com/List+of+Games

That's a nice find!

[Ryastoise]

@diegozmei I thank you for finding this script, I now have meshes from the models within Monster Rancher EVO, again I thank you...from the bottom of my heart.

[Ryastoise]

Question, how do I fix the incomplete meshes within the .3ds files?
If you have any answer, please tell me.

Edit: There wasn't any armature on some of the meshes, do I need to add the armature myself, or are the bones on a different model?

Edited August 8, 2024 by Ryastoise

[InsiderTrading]

Sorry to necropost, but I've been following along with steps I've found here and off the site as well. I've successfully got the BMS dump with all of the MO4 and TEX files, etc. I know at least MO4 is proprietary. Are there any tools to easily view these, or a tutorial of some kind? I'm a beginner, but technically competent, and I'm trying to rip these assets for my girlfriend, who is addicted to these games and has been trying to do this for years.

We're focusing on Monster Rancher 4.

 

For convenience, here is a GDRIVE with all the files output by BMS

Edited April 9 by InsiderTrading

[shak-otay]

btw, most people wouldn't download 735 MB just to check some samples.

[InsiderTrading]

On 4/9/2025 at 8:33 AM, shak-otay said:

btw, most people wouldn't download 735 MB just to check some samples.

I think I might take disk space for granted. I've included a smaller sample here.

Gdrive

[shak-otay]

Thanks. We'll need to collect sub meshes like this one:

Found 7 sub meshes so far for 05830.mo4:

 

more (back face culling needs to be enabled):

Edited April 11 by shak-otay