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wyndcrosser:
Hi,

https://www.dropbox.com/s/aej5n0oowi80t9a/battlemenu.pix

The above link is for a .pix image file

It comes from the game Earth Seeker, that
I'm currently translating.

I have NO idea how to read it, no program
I found will identify it

IT should look like this.
http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=battlemenu3n92.png

Please help, if you can or have free time.

Thank you,

sunteam_paul:
I don't know if this helps: http://filext.com/file-extension/PIX

Also, scroll to the bottom here: http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/pix

Maybe GIMP can open it?

wyndcrosser:
Thanks boss, yes I trolled the internet for about 4 hours, GIMP reads .PIX format, but apparently this isn't a "PIX file" based on the plugin it uses. Argh lol.

NightWolve:
Yeah, I scoured the net a bit for you and no luck, at least, in getting anything to open it...

Opening the file in a hex editor shows 'FPIX' as the file header.



You see 'FPIX', 'DPIX' and 'XPIX'. So I googled around for details based on that:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e10776/ap_imgfmts.htm#AIVUG80590

--- Quote ---FPIX

extension: .fpx

mime: image/x-fpx

FPIX, or FlashPix, is a format developed by Kodak, Microsoft Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company, and Live Picture, Inc., for storing digital photography.
--- End quote ---

But, after installing IrfanViewer (http://www.irfanview.net/), and its plugins pack, software that supported the format, it would fail to recognize your particular file.

Since this is from a videogame, it's likely it's a custom format or a modified version of an official one. That means you'll have to learn Intel x86 Assembly, trace the game code to where the file is opened, and study the decoding code. That's a long, involved, difficult process unfortunately so it's not something anybody is gonna help you with, not unless they are fully committed and interested in translating that videogame with you and have lots of experience in hacking.

Good luck.

wyndcrosser:
NightWolve,

Thanks for spending the time. I'm still looking at it. The original author had someone do it for them, or at least point him/her in the right direction, however that person is no longer active on any forums.

Argh lol. I'm hoping posting in the gbatemp.net will get that same person to help out.

Thanks again,

Wynd

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