Where to request BMS script? by birdmanager6 at 11:32 AM EST on February 28, 2016
Hi, I want to rip sounds from two old DOS games, which are both part of a collection. The big problem is, all the files in both games are compressed in two DAT files, one for each game. By looking through the file in a hex editor, I was able to determine that all the sound files are WAV files, and are named. By importing the file in Audacity as raw data, I can tell that these are all unsigned 8-bit and probably mono, and are mostly at a rate of 22050hz, which is twice the quality as the other versions I can rip from! Unfortunately, I've tried to rip them with VGMToolbox the exact same way I tried to rip one of the other versions, but it just doesn't work, probably due to compression or something (in fact, in Audacity, the very end of each sound seems to be contaminated by static noise, so that's likely the case. Even worse, I can't find a BMS script to decompress the particular game. So, I want to request for a BMS script for the game, but I don't know where to ask, because the BMS forum is unfortunately shut down for some reason. I could ask here, but I'm really worried I'll get no responses or interest. So, where should I ask? If anyone's interested, I'll tell you what the game collection is and upload both the files I've been trying to rip. I absolutely need this version to be ripped to get a sound rip that truly is the highest quality it can be.
You're in luck, I own those two. I'll have a look very shortly and see what I can do. They could be beyond my abilities but I'll let you know either way!
Edit: I've made about the same amount of progress as you have on the other forums so far. MGPA isn't an archive I'm familiar with, so sadly I can't give you a quick and simple solution. I managed to extract several .wav files, but they're unplayable garbage. I'll keep at it and see if I get anywhere though!