Diablo 2 Game Cinimatics

[Suldulin]

I am unsure of if this is the proper forum but I am trying to find a way to have files of just the movies that are part of the game, specifically the one that comes right after act II with the Tyreal vs 'Mummy'. Does anyone happen to know of a way I could extract them from the cd just to view them, or an idea of where they could be downloaded?

 

[Umbran]

Well, you won't get help on downloading the cinematics here, 'cause unless you're getting them from Blizzard, it'd be a violation of copyrights, and that's frowned upon in these parts.

Ripping the cinematics off the game CD for your own viewing might be "fair use", but I'd expect you'd need some rather specialized software toold to do it.

 

[WayneLigon]

Sometimes the large console/PC gaming sites have these movie files available for download. Nowaways that usually means paying for their service, though. You should at least check those sites first and see if what you're looking for is there.

 

[Nuclear Platypus]

I'm not entirely sure but you may be able to get all the cinematics separately on a DVD (mine came from the Collector's Edition). There may even be a Blizzard DVD set with cutscenes from Warcraft 3 and Starcraft as well. It'd probably be around $20 but it may even be cheaper than that.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

A trick a fellow student of mine used was to rename the video files (usually you can identify them, even if they do not use standard extensions and names) to overwrite the intro video (or any other "easy to get" video). So he could watch them without having to play through the whole game, or without having to finish a mission/scene/level he already finished again.

 

[Welverin]

I'm not entirely sure but you may be able to get all the cinematics separately on a DVD (mine came from the Collector's Edition). There may even be a Blizzard DVD set with cutscenes from Warcraft 3 and Starcraft as well. It'd probably be around $20 but it may even be cheaper than that.

I believe I saw something like that at Electronis Boutique, likely used. So checking at a game store would be a good idea.

 

[Haradim]

Ripping the cinematics off the game CD for your own viewing might be "fair use", but I'd expect you'd need some rather specialized software toold to do it.

I seem to recall an application that allowed someone to extract files from the large datafiles (I forget the extension) Diablo (and a other Blizzard games) used to store things like vids.

It was free and fan-made as far as I recall, but I don't know if one could still find it, or a version that works for DII.

Update ('cuz I've kinda wanted to have just the vids as well): This forum seems to be oriented around DII manipulation. There are a few utilities mentioned, but I made my way here, where you can find what is described as a WinZip-like MPQ archiver. I don't have DII (or any other Blizzard games), so I can't test it out. If you get it working, look for the .bik files; those are apparently the cinematics. I've used the RAD Video Tools to view these files in the past, so you should be able to view them. You'll want to extract the vids from one of the .MPQ files that DII uses.

 

[Suldulin]

thank you Haradim

 

[Kesh]

Hit your local Electronics Boutique, Gamestop or other gaming store. They probably still have the Blizzard DVD set there, for about $10. You get three DVDs, with the cinematics from Starcraft, Diablo II and Warcraft III on each of them, using DVD quality compression instead of the pixellated form they use to get them onto the CDs with the game. I bought it, and they're pretty sweet, though the latter two discs have fewer cutscenes on them than the Starcraft one.