Difference between revisions of "The X-Files Game"

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The X-Files Game

First release	1998
Also known as	agrippa
Developed by	HyperBole Studios
Published by	Fox Interactive
Distributed by	Fox Interactive
Platforms	Windows 95, Mac, Playstation 1
Resolution	640x480, 256 colors
Engine	VirtualCinema
Support	Not supported
Available for Purchase	Not available

The X-Files Game is an interactive movie point-and-click adventure video game developed by HyperBole Studios and published by Fox Interactive. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and PlayStation in 1998, and is based on the television series The X-Files.

Versions

PC: 7 CD \ 1 DVD (not sold seperatly)
PS1: 4 CD

Gameplay

Technical Details

Folder Structure:
- xg: UberVariables video sequences
- xn: Navigation with animation sequence
- xs: Music and Samples
- xt: Text Files, content from Willmore's computer and Mobile phone.
- xv: FMV and Hotspots

Game's Metadata: .hdb, .gam, .x
- Embedded database files using NeoAccess Database from NeoLogic Technology.
- Used for game's logic metadata and saved game

Navigation Images: .nmv
- QuickTime mov container
- 2 JPEG video Stream: 1-higher quality, 2-lower quality
- Used for player naviation through the scenes

Picture File Format: .pff
- JFIF (JPEG) Apple Mark jpeg files bundled into one PFF file
  - Images has 8BIM additional resources from Photoshop file format (https://www.adobe.com/devnet-apps/photoshop/fileformatashtml/)

FMV: .xmv
- QuickTime mov container
- Various streams: video, audio, subtitles
  - Video: cvid Cinepak | jpeg JPEG | rpza Quick Time Road Pizza | vob DVD
  - Audio: ima4 ADPCM | qdmc QDesign Music 2
  - Subtitles: text Timed Text

Audio: .amv, .dmv, .mus
- QuickTime mov container
  - Audio: ima4 ADPCM
- Music: .mus file
- Ambient and Sound Effects: .amv
- Phone, Computer, Doors : .dmv

Hotspots: .hot
- Click Regions around the scene
  - Format:
    - Header: 4 bytes (HSPT) follow by 4 bytes uint32 (number of Hotspots)
    - Content: for each hotspot -> 4 bytes uint32 (script id) 2 bytes uint16 (left) 2 bytes uint16 (right) 2 bytes uint16 (top) 2 bytes uint16 (bottom) 4 bytes uint32 (start time) 4 bytes uint32 (end time)

Some Gameplay Docs

ScummVM Missing Codec

External Links

@@ Line 22: / Line 22: @@
 == Gameplay ==
-== Authoring Tool ==
-http://www.virtualcinema.com/VCA.jpg
 == Technical Details ==
+* Folder Structure:
+** xg: UberVariables video sequences
+** xn: Navigation with animation sequence
+** xs: Music and Samples
+** xt: Text Files, content from Willmore's computer and Mobile phone.
+** xv: FMV and Hotspots
 * Game's Metadata: .hdb, .gam, .x
 ** Embedded database files using NeoAccess Database from NeoLogic Technology.
@@ Line 46: / Line 52: @@
 *** Audio: ima4 ADPCM | qdmc QDesign Music 2
 *** Subtitles: text Timed Text
+* Audio: .amv, .dmv, .mus
+** QuickTime mov container
+*** Audio: ima4 ADPCM
+** Music: .mus file
+** Ambient and Sound Effects: .amv
+** Phone, Computer, Doors : .dmv
+* Hotspots: .hot
+** Click Regions around the scene
+*** Format:
+**** Header: 4 bytes (HSPT) follow by 4 bytes uint32 (number of Hotspots)
+**** Content: for each hotspot -> 4 bytes uint32 (script id) 2 bytes uint16 (left) 2 bytes uint16 (right) 2 bytes uint16 (top) 2 bytes uint16 (bottom) 4 bytes uint32 (start time) 4 bytes uint32 (end time)
-* Folder Structure:
-** xg: UberVariables video sequences
-** xn: Navigation with animation sequence
-** xs: Music and Samples
-** xt: Text Files, content from Willmore's computer and Mobile phone.
-** xv: FMV and Hotspots