Extract audio files? [SOLVED]

[Momoiro Kaichou]

Maybe a bit of a strange request, but does anyone have an idea where the audio files for the game are located and/or how to extract them? Would like to dig a rare track or two from the OST as well some of the sound effects... Should be pretty easy, considering it's a UE3 game, however, scanning the archives with Dragon Unpacker hasn't yielded any results so far.

edit:/ nevermind, scroll down for the solution if you're interested

[Momoiro Kaichou]

To whom it may concern, I figured it out:

0. It is advisable to backup the respective game files just in case or, even better, make a separate copy which you'll be extracting from - technically, you won't be altering anything within the archive, so nothing game-breaking should occur. Still, better save than sorry!
1. Obtain yourself the "Unreal Package Extractor" from http://www.gildor.org/downloads - put "extract.exe" into a separate folder
2. Drag and drop any Unreal SDK supported archive file onto "extract.exe" - anything along the lines of *.u, *.upk, *.umap, etc. should work (I tried "KidGame.u" first)
3. By default, the utility will extract the archive's content into the directory of said archive, thus creating a new folder with the same name as the original file with all the contents unpacked
4. Now search for ".SoundNodeWave" files within the folder - these are simply ".ogg" files in disguise, all you have to do is rename their extention
5. To "mass-rename" the files, copy the ".SoundNodeWave" to a separate folder, hold down shift and right-click on the newly created directory - choose "Open Command Window Here"; in subsequently opened command prompt type in "ren *.SoundNodeWave *.ogg"
6. Voila, now you can play the various game audio in an .ogg-supporting media-player of choice (e.g. Foobar2000)

Addendum: The downside to all of this - instead of packing all the audio in one archive, the devs spread the files accross multiple archives, making extracting all of the audio more time-consuming than usual. That said - tracking down a specific piece of dialogue, for instance, should be relatively easy, if you have played the game to completion, since the map directories correspond to the in-game chapters (afaic).

[俄]

awesome there's the loading music that's missing from the official soundtrack cd.

[Vin]

I am getting the file extension ".AkEvent" and ".AkBank". As far as I saw, these are not real file types. What's going on, exactly?


Note: I am trying to extract voice clips from Killing Floor 2.

[Momoiro Kaichou]

Each game has a different algorythm for extraction, I have no idea how to get to the Killing Floor 2 audio.

[Vin]

Hm. I see. Alright. Thanks.

[memostardust]

it's been a decade and I know theres a high chance your steam account is inactive now, but i'll ask for help anyway: i've done all of these steps but when i change the file extension from soundnodewave to ogg, the ogg is unplayable? the game i'm trying to extract audio from is a hat in time, and the engine is unreal engine 3, so there should be no issues

[Shinebreaker]

Try opening an .ogg file with with VLC Media Player if you haven't already. It should play if it's properly formatted.