Reply To: Looking for a tool that can open/edit .SBF files

Thanks for the reply,

Yeah, I’m already familiar with converting custom .wav files for Joint Ops so that they can be played in game. I even made a single-player map about a month ago that I haven’t released to the public yet, which used music and dialogue from BHD. The thing is, the .sbf files are totally different from the usual .pff files, which is probably why the music isn’t accessible through the usual tools. If I recall correctly, Novalogic was in a bit of trouble back in the 2004–2005 era, where they were fined for using unlicensed software like Windows, Photoshop, etc. and I’m guessing that’s why some of these internal tools never got released to the public. (I could be wrong, this is only speculation on my part)
Ever since I started playing DBHD a couple of months ago, I was immediately hooked. I’ve been wanting to bring some of those ideas from that game into Joint Ops, maybe even recreate a few of the original single player missions at some point which I probably will. The games are so much alike to the point where I think the only real difference is the better graphics Joint Ops has. Many features from BHD such as animations, WAC commands, buildings, sounds and other assets are present in JO.
Right now I’m working on this convoy coop map inspired by DBHD style, and I think the soundtracks from that game would fit perfectly. That’s what really got me digging into these .sbf files in the first place, because as I said, while I can find the original soundtracks from that game, there are some variations that play only during the single player missions that I wasn’t able to find anywhere online. So, I guess the only option at this point is to record them in-game and convert them in the proper format.