RIPPING PERSONA 4 MODELS

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I NEED TO GET THE GAME'S ASSETS RIPPPED AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING

HEY HI!!! someone from another server pointed me to YOU guys and i have been looking everywhere!!

pretty self explanitory but i have been looking everywhere for ryotaro dojima's ingame 3d models knline and i can't find them at all. not on the models resource, can't find a reddit link, i gound a github but the entire thing was GONE.
I tried to rip the models myself, but my laptop is old. I don't know what programs to use. I tried the snapshot feature on PCSX2, no idea how to do it because there weren't any modern up-to-date tutorials that worked with the emulator version. I tried ninja rip, it wouldn't even function. I found the PS2 Persona 4 game online, but i don't know how to extract the data from the data file.

i am painfully dedicated to ryotaro dojima i have been fighting tooth and nail for a week now. please help i am so desperate.

also i'm sorry i didn't really know if this counted as like. making a mod? modding help? some person just pointed me down here and i'm going in blind with best hopes thank you for tolerating me

[blissful hedge]

WHY ARE YOU YELLING?!

hi yes we can help. Dojima exists through npc models (like 100+ of them, each with an unique animation set) but most if not all of them look the same. I'm actually not too sure about OG p4, you could try using 7zip to explore the iso and find the model folder, but I do know more regarding p4g

If you own p4g on steam you can extract the game files by using https://github.com/Sewer56/CriFsV2Lib and dragging data.cpk found in the p4g directory onto the crifsv2GUI window then right clicking and extracting all

You can then navigate to the model folder and the npc subfolder, and use the Amicitia wiki to find the model you want to rip (https://amicitia.miraheze.org/wiki/Persona_4_Golden/data.cpk/model/npc)

Let's take n1601 as an example, type n1601 into the search bar inside model\npc and you should see an .AMD with that name (AMD is an archive used by atus to contain model data)
I'm not sure what you wanna use these for, so you could either:

Extract the model data using Amicitia (the program) > https://github.com/tge-was-taken/Amicitia/releases/tag/v1.9.6 (drag the .AMD file onto the Amicitia window and expand
twice until you see the model data, then right click that, click extract and name it whatever you want, just make sure it always ends in .gmo (otherwise it'll export as raw data and be useless)

Generic Model Objects can be read by many types of software like Noesis or GMOview

Alternatively, an easier way to just look at models is https://discord.com/channels/746211612981198989/1481538459268288543, which opens .AMD files directly! This program also lets you export models and animations as .glb, which blender can read

If you can't extract them yourself I can give you the .gmo or .glb you're looking for, sorry if you really needed og p4 ones

if you need video indicators or elaboration dont hesitate 2 ask

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yes yes thank you! unfortunately i do NOT own p4g on steam

p4 or p4g would work i literally just need dojima

[blissful hedge]

AHhhhhhhhhhhhh thats so okay

what are you looking to use the model for

[amber totem]

i just wanna mess around with it honestly? i have an instagram account i use to post dojima and i know how to use 3d software so i thiught it would be funny i guess

[blissful hedge]

your best bets are probably gmoview and or noesis then

[amber totem]

there are like 2 fan models but i am really REALLY looking for the original

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and those are file viewer things i assume

yes

wait right

[blissful hedge]

yip

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sorry short memory YES THANK YOU

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GMOview is sony software that literally just views generic model objects

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https://tenor.com/view/please7tv-please-beg-pray-hope-gif-3860103425950934673

[blissful hedge]

noesis views all kinds of 3d models

you can download that https://richwhitehouse.com/index.php?content=inc_projects.php&showproject=91 here

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i mean i think

persona 4 psvita also has a cpk

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YEEESSS GIDD

YEAAHHHH

[blissful hedge]

correct, thats also p4g though so same story for the most part

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YEAAHHHAHHA

THANK YOU SO MUCH

HES

YES

[blissful hedge]

heres the jacket dojima .AMD, he's got about 20 animations you can scroll through to do whatever

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YYAAAYYYYY

YOU ARE A LIFESAVER

[blissful hedge]

i do prefer GMOstudio but its up to you

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THATS HIS ENTIRE RIG IM LEAPING

THIS IS AWESOME I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH

[blissful hedge]

this is more datamining than modding really

if you ever wanna find another model use the amicitia wiki linked above

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YES OF COURSE THANK YOU THANKYOIU

[blissful hedge]

also this would fit more in #1045460701436715148 but you're not really making a mod so i guess its okay

just useful for future ref yes

[fair plover]

I would have put it in p4 modder help yeah but there's enough info in here that it seems pointless to delete or close the thread and force you to move over lol

generally user help = using mods, modder help = making mods, data mining like this is a secret third thing but it probably fits more in modder help

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i did find a lot of interesting stuff in the files though

these tv heads are weird i think they went unused

thanks for the method guys! i'm really happy right now oh boy

[blissful hedge]

Japanese exclusive tv listing

interviews with the voice actors i believe

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oh AWESOME