JW,

I have also been working here and there to decode the SB files from the tCoS client. My idea was to use the included DLLs to see if they have any methods able to extract standard Unreal level mesh and level data. I've gotten as far as extracting the classes/methods/properties, and I'll be working on creating include files for them in order to bring them into a new VS project.

 

I'd be very interested in helping your efforts in any way that I can. I can't tell you how much it bothers me that I can't explore the shards. When the game was still up, my PC at the time didn't like the Unreal rendering engine, so I couldn't play past Hawkwind. I keep seeing and collecting these gorgeous screenshots of the game.

 

Anyway, I hope you and Acid still have an interest in the game.