This download contains all the files necessary to add Bink support to "Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain". The files were taken from the now defunct NosGothica.org, using the Wayback Machine. The Bink video files were encoded from lossless rips of the PlayStation cutscenes and have better image quality.
Section 1: Introduction
This pack contains the necessary files for adding Bink video support for "Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain".
The files were taken from the now defunct NosGothica.org website using the Wayback Machine.
The new Bink videos in this pack were encoded directly from lossless .avi conversions of the PlayStation FMVs and they have better colors than the ones from the NosGothica patch.
Included in the "Main" folder are all the files required to add Bink video support along with the Bink videos.
The "Extras" folder contains two folders.
A - The "kain" folder has a conversion of the trailer for "Akuji the Heartless" from the Windows version of "Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain".
B - The "Plugins" folder contains a file that will apply a filter to the Bink videos.
I've included a folder with screenshots showing the differences between the filtered PlayStation videos and the unfiltered PlayStation videos.
Section 2: Instructions
Step 1: Go into the "Main" folder and copy all of its contents.
Step 2: Go to the directory that you installed "Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain".
If you used CubanRaul's installer, it should be located at "C:\Games\KAIN".
Step 3: Paste the contents of the "Main" folder into the game's installation folder and overwrite any files that are already in the game's folder.
Step 4: Run "Delete Old Files.bat" to delete the original .jam video files.
OPTIONAL STEPS
Step A1: If you want the trailer for "Akuji the Heartless" instead of "Pandemonium!" go to the "Extra" folder and copy the "kain" folder.
Step A2: Go to the directory that you installed "Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain" and paste the "kain" folder and overwrite the existing pan46.bik file.
Step B1: If you want the video filter for the Bink videos go to the "Extra" folder and copy the "Plugins" folder.
Step B2: Go to the directory that you installed "Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain" and paste the "Plugins" folder.
Section 3: Software Used
jPSXdec version 0.99.7: Converting the PlayStation cutscenes from .str to raw .avi.
Blood Pill version 1.1: Extracting frames from the Windows version of pan46 and converting pan46.vag to .wav.
RAD Video Tools 2.7d/1.300d: Converting everything to Bink video.
Section 4: Thanks and Credits
Pavel [VorteX] Timofeyev for Blood Pill
Mean Person for figuring out Blood Omen's VAG internals
Forest [LordHavoc] Hale for cmdlib and memlib
Balder and Zench from XentaX community (www.xentax.com) for pill.big specs, advices
Klarth (stevemonaco@hotmail.com) and Raul Sobon (Cheekyboy@2-hot.com) for TIM specs
Andrey [Rackot] Grachev for bigfile specs
Ben Lincoln for tile compression decoder
MisterGrim for Jam Decoder
Booster, Wrace, and Paul_met for the original Bink video patch.
Michael Sabin [m35] for jPSXdec
Web.archive.org
Github.com
Github.com
Radgametools.com