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# hlm2-wad-extract
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This application is a tool to extract the asset data used in the newly released [Hotline Miami 2: Wrong
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Humber](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotline_Miami_2:_Wrong_Number) game. After purchasing and thoroughly enjoying this
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title, I desired that I would also like to listen to the excellent soundtrack while coding. I was slightly disappointed
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when I discovered that the music data was not simply included in the install directory as it was in the preceding game.
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Seeing as I had some free time, I decided to try to fish out the music OGG files myself out of the accompanying game WAD
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pack files. The file format turned out to be really simple and easy to decipher, so I wrote a small Python utility to
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extract some or all of the game data.
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## Usage Instructions
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This script makes it trivial to extract game data from the WAD files shipped with the game (currently
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`hlm2_data_desktop.wad` and `hlm2_patch_desktop.wad`). These files can be found in the game install directory; on Linux
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this is under `~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Hotline Miami 2` (probably in a similar location on other platforms).
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Assuming that you have [Python 2.7](https://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7/) installed, you can execute the
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`extract.py` script with the `-h` option for a description of available options:
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```
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usage: parse.py [-h] [--pattern PATTERN] [--output DIRECTORY]
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filename [filename ...]
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Extract assets from Hotline Miami 2 WAD files
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positional arguments:
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filename WAD files to extract
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optional arguments:
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-h, --help show this help message and exit
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--pattern PATTERN asset file filter pattern (ex: *.ogg)
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--output DIRECTORY output directory for asset files
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```
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For example, in order to extract the game's music files only, you could execute the following command:
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`./parse.py --pattern "*.ogg" --output test hlm2_data_desktop.wad`
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While I expect this utility to be trivial for all to use, let me know if you encounter any difficulties or unexpected
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behavior.
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