Multi-7 FMV Upgrade Project for NFS Underground 2/Most Wanted/Carbon
WARNINGS
HD Content Support is mandatory on Underground 2 and Most Wanted!
Recommended FMVWidescreenMode setting in Widescreen Fix is: 0 for Underground 2 | 1 for Most Wanted/Carbon
ABOUT THIS MOD
This project ports the XBOX (UG2)/XBOX 360 (MW)/Playstation 3 (Carbon) versions of the FMVs of the respective games into PC.
Unlike other projects of its nature by Madevi/elaymm4/Project-FM, however, this take ensures a few critical targets are met:
- The full multi-7 localization suite is offered; all videos come in not just English, but also French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and Japanese
- 29.97 fps video is used at all times; Underground 2 uses the US XBOX release as a source, and all PAL audio is reprocessed via sx to have its chunk rate match
- No AI upscaling has been used for any video whatsoever, and no unnecessary reprocessing was performed beforehand
Additionally, the following issues are fixed:
- attract_movie uses the fixed up xbox version of the audio (PC/PS2's logo impact sound is scuffed)
- storyfmv_bus12/cro06_coh06a/pin11/rac01 now have their FR/DE/IT/ES versions properly included (as seen in thumbnail!)
- spanish Carbono version of attract is now available (XBOX 360 had a 29.97 fps FMV source, thank god)
For those who care about the intricate details, a readme is also provided with each archive.
Installation is dead simple: just extract the preferred language from the selected archive into the game's MOVIES subdirectory. Once extracted, make sure the Widescreen Fix is set up correctly, then play the game as usual!
Alternative download links: UG2, MW, Carbon
PERMISSIONS
You can freely bundle this mod in your own mod packs without the need to ask; not even credit is required, because frankly this isn't transformative enough to warrant a hard credit requirement (though if you're mindful enough to do so, it'd be appreciated).
I don't recommend altering this project; lossy -> lossy conversions are deeply unwise. If you want the source originals, get the games' ISOs from some trusted place (I won't provide links for obvious reasons).
CREDITS
Special thanks to the following people/groups who allowed this mod to even exist:
- On2 Technologies: for the VP6 encoder
- nfsu360, 379felipe: for NFS-Disculator and the expanded file name list, respectively
- snakemeat: for VGMToolbox
- v0lt: for VirtualDub2
- BlueSkyWestSide: for MAD x VP6 x MPC x MPV x WMV Compiler and the toolkits it provides (like SX, nihav, and QuickBMS)
- nfsdarius: for pointing me to Burnout Revenge, saving me from the pain of using AI upscaling for ealogo/ea_bumper
- Madevi, elaymm4: for being the first to the scene with upgraded FMV videos
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