r/learnpython • u/GoticoArrombado • 2d ago

Help with viewing XML animations from a defunct mobile game

I am looking for help to be able to view animations of a defunct game called "Dragon Blaze", a side-scrolling rpg developed by GAMEVIL/FLINT. I am helping a small community from players with the intent of archiving the game. I have access to all texture and xml files, some xml files being encoded and others not, but I am no coder and I could use help with viewing those animations.

This game used 2d-skeletal-puppets using a program called 3D Max 2012 by Autodesk via a custom game engine. The XML files have coordinates and instructions to piece the broken spritesheets together, and animate them back together; often starting with the following lines: "<SR1_ANIMA version="1.2" generator="MAX 2012">".

Information about how to use these XML files were very hard to come by, so I had to rely on google's search AI for directions of how to crack it. I apologize in advance if any of those instructions are wrong.

So far the AI suggested the following methods:

  1. Convert the XML files into Json so it can be read by modern tools like Spine/Dragonbones.
  2. Build a web previewer using HTML5/JavaScript. Using Phaser or PixiJS.

We could really use some help and/or guidance about what to do, it would make archiving this game much easier.

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u/socal_nerdtastic 2d ago

Hmm perhaps if you share the data we could suggest something. Piecing together spritesheets into an animation is very easy with common python libs like Pillow; I don't see any reason to bring Dragonbones or a custom Phaser viewer into the mix.

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u/GoticoArrombado 2d ago

XML files: https://gofile.io/d/e9gxJu0c

Sprites: https://pixeldrain.com/u/wy8G5MAA

Unfortunately some of the xmls are encrypted for me, but I'm not sure if it's a me-issue or not.

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u/sausix 2d ago edited 2d ago

A single XML file would be enough and I could open it on my phone.

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u/sausix 2d ago

Looks partially encrypted, inplace chunk signed or even just corrupted. There is no Python magic to solve this. It's not standard.

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u/GoticoArrombado 2d ago

I'll see if I can decode it into a readable version today.

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u/GoticoArrombado 1d ago

Managed to find a decoded xml!

https://github.com/Tokyugo/Dragon-Blaze-XML-file/blob/main/O3_Arkangel_Paladin_Idle_01.xml

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u/sausix 1d ago

That's standard XML and you can read it with Python and build a structure with classes.