[TUT]Converting R16 images to TGA

[mvi]

When will the resource editor be available...

 

When it's done

[mvi]

Looking good. Excuses for complaining right away, but I would rather have a zoom function that enlarges the image on "pixel level" so no blur. You have opened a .R16 file, but the "Bits Per Pixel" still says 8? A little luxury would be if I can export the images without the pink background and a nice big button that says "Export all". :-)

Yep that's fine, I can add nearest neighbour filtering.

 

The BPP is per entry, what it says there is actually correct, many sprites inside R16s are actually 8 bit.

 

Yep, I can add an Export All as well :-)

[mvi]

Sorting out the button alignment issue for the high res patch means that I figured out the format of UI_ENG, so the Resource Editor can now load any of the R8 and R16 files that come with Dune 2000.

 

The only thing I still need to figure out are the images in Data.R* which use a referenced palette, I haven't got a clue where the palette is that they're using. This is the same problem that the Game Archive UnPacker has. Once I figure out those palettes, we'll have a Resource Editor that can edit every sprite in every .R8 and .R16 file.

[D2k Sardaukar]

Is there a way we can help to find the palette?

 

Did you also just try already know palettes or "standard" palettes (if something like that even exists)?

[mvi]

I have removed the contents of this post because it is obsolete.

Edited April 19, 2013 by mvi

[mvi]

Cracked the final sprite type, turns out it was actually very simple.

 

 

By comparison, this is what the Game Archive UnPacker produces:

 

 

This resolves all sprite issues in DATA.R16 and some in DATA.R8. There is now only one sprite issue, which is the shroud sprites in DATA.R8. Other than the 8 bit shroud, every Resource sprite can now be loaded (and thus edited).

[D2k Sardaukar]

That is great news!

[THE AQIB]

Cracked the final sprite type, turns out it was actually very simple.

 

[img=http://i.imgur.com/yBqfpM8.png]

 

By comparison, this is what the Game Archive UnPacker produces:

 

[img=http://i.imgur.com/xKr03oU.png]

 

This resolves all sprite issues in DATA.R16 and some in DATA.R8. There is now only one sprite issue, which is the shroud sprites in DATA.R8. Other than the 8 bit shroud, every Resource sprite can now be loaded (and thus editied).

greta mvi...

nice job...

i'm still waiting for you to finish it...

but how did you fix the file???

[mvi]

Looking good. Excuses for complaining right away, but I would rather have a zoom function that enlarges the image on "pixel level" so no blur. You have opened a .R16 file, but the "Bits Per Pixel" still says 8? A little luxury would be if I can export the images without the pink background and a nice big button that says "Export all". :-)

 

I had to rewrite how the images get rendered, but zoom now renders using nearest neighbour, instead of fltering.

 

[shai]

 

For anyone curious as to what is contained in UIBB

That is very cool!