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DS Vania Rip Project - SmithyGCN - 10-22-2008
First off: don't worry. 8-bit Game Project is still going (in fact, it'll be updated soon - I have a few sheets finished already and in WIP mode).
Secondly:
With the release of Eclessia, there are now 3 DS Castlevania titles. Unlike Kate's and my 8bit project: this one is open to the public.
This project is for people to rip from all thee games completely. This includes backgrounds as well. I've already gotten the first two started (Dawn and Portrait).
Raccoon Sam C, Barubary, and I have worked to crack the palette thread within the first two games and, since Eclessia happens to follow the same routines, it won't be long before Eclessia's thread is blown wide open as well. (So until then, we'll have to rely on taking colors from the actual emulator).
I'll be posting up the link to the palette archives for both Dawn and Portrait shortly so that others can join in ripping these games.
The tiles can be left as is found in the data files. There's no need to assemble unless for an example. This is because this is mainly for those who would make fan games. If we left the sprites whole, then it'd put a strain on their programming system to incorporate complex collision detection parameters.
If anyone DOES want to assemble any tiles previously ripped, feel free to, but only if the tiles sheet is up as well.
HOW TOrip from these games:
Naturally- you'll needrom images of these three games. since that is going to get us in trouble if we post links, you're best left to scour the interwebs on your lonesome for them or note someone via instant messenger. Optionally - you'll need the latest version of no$gba the only near perfect ds emulator in existence (thus far). We can use this if it is hard for us to determine what colors to use. Especially for miscellaneous objects found throughout the game. DS Lazy and/or Tahaxan to dump the .dat files found throughout the roms. And GGD and/or Tile Molester.
GGD will be used to view sprites that are below 256 color images and is more practical that way. Tile Molester should mostly be left to 256 color sprites and backgrounds as GGD has difficulty reading those.
Now, to rip DS Vania titles via GG
1) Unpack your rom of choice and open GGD. Open a .dat file.
2) Hit 'B' then press the right arrow key until the picture becomes clear.
3) Drag and drop a .cvpal file into your GGD tool's palette window.
4) IF the palette ou've dragged and dropped into the open palette window is correct.
THEN Success! PrintScreen and load it up onto a paint program in .png format and show it off.
ELSE
Keep dragging and dropping palettes into the palette window. Something good should show up sooner or later.
END IF
The link to all the .cvpal files for both Dawn of Sorrow and Portrait of Ruin is here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G958GYPY
The link to an english translated version of GGD (via Dazz) is here:
http://tenchionline.com/ragey/RandomHooHaas-ripsprites.htm
It also has a handy tutorial on how to use the tool.
Borrowing a qeue from Dr. Schnaps:
= Not done.
= Being worked on.
= Completed.
= Completed AND assembled.Remember: request, work on it, show it off.
So a check list:
NOTICE I'm currently updating the list to a new format. This change will be gradual so don't be surprised if the list looks odd for a while as there's a lot of ground to cover. NOTICE
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
No$GBA Palette Address: 0xF8798
Table Key:
Progress :: Subject :: Where Found :: What's Needed :: DS .dat File Location :: :: Contributor
obj42
-Playable Characters-
:: Soma Cruz :: Hero :: - :: f_soma :: Paddy :: Julius Belmont :: Hero :: - :: f_djuli & f_juli :: Paddy :: Yoko Belnades :: Hero :: - :: f_dyoko & f_yoko :: Paddy :: Alucard :: Hero :: - :: t_aru & t_daru :: Paddy-NPCs-
:: Celia Fortner :: Intro, Wizardy Lab, Clock Tower, The Abyss :: Assembly :: f_seri & f_niku :: SmithyGCN :: Hammer :: Lost Village :: Assembly :: f_dhammer_00 :: SmithyGCN :: Mina Hakuba :: Intro, Garden of Madness :: - :: f_dmina :: Paddy :: Genya Arikado :: Intro, Demon Guest House, Tower of Execution, The Abyss :: - :: f_darikado :: Paddy-Bosses-
:Cool: :: Balore :: Wizardry Lab :: - :: f_baro_ :: SmithyGCN
:: Flying Armor :: Lost Village :: Assembly :: f_fly :: SmithyGCN :: Dario Bossi :: Wizardry Lab, Silenced Ruin, Garden of Madness, The Pinnacle :: Assembly :: f_dari & f_ddari :: SmithyGCN :: Dimitrii Blinov :: Wizardry Lab, Dark Chapel, The Abyss :: Assembly :: f_ddomi & f_domi :: SmithyGCN :: Puppet Master :: Demon Guest House :: - :: f_puppet :: SmithyGCN :: Malphas :: Dark Chapel :: Rip and Assembly :: f_karaot :: open :: Menace :: The Abyss :: Rip :: f_last :: open :: Rahab :: Subterranean Hell :: - :: f_lahab :: SmithyGCN :: Paranoia :: Demon guest House :: - :: f_mirror :: Deathbringer & SmithyGCN :: Evil Soma :: The Abyss :: - :: f_urasom :: SmithyGCN :: Soma's Final Form :: The Abyss :: - :: f_urasox :: SmithyGCN :: Abaddon :: The Abyss :: Assembly :: f_abad :: SmithyGCN :: Aguni :: The Pinnacle :: Assembly (near impossible until further notice) :: f_aguni :: SmithyGCN :: Death :: Mines of Judgment :: Assembly :: f_sini :: SmithyGCN :: Zephyr :: Clock Tower :: Assembly :: f_edward :: SmithyGCN :: Bat Company :: Silenced Ruins :: - :: f_fake :: King Metroid :: Gergoth :: Tower of Execution :: - :: f_fafnir-Enemies- (most are ripped by Paddy, but most still need assembly):
:: Alastor :: The Pinnacle :: - :: f_alast :: Deathbringer :: Amalaric Sniper :: Dark Chapel :: Assembly :: t_amala :: SmithyGCN :: Alura Une :: ??? :: Rip and Assembly :: t_arlau :: open(below is what's left to update to the new formatting)
Arcdemon :: SmithyGCNAxe Armor and Great Axe Armor :: SMithyGCNBomber Armor :: SmithyGCNCatoblepas and Gorgon :: SmithyGCNGhost Dancers :: SmithyGCNDead Mate :: SmithyGCNDisc Armor :: SmithyGCNKiller Clown :: SmithyGCNMothman :: SmithyGCNNeedle :: SmithyGCNProcel :: SmithyGCNFrozen Shade :: SmithyGCNHomunculus :: SmithyGCNMud Demon :: SmithyGCNQuetzlcoatl :: SmithyGCNWak Wak Tree :: SmithyGCNWhite Dragon :: SmithyGCNSkeleton Farmer :: SmithyGCNGhost :: SmithyGCNGolem :: SmithyGCNTombstone :: SmithyGCNPersephone :: SmithyGCNUne & Corpseweed :: SmithyGCNZombie & Ghoul :: SmithyGCNBone Ark :: SmithyGCNFinal Guard :: SmithyGCNGaibon :: SmithyGCNGuillotiner :: SmithyGCNBat :: King MetroidGreat Armor :: King MetroidIron Golem :: King MetroidMimic :: King MetroidOuija Table :: King MetroidLarva :: King MetroidSkeleton & Yorick :: PaddyPeeping Eye & Bugbear :: PaddySkull Archer :: PaddyWarg:: PaddySpin Devil :: PaddyArmor Knight :: PaddyStudent Witch :: PaddySlaughterer :: PaddySlime & Tanjelly :: PaddySkeleton Ape :: PaddyManticore & Mushussu :: PaddyMollusca & Giant Slug :: SmithyGCNRycuda :: PaddyMandragora :: PaddyThe Creature :: SmithyGCNYeti :: PaddyFlying Humanoid :: SmithyGCNMini Devil :: PaddyTreant :: PaddyValkyrie & Erinys :: PaddyKiller Doll :: PaddyWaiter Skeleton :: PaddyWitch :: PaddyBuer :: PaddyLilith & Succubus :: PaddySkelerang :: PaddyFlea Man & Ripper :: DeathbringerDevil :: PaddyDraghignazzo, Barbariccia, and Malacoda :: PaddyHell Boar :: PaddyBone Pillar :: PaddyImp :: PaddyHarpy :: Paddy Barbariccia MalachiCave Troll :: King Metroid Heart Eater Merman Fish HeadMedusa Head :: Deathbringer UkobackKiller Fish :: GeminiDead Pirate :: Paddy & SmithyGCN (joint effort)Decarabia :: RidureyuDead Crusader :: Paddy Dead Warrior Erinys Succubus Black PantherWerewolf :: PaddyFlame Demon :: SmithyGCNSlogra :: PaddyStolas :: SmithyGCN MalacodaMiscellaneous:
(This part of the list is subject to change as we find more miscellaneous objects in the rom)
Area Titles :: SmithyGCNEvil Seal :: SmithyGCNSoul Barriers :: SmithyGCNSoul Set A :: SmithyGCNCharacter Portraits :: SmithyGCNChronomage Pillar & Cannon :: SmithyGCNGame Over Screen :: SmithyGCNHaunted Portrait :: SmithyGCNSoul Set B :: SmithyGCNHUD :: King MetroidWeapon Icons :: King MetroidBackgrounds:
The Lost Village :: GeckosanUnlike Dawn of Sorrow, the palette files are far more disorganized and chaotic in Portrait of Ruin, so palettes are harder to find.
This is just a forewarning.
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin-
Playable Characters:
Jonathon Morris Charlotte AulinRichter Belmont :: King Metroid Maria RenardLoretta :: SmithyGCNStella :: SmithyGCN Old Axe ArmorNPCs:
Vincent Dorin :: SmithyGCNWind :: SmithyGCNBosses:
Behemth :: SmithyGCNDullahan :: SmithyGCNKeremet :: SmithyGCN Astarte Legion DagonDeath :: SmithyGCN The Creature Werewolf Medusa Mummy ManBrauner :: SmithyGCNAbaddon :: SmithyGCNAguni :: SmithyGCNBalore :: SmithyGCNGergoth :: SmithyGCNZephyr :: SmithyGCNFake Trevor :: Deathbringer Fake GrantFake Sypha :: DeathbringerCount Dracula :: SmithyGCN True Dracula(Don't worry about the Doppelganger - it uses the same sprites as the playable characters)
Enemies:
Death Mask :: SmithyGCNDemon Head :: SmithyGCNGlasya Labolas :: SmithyGCNVapula :: SmithyGCNGreat Armor :: King MetroidGhost :: King MetroidCave Troll :: King Metroid Zombie & WightBat :: King MetroidSpin Devil :: PaddySkeleton & Yorick :: Paddy Axe Armor ZacchinoStudent Witch :: Paddy Slinger Mini Devil Mud Man MermanMedusa Head :: DeathbringerUne & Corpseweed :: SmithyGCNSkull Archer :: Paddy Ukoback Forneus Peeping Eye (texture) Skull BartenderFrozen Shade :: SmithyGCN Andras Invisible Man Golem PersephoneMimic :: King Metroid Larva Lerajie Spittle BoneBlood Skeleton :: GeminiArmor Knight :: Paddy Ectoplasm Bone PillarFlea Man :: DeathbringerCatoblepas and Gorgon :: SmithyGCN Slime Mummy Dragon ZombieKiller Clown :: SmithyGCN Coppelia Hanged Bones Flying Skull Sand WormWhite Dragon :: SmithyGCN Amphisbaena Elgiza Great GhostRuler Sword :: GeminiSkull Bartender :: DeathbringerHeavy Armor :: DeathbringerNyx :: MaximMiscellaneous Objects:
Platforms :: SmithyGCNSave Statue :: SmithyGCNWarp Stone :: SmithyGCNArea Titles :: SmithyGCNFace Portraits :: SmithyGCNWait Cube Statue :: King MetroidBuried Chamber Misc. :: SmithyGCNEntrance Misc. :: SmithyGCNGallery :: SmithyGCNGame Over Screens :: SmithyGCNPrologue Screens :: SmithyGCNTitle Screen :: SmithyGCNItems :: SmithyGCNCharlotte's Magic :: SmithyGCNCharlotte's Weapons :: SmithyGCNBackgrounds:
Studio Portrait :: SmithyGCN Master's Keep Entrance Throne Room City of Haze Sandy Grave Nation of Fools 13th Street Dark Academy Forest of Doom Burnt Paradise Nest of Evil Forgotten City Ending SceneCastlevania: Order of Eclessia
Playable Characters:
Shanoa :: SmithyGCNNPCs:
Villagers :: SmithyGCNBosses:
Giant SkeletonArthroverta :: Ridureyu BrachyuraManeater :: Ridureyu RusalkaGoliath :: SmithyGCN Gravedorcus Albus :: SmithyGCN BarloweWall Man :: RidureyuBlackmore :: SmithyGCNEligor :: SmithyGCNDeath :: SmithyGCNCount Dracula :: SmithyGCNJiang Shi :: SmithyGCNEnemies:
Zombie and Ghoul :: SmithyGCNGhost :: SmithyGCNSkeleton & Yorick :: PaddyBanshee Bone ScimitarSea Stinger :: Gemini Axe Knight Merman & ... Merman (two types)Skull Archer :: PaddyArmor Knight aka Spear Guard :: Paddy Invisible ManGelso :: Ridureyu Needles Demon FishheadDark Octopus :: Gemini Killer Fish ForneusThe Creature :: SmithyGCNBlack Crow :: DeathbringerSkull Spider :: Ridureyu ScarecrowSea Demon :: RidureyuWinged Guard & Flying Skeleton :: DeathbringerNightmare :: Ridureyu Rock Knight Fire Demon BitterflySpecter :: SmithyGCNGrave Digger :: RidureyuWerebat :: GeminiBlack Fomor :: Deathbringer EnkiduBone Pillar :: DeathbringerSkeleton Frisky :: DeathbringerSkeleton Hero :: DeathbringerDullahan :: DeathbringerSkeleton Rex :: RidureyuSt. Elmo :: RidureyuLorelai :: RidureyuEdimmu :: RidureyuDecarabia :: RidureyuEvil Force :: DeathbringerWhite Dragon :: DeathbringerUne & Corpseweed :: SmithyGCNCave Troll :: King MetroidBat :: King Metroid Skeleton BeastEctoplasm :: Deathbringer Automaton ZX26Miss Murder :: Ridureyu Curse DivaLizardman & Lizardman Blade :: SmithyGCNOwl :: DeathbringerAltair :: Gemini Thunder DemonArachne :: SmithyGCNBalloon Pod :: Deathbringer WerewolfMimic :: GeminiFlea Man :: DeathbringerStone Rose :: DeathbringerLady Cat & Black Panther :: GeminiYeti :: Paddy Armored BeastJersey Devil :: RidureyuNOT Chosen Une :: GeminiOwl Knight :: GeminiWhite Fomor :: DeathbringerMad Butcher :: GeminiMad Snatcher :: GeminiNominon & Polkir :: SmithyGCNNecromancer :: SmithyGCNPeeping Eye & Bugbear :: SmithyGCNBlood Skeleton :: Gemini GargoyleDraculina :: SmithyGCNNova Skeleton :: Gemini Blade Master Gashida Ghurka Master Double Hammer & Hammer Shaker Red SmasherImp :: Deathbringer Automaton ZX27Spectral Sword :: GeminiMedusa Head & Gorgon Head :: Deathbringer RebuildGreat Knight :: GeminiKing Skeleton :: GeminiFinal Knight :: GeminiLilith :: Gemini Demon Lord Weapon MasterMiscellaneous:
Barrel & Door :: SmithyGCNTreasure Chests :: SmithyGCNGlyphs :: SmithyGCN Blue Glyph PowersRed Glyph Powers :: SmithyGCNEcclesia Ingame Map :: SmithyGCNMini Map :: SmithyGCNMonastary Ingame Map :: SmithyGCN Ruvas Forest Ingame Map Kalidus Channel Ingame Map Somnus Reef Ingame Map Minera Prison Island Ingame Map Lighthouse Ingame Map Tymeo Mountains Ingame Map Misty Forest Road Ingame Map Skeleton Cave Ingame Map Giant's Dwelling Ingame Map Wygol Village Ingame Map Oblivion Ridge Ingame Map Agila Swamp Ingame map Mystery Manor Ingame MapDracula's Castle Ingame Map :: SmithyGCN Training Hall Ingame Map Large Cavern Ingame Map Training Hall: Spinning Platforms Pillar of FireOverworld Map & Icons :: SmithyGCNSave Point Statue :: SmithyGCN Heart GeneratorDominus Statue + Scene :: SmithyGCN & Ridureyu (collaborative effort) Labyrinth: Pushable Stone Block Mechanical Tower: Clock Mechanical Tower: GearGlyph Statue :: SmithyGCNCerberus Statue :: Ridureyu Destructible Objects Cerberus DoorCharacter Portraits :: BarubaryItems :: SmithyGCNArea Title Headers :: SmithyGCNCats :: for ShirakuStained-Glass Opening :: SmithyGCNSteel Traps :: SmithyGCNIron Maiden :: RidureyuBackgrounds:
Ecclesia Monastery Ruvas Forest Kalidus Channel Somnus Reef Minera Prison Island Lighthouse Tymeo Mountains Misty Forest Road Skeleton Cave Giant's DwellingWygol Village :: GeckosamaWygol Village -Inside- :: SmithyGCN Oblivion Ridge Agila Swamp Mystery Manor Library - Bloody Tomes - Castle Entrance - Nightmare Gate - Forsaken Cloister - Gazing Toward Heaven - Underground Labyrinth - Flirting with Shadows - Training Hall Large Cavern Barracks - Distant Memory - Mechanical Tower - Styx Passage - Arms Depot - Cry in the Night - Final Approach - Dust to Dust -Boss Rush Mode :: SmithyGCNDracula's Castle - Entrance Tileset 01 :: SmithyGCNArea Connection Room :: SmithyGCNAll of Ecclesia's lists are under construction.
This list is being constructed upon. Please wait as I try to fix things due to the post a thread function is slower than molasses running uphill.
HOW TO RIP ORDER OF ECCLESIA:
Unlike Dawn and Portrait, you don't use GGD for this title as it doesn't use the same palette variables as the palettes can only be retrieved from the save states.
Get this Tile Molester file and replace the old one in the program's main folder:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M3TBQJYF
This will enable you to read the save states directly.
Next, you will need to strip your rom bare. This means going to the end of the file in a Hex Editor and deleting ALL of the FF variables you see at the end (may take a while as there are quite a few).
Save it.
Next:
Download THIS file to the same folder as your No$Gba emulator.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KJLJ0I8C
This file decompresses the save state files (.SNA) so they can be read by Tile Molester for palettes. This DOES however add on about 3 megs to the files so be careful.
Play the game until you reach the subject of what you want to rip and save a state.
Next, load up Tile Molester and Tahaxan. Load the rom itself into tile molester. Choose 4bpp linear, reverse order and 2D mode in your view options. Hit Navigate => Go and a window will pop up asking for an offset. Go to Tahaxan and select the .dat file of the sprites you want to rip and check the left hand side of Tahaxan to check the offset number of that file (it's in a box window showing the file's statistics). Input the offset into Tile Molester and it'll take you to the beginning of that specific collection of sprites.
Go to palettes and import a file. The file being the save state you made. Voila. You can now cycle through all of the available palettes currently loaded in the room you saved your state in.
REMEMBER:
If you want to rip a sprite - first RESERVE it (up to 5 at a time), then RIP it, and then SHOW it off.
NEW NOTICE: Also, I'd like to point out that those people who have ripped sheets, while perfectly capable of putting these sheets on their own site as they should, should also submit sheets they ripped for this project in the submission forums as that this is for in the first place. This is so that most of these sheets don't go to waste.
RE: DS Vania Rip Project - Rakia - 10-22-2008
Lovely job
Any plans for Order of Ecclesia?
I think it just came out yesterday.
RE: DS Vania Rip Project - SmithyGCN - 10-22-2008
Yes, in fact, haven't played through entirely, so there's no list... yet.
Anyway, feel free to join in.
RE: DS Vania Rip Project - Rakia - 10-22-2008
I'm looking forward to helping with Ecclesia when I have some time.
RE: DS Vania Rip Project - Shiraku - 10-22-2008
I would jump right in and completely help with all three of these titles if I knew how to work tile molester and tahaxan, the best I can use is animget. I'm a massive Castlevania fan and have all three of the DS titles, so this seems like the perfect opportunity that I just can't jump into. D':
RE: DS Vania Rip Project - SmithyGCN - 10-22-2008
(10-22-2008, 11:14 PM)Shiraku Wrote: I would jump right in and completely help with all three of these titles if I knew how to work tile molester and tahaxan, the best I can use is animget. I'm a massive Castlevania fan and have all three of the DS titles, so this seems like the perfect opportunity that I just can't jump into. D':
You don't necesarrily need those tools: GGD is a simpler program you can run and DS Lazy is ideal for dumping the whole rom easily instead of just one file at a time.
RE: DS Vania Rip Project - Shiraku - 10-23-2008
(10-22-2008, 11:52 PM)SmithyGCN Wrote: You don't necesarrily need those tools: GGD is a simpler program you can run and DS Lazy is ideal for dumping the whole rom easily instead of just one file at a time.
GGD? Can you be more specific? All I find when I search for that are random companies and the Goo Goo Dolls.
RE: DS Vania Rip Project - Rakia - 10-23-2008
It's in his first post, just click the link.
RE: DS Vania Rip Project - GrooveMan.exe - 10-23-2008
Wow, you've done a lot already. I'm sursprised that so many bosses/enemies are recycled. =/
RE: DS Vania Rip Project - Shiraku - 10-24-2008
Albus is a playable character as well (via Albus mode), should you add him to the playable character list of Order of Ecclesia? Also, thanks for pointing out my blindness. =( I'll try to figure out this GGD thing and start working on Order of Ecclesia's sprites.
RE: DS Vania Rip Project - SmithyGCN - 10-24-2008
Iga has a bad habit of okaying recycled material regardless of how much the styles clash, GM. :/
It's one of the various reasons why I don't really like the guy too awful much.
Anyway, the Ecclesia list is being updated as I play through the game.
RE: DS Vania Rip Project - Ton - 10-24-2008
Wallman was/is awesome.
RE: DS Vania Rip Project - SmithyGCN - 10-24-2008
Updated up til Training Hall. Blackmore doesn't joke around as you are kept backed into a corner the whole fight.
RE: DS Vania Rip Project - SmithyGCN - 10-25-2008
The Ecclesia is pretty much finished.
There're probably a few things missing from the miscellaneous section like the ending scenes and particular special cut scene graphics, but all is go.
RE: DS Vania Rip Project - SmithyGCN - 10-25-2008
To celebrate the completion (or illusion thereof) of the Ecclesia lists:
Death
In case you are wondering: no, we didn't find the palette thread for Ecclesia as it doesn't use the same palette conventions the previous titles do.
I'm finding it easier to rip this game than the other two. O_O
I'll explain in the first post in a bit on how to rip this title, but for now, here's a new sheet, the optional boss of the game:
Jiang Shi