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Post #1 · Posted at 2015-05-05 01:06:16pm 8.9 years ago

Offline travelsonic
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Last updated: 2015-05-05 02:28pm
Thanks to a post on the Aaron in Japan forums that contained a little information on a graphics format used in the Playstation2 DDR titles, dubbed "TCB" due to the header found at the start of each file. Using this information, I've begun preliminary work on making a file that can read an extracted file, and allow you to at least view it. Here is a very early screenshot, showing an inaccurate rendering of such a file, giving at least proof that progress is being made:

http://i.imgbox.com/hWQrPVWO.png
Ugly interface, I know... Tongue The image, inaccurately rendered, is a songwheel label.
My goal is to get it working fully, then add exporting capability. After that, I hope to complete another program that will let you scan ISO images, and filedata.bin files in PS2 DDR mixes for these graphics, get a listing of each found image with information like offset (in bytes), size (in bytes), etc, import, export, and view found graphics as well.

I hope I can get this working, this would make getting gfx rips from PS2 DDR mixes a lot easier, and also open up the possibility of custom graphic hacks for DDR PS2 mixes. Big Grin

Post #2 · Posted at 2015-05-05 02:29:15pm 8.9 years ago

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Wow that is a great notice, It would be useful to make Stepmania themes. Keep going on it! Green Grin

Post #3 · Posted at 2015-05-06 03:54:38am 8.9 years ago

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Ugh for some reason I messed up my algorithm - and now have to figure it out all over again on top of Visual Studio being a bitch, and forcing me to copy my source code over to a new project TWICE already due to moronic issues. Just my luck... still working on this tho. Big Grin

Post #4 · Posted at 2015-05-18 03:07:36am 8.8 years ago

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How are you going with the project? I'm interested Tongue

Post #5 · Posted at 2015-05-18 03:38:14am 8.8 years ago

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Quote: MadkaT
How are you going with the project? I'm interested Tongue

Had no time to work on it lately, college stuff, but someone on the gamehacking.org forums has been helping me out with a lot of stuff related to DDR, including info on this format, so I hope to jump back into it as soon as I can.

One issue I know I will need help with when I hit it is with rendering compressed images, as I don't thik the compession has been cracked yet (I could be wrong though, pretty sure it hasn't though)
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