User:KokoroSenshi/Sprites and Textures

This page contains various information regarding general texture and/or sprite extracting/obtaining/dumping:

Tools:
 * Dolphin - Dump textures (straightforward enough)
 * Gives tga or png depending on DX9, OpenGL, etc.
 * Has Wiiscrubber in it to extract files
 * ctools - main tool to browse the aforementioned extracted files
 * For me, the tpl Editor encounters errors for some tpl files (it seems those with more complex data?): "Load error\nObject refernce not set to an instance of an object."
 * ASH v2.3 - tplx.exe worked, though the transparency for its pixels (I believe, that weren't 100% or 0%) was lower than dumped by Dolphin

An archive or websites I have come across along intense searching (not chronological order): (A while ago I found some of these and I don't remember how I got there, and tpl editor seemed to work fine back then too........)
 * https://duckduckgo.com/?q=convert+tpl+to+tga+&t=ffab
 * http://www.emutalk.net/threads/19429-TPL-texture-unpacker-converter
 * https://duckduckgo.com/?q=tplcnv.exe
 * http://www.emutalk.net/threads/42579-I-m-looking-for-tplcnv-exe-a-Gamecube-texture-utility
 * http://darktwilkitri.thegreatbeyond.net/FE9/
 * (^no luck - extracted to bmp)
 * https://duckduckgo.com/?q=wii+iso+"tpl"+image+extractor
 * z6.invisionfree.com/Resident_Evil_4_PC/ar/t22366.htm
 * (^txdumper.exe works, and slightly helpful in information, comparison to dump: Same as tplx.exe, dump is more opaque)
 * (^The difference must be either Dolphin's wrong, or Dolphin's extractor/ctools/tpl extractors must be doing it wrong somewhere.....)
 * https://duckduckgo.com/?q=wii+extract+%22tpl%22+editor+load+error+object+reference+not+set+to+an+instance+of+an+object
 * http://smashboards.com/threads/brawlbox-v0-63d-bug-fixes.238861/page-119
 * (^reinstalling .NET etc. didn't make tpl Editor work...)
 * http://smashboards.com/threads/melee-toolkit-now-available-v1-03-alpha.334274/
 * (^largely just for melee, then just downloads ctools I believe)
 * https://code.google.com/archive/p/ctoolswii/
 * (^ctools = ctoolswii I think)
 * http://www.chadsoft.co.uk/wiicoder/
 * https://gbatemp.net/threads/zelda-ss-hack-models-textures.313066/
 * https://gbatemp.net/threads/guide-replace-zelda-ss-textures-and-models.313747/
 * lz11 was helpful for ___.arc.lz
 * http://www.vg-resource.com/thread-19564.html
 * (^Maybe be useful in the future)
 * https://duckduckgo.com/?q=PLT0+TEX0+tpl
 * (^investigating the output from tplsplitter.exe that was with ASH v2.3)
 * http://rvlution.net/thread/1002-back-for-moar-hacking-andquot-mp9-hackandquot/?from=40
 * (^possibly useful for general knowledge?)
 * https://duckduckgo.com/?q=auto+smash+hack+ash+v2.3&t=ffsb
 * (^trying to find where I found ASH; I faintly recall a youtube video...)
 * http://usuaris.tinet.cat/mark/page/super-smash-bros-brawl-hacking
 * http://smashboards.com/threads/brawl-reskins-custom-alt-colors-no-burning-needed.175765/
 * (^the above and parents aren't helpful - I cannot find ASH v2.3 again...)