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How to get sprites from unknown .dat files? - okiedokie999 - 02-20-2018
I've currently been trying to rip some sprites from the newer Touhou games (mostly 15 - Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom) but all of the game files are stored in .dat files. I don't have any idea on how to access these files though. I've tried to check them with a hex-code editor and by opening it in notepad, but there were no clues. There is a way to rip the sprites from the games, considering that most games before Touhou 13 have been fully ripped (the exceptions being Touhou 9 and Touhou 11).
RE: How to get sprites from unknown .dat files? - Magma MK-II - 02-20-2018
If I'm not mistaken there are specialized tools for ripping the Toohoo games (not sure about the PC98 titles).
RE: How to get sprites from unknown .dat files? - okiedokie999 - 02-21-2018
(02-20-2018, 08:34 PM)Magma Dragoon Wrote: If I'm not mistaken there are specialized tools for ripping the Toohoo games (not sure about the PC98 titles).Any ideas on what tools they are?
RE: How to get sprites from unknown .dat files? - Magma MK-II - 02-21-2018
https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Game_Tools_and_Modifications#General_Utilities
RE: How to get sprites from unknown .dat files? - okiedokie999 - 02-22-2018
Well, I've figured out how to rip the spritesheets from the games using the advice from Magma Dragoon.
Essentially, what I did was download both Brightmoon (a tool to help extract files from the .dat file) and THTK (a tool for converting the files from the .dat file), then I found the .anm files the images were stored in, extracted them with Brightmoon and converted them with THTK.
RE: How to get sprites from unknown .dat files? - Magma MK-II - 02-22-2018
Does that work with the PC98 games? I'm definitely interested in taking a look at them.