09-17-2013, 08:58 PM
Whether you beat me to that isn't the problem. Eventually I'll get these done (hopefully after my current project), but I don't really want to put anyone out by having their sheets replaced when mine have all the content in them, it's just ends up as a waste of people's time.
Anywho, that tile viewer would actually come in handy with what I'm doing. To get the pieces easily (or rather, know what goes where) I'm using the OAM Viewer in VBA to grab the current on-screen sprites. I don't know how you're getting the sprites in this format (is it an automated tool?), but I use frame pause + next frame, then use the OAM Viewer to get the pieces, then I set those aside and assemble the frames accordingly so the sheet will have both the assembled frames and the originally drawn pieces (see my Count rip). The length of this process is part of the reason why it's taken so long.
Also, to correct you on that last point, each game uses 'pieces' to paper doll enemies together, but it only applies to larger enemies like the Skeletons or the Count for example, not enemies like Ghouls or Spiders. Here's an example of the Skeleton pieces (this one is from Lunar Knights but it's the same for Boktai 2 and 3), where your sheet doesn't have any of this.
My apologies in advance if I come off a little high-strung, but spending years working through the Boktai games has made me form a sort of bond with the series. Hopefully I'm not coming off too strongly or dick'ish!
Anywho, that tile viewer would actually come in handy with what I'm doing. To get the pieces easily (or rather, know what goes where) I'm using the OAM Viewer in VBA to grab the current on-screen sprites. I don't know how you're getting the sprites in this format (is it an automated tool?), but I use frame pause + next frame, then use the OAM Viewer to get the pieces, then I set those aside and assemble the frames accordingly so the sheet will have both the assembled frames and the originally drawn pieces (see my Count rip). The length of this process is part of the reason why it's taken so long.
Also, to correct you on that last point, each game uses 'pieces' to paper doll enemies together, but it only applies to larger enemies like the Skeletons or the Count for example, not enemies like Ghouls or Spiders. Here's an example of the Skeleton pieces (this one is from Lunar Knights but it's the same for Boktai 2 and 3), where your sheet doesn't have any of this.
My apologies in advance if I come off a little high-strung, but spending years working through the Boktai games has made me form a sort of bond with the series. Hopefully I'm not coming off too strongly or dick'ish!