11-20-2023, 04:52 PM
(11-20-2023, 05:35 AM)Raccoon Sam Wrote: Just giving a quick update: There are more compressed TIM2s for other graphics than that those of the character portraits and whatnot in the other DAT file on the disc. The tool should handle those as well.
And then the bad news: after some deeper analysis I've found the compression, like I said, only looks doable. In reality it looks deceivingly simple but in actually appears to be very complex, even nonsensical at times.
I was expecting to whip out a simple script that just churns through the TIMs and decompresses everything in one evening as a fun programming exercise, but now that I actually understand that the rabbit hole goes a bit deeper than I anticipated, I'll need way more time with this. Sorry!
In short: I'm still interested in reverse engineering the compression but it wasn't as simple as I thought.
That's fine! I'm more than willing to wait for this - and with any luck, it could be useful for understanding other PS2 games with similar compression methods as well.
On that note, I'm more than willing to compensate you for your time (at least a little. I'm afraid my budget isn't too big right now) once all is said and done, just let me know.