02-18-2025, 05:23 AM
Hello, I'm new to the forums and I wanna say that I'm working on optimising the model extraction process.
So far I've been able to extract Dark Magician Girl with distortions minimised, and extract the textures.
I've lost count of how many times I've extracted the US and Japanese models, but I've learned a lot by fixing them in Blender and I've just about streamlined the process.
2 techniques I've used to minimise distortions on export have been using Cheat Engine to make custom codes that make the camera as close to orthographic as possible, and setting the camera's tilt to as close of a default position as possible (it seems to always be tilted towards the model, which is good game design, but for our purposes distorts it). A 3rd technique I've recently managed to get working is t-posing Dark Magician Girl (still looking into other monsters).
I don't know how long this will take to finish writing up my documentation, but I plan to make a video tutorial at some point in the future. Until then, I'm going to continue posting updates on BlueSky/Twitter
So far I've been able to extract Dark Magician Girl with distortions minimised, and extract the textures.
I've lost count of how many times I've extracted the US and Japanese models, but I've learned a lot by fixing them in Blender and I've just about streamlined the process.
2 techniques I've used to minimise distortions on export have been using Cheat Engine to make custom codes that make the camera as close to orthographic as possible, and setting the camera's tilt to as close of a default position as possible (it seems to always be tilted towards the model, which is good game design, but for our purposes distorts it). A 3rd technique I've recently managed to get working is t-posing Dark Magician Girl (still looking into other monsters).
I don't know how long this will take to finish writing up my documentation, but I plan to make a video tutorial at some point in the future. Until then, I'm going to continue posting updates on BlueSky/Twitter