Posts: 211
Threads: 5
Joined: Sep 2013
05-28-2015, 03:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-28-2015, 03:37 PM by Daxar.)
Hey there!
I've been busy the past week or so figuring out the file formats for WayForward's games. Now, it turns out that Shovel Knight was made by a branch-off company from WayForward, and they use similar technology. Namely, similar .anb files, which are where the sprites are located.
I took a brief glance at the file format some time ago, without realizing that it was indeed the same format. In fact, the YCLZ compression headers I found were just renamed WFLZ headers... like are in most modern WayForward titles.
Since the sendspace links in that thread are dead now, and I appear to have misplaced the .anb's that I downloaded and looked at before, anybody mind sending me some .anb's to look at? (Or some .pak files and I can extract them myself). Some .tex files, if there are any, would be swell also, so I can double-check that that format's the same, too. For now, Shovel Knight's sitting in my Steam wishlist, waiting for the Summer Sale like all the other WayForward titles...
If anybody wants to package the sprites up into sheets, that's swell too. If not, I'd need all the .anb files and I can sheet them myself.
Thanks!
Oh man, this is awesome.
![[Image: b1.php?u=39480955]](http://my.puregaming.org/banner/b1.php?u=39480955)
Quote:You had wasted MY LIFE... waiting for just a goddamn bunnelby model.
-The prestigious Farlavor
Posts: 211
Threads: 5
Joined: Sep 2013
05-31-2015, 01:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-01-2015, 02:50 PM by Daxar.)
Update: Shane C from Yacht Club Games was a complete bro and actually gave me a copy of the game and offered to help with the format, so mad props to this guy. He's been super helpful in the past, as well.
Posts: 1,674
Threads: 278
Joined: Jun 2008
I hope the files I sent you were helpful towards this. I really want to see some content from Shovel Knight!
05-31-2015, 04:20 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-01-2015, 11:38 PM by Dazz.)
(05-31-2015, 01:42 PM)Daxar Wrote: Update: Shane C from Yacht Club Games was a complete bro and actually gave me a copy of the game and offered to help with the format, so mad props to this guy. He's been super helpful in the past, as well.
That dude is seriously a great person. Really appreciate the effort he puts in for the ripping community while doing his actual job.
Tsunami Bomb - The Simple Truth
We could run away
Leave behind anything paper
Not knowing where we're going to stay
When there's no Mondays
You're part of me, it's so easy to see the simple truth
When I'm in your arms, I feel safe from harm and sorrow too
You're part of me, it's so easy to see the simple truth
But most of all, nothing couldn't be solved when I'm with you
Posts: 211
Threads: 5
Joined: Sep 2013
@Carpaccio: Yep, thanks!
It looks like the image format itself is straightforward enough. Everything's just flat WFLZ-compressed without chunks (I'm presuming because there's no real need, as the images are so small). Looks to just be raw pixel data after it's decompressed, in RGBA format. The texture headers are slightly larger, not totally sure what all the new fields are.
![[Image: sk_flyingrat10.png]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31816885/photos/sk_flyingrat10.png)
It also looks like the piece data is somewhere totally different or in a completely different format, so piecing them together might not be the easiest thing ever.
Posts: 1,674
Threads: 278
Joined: Jun 2008
Woo! Awesome, can't wait to see a sheet of the optional Hat boss.
Posts: 211
Threads: 5
Joined: Sep 2013
![[Image: sk_shovelknight75.png]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31816885/photos/sk_shovelknight75.png)
Getting there! I've got the piece format figured out (Thanks to Shane again), and most files are working. Just have a few that aren't decompressing properly, so I've got to debug those and then I can start making sprite sheets (Unless someone else feels particularly inclined to do so).
Current Source Code
Posts: 1,674
Threads: 278
Joined: Jun 2008
I'd help if I knew the first thing about compiling from source.
Posts: 211
Threads: 5
Joined: Sep 2013
No worries; I'm done. Just finished uploading the sheets.
Posts: 145
Threads: 14
Joined: Nov 2013
Great work!
Did you find any unused things?
Posts: 211
Threads: 5
Joined: Sep 2013
Oddly enough, I don't think so (Though I can't be sure, as I haven't finished the game myself). Most WayForward titles have had some leftover editor stuff at least, but nothing unused so far as I can tell here.
Posts: 22
Threads: 8
Joined: Jun 2014
100% sprites? Like, backgrounds? All characters and more? I do animations on my youtube channel and like to create animations with sprites of Shovel Knight. 
Posts: 211
Threads: 5
Joined: Sep 2013
06-03-2015, 04:34 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-03-2015, 06:48 PM by Daxar.)
Good point; backgrounds seem to be stored in the level .ltb files (I should probably rip these and upload them also), which are WFLZ compressed but after decompressing are in the following wonderful format:
![[Image: sk_levelmapcanvas.png]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31816885/photos/sk_levelmapcanvas.png)
I think these are just map tiles that the rest of the .ltb stitches together entirely (This is my guess, since the paths at the bottom don't repeat).
As for characters and everything else, check out the rip page, it should be everything.
EDIT: Added tilesets to the rip sheets. Looks like they're 16x16 tiles with padding around them, with some larger tiles... I'm not sure if it's really worth the hassle reconstructing the levels entirely, as there's probably tile layers and such. That might also venture from "ripping sprites" to "reconstructing the game" at that point.  You can probably reconstruct the levels with a program like Mappy with these images anyway.
Posts: 22
Threads: 8
Joined: Jun 2014
Oh my god, this work should be too complicated 0.o
I wish you luck in rip these sheets! I'll be looking forward, peace Bro!
|
