The Console Tool (by Low Lines)

A new species of the Slime!

EDIT:  Whoa, this thing can get to be a real power hog.  Both of my processors are being used to the max :O

Yeah, that's probably because it's updating constantly...For whatever reason a simple "render once and not unless it changes" hasn't been my friend (it displays it once then is blank). I'll sort out that problem eventually, for now...it's a beast and that's just how it is :p My laptop is fairly decent though, so i don't really notice it, however I've noticed it also creates a lag with windows explorer.

Are you using it on Linux or something?

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Looky looky

Now this is just a quick implementation I did partly because I wanted to and partly because loading multiple models (and a map), on the scene is something I'll have to implement eventually anyways. As you can see I am yet to figure out what determines transparency with textures (aka paletted images will always have color 0 as transparent) which is why some of the ground is see-through, but it's a WIP.

I was also looking at using NSBMD courses as a secondary model for implementing 3d maps, has anyone used the NSMB Editor before? It just crashes for me when I try to load the NSMB rom

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Okay I think I've mostly figured out NSBTP files...

 - Each NSBTP can store multiple texture/palette swapping animations
  - Each animation contains all materials that use this type of animation
   - Each material contains a number of frames which makes up the animation for that material
    - Each frame contains the first frame number, texture id and palette id

There's still some data I'm not too sure about, which mostly likely controls how the animation plays back, as this type of animation can also be used for stills like a Thwomp (in NSMB) that changes his facial expression depending on how close mario is to it.
Also an annoying fact about NDS models is that all textures/palettes are referenced by their actual name! Though I suppose it makes some sense in a way

Are you using it on Linux or something?

I'm on XP (the thing that never dies), I just have a front-end GUI running in place of the standard look.

NSBTP files have only 2 bytes per animation that I haven't figured out now. I can successfully open them up with loaded texture/material info and can manually swap frames no problem, but it took a really ugly quick gui do up and it's just a mess -_- So I'm adjusting the GUI a bit so I can add all the different animations into it without clogging up the workspace :p

I've added support for BRRES archives which contain a collection of 3D data files that make up a character or scene. Should be most well known by those who hack Super Smash Bros Brawl, but the format is also found in New Super Mario Bros Wii (though apparently different somewhat). The reason why I'm looking at some of the wii stuff too is because I've noticed that some of the magic stamps for formats are very similar to some of the NDS/GC ones I've been looking at, and there's a better chance I'll figure those ones out if there's documentation I can reference to since Nintendo doesn't seem to change their formats very much between consoles.

Also for those who are interested in Super Smash Bros Brawl models check out this project I came across. It is seriously awesome and it's given me some ideas to work into my own model viewer.

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Still in the process of adding more support for gamecube models. The entire mesh is drawn now, though I've had to modify the implementation a little to make it work, so I'll have to make those changes to my NDS code too...

Also now because I can load full maps such as ones from Super Mario Sunshine, there was a clear lag and CPU overkill, so I looked around and set it up so it won't update the screen unless something changes. What was most sad is that I discovered a thread which was updating the values of the translation slider guis was using a whopping 50% of my CPU...so I killed that too, and now everything is much faster and isn't constantly putting a strain on the processor. At worse large models take up to about 60% of the CPU when refreshing going by my laptop (before it was actually using like 80% plus *constantly* so its quite significant). I'm still a newbie to threads and such so I'm bound to make more dumb mistakes in the near future :p

Kryal, the author of that SSBB tool is letting me use his documentation on the Brawl models formats, so I'll add them later once I get past the current hurtles I'm facing right now.

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For those of you who are geared toward PSX hacking. Can you send me some valid TMD models and/or other model formats with documentation preferably. Of all the games I have, only Digimon World provided me with some valid TMDs, but I would like a few more from other games to make sure I have good compatibility. Thanks

Over the last couple of weeks I've been working at basically overhauling my whole project. I did this because it was getting really messy (with code) and I was finding that the GUI format just wasn't working all that well with every new feature added (such as the multiple Model Animations). Another major reason was my lack of understanding on how classes work, as I now think I am better utilizing them than I was before. The code behind the GUI also now (or wells I hope so) follows the standard as mentioned by Nightcrawler. I've also found that some of the built in UIs visually break (such as the Vista one I use), on things such as InternalFrames, so I'm making my own custom skinnable ones using the original classes as a basis.

Major changes, is that the tab system will be restricted to the browser and archive files and everything else will use a Workspace Layout like photoshop (where each file is a separate internalframe, and there are toolbars etc). I've also tried to simulate some of the workspace aspects of photoshop since I think they work really well for this kind of thing. The basic functions are done, I just need to start adding the appropriate toolbars/panels for each type of file and the functionality that goes with it

Atm I'm updating my file loader code to use classes (instead of nasty objects), and add preview/thumbnails to the browser. I start my Uni studies back up in about a week and I'll probably spend less time on this from then on...But hopefully this project will look better and better once I have everything up and running