[John Enigma]

^I would love to know too.

[marc_max]

One last thing, are you planning on reworking the remaining palette assets from DKC GBA? Like extra rooms, maps and screens?
I could try helping out with those later in July, but wanted to ask what are your plans about it.

No, I won't do it. Feel free to continue it :-) I submitted a small update to fix a palette though.

That said, are you going to do the same for the sequels at any point?

I know how they look :-( But things are going to be even harder for DKC2 and DKC3 unless I code something to help myself. I'll give them another chance this summer, but I can't promise.

Album page 16/19 is glitched.

Will be fixed in 1.1, thank you.

Could you tell me more about this custom tool?

It's basically an APE replacement which can inject full 16x16 palettes directly from clipboard. I paste VisualBoy Advance palette and screenshots on Photoshop, then I start filling (without Contiguous option) all colors. After all colors are restored, I just copy the palette to the tool and it does the magic.
It can also search palettes just by pasting them from VisualBoy Advance.
But it's not user friendly, so it's not ready to be released.

[Asaki]

That sounds pretty handy, if you could get it polished up.

[ShadowOne333]

Ah great.
Then I'll try to continue the project later this month
Thnaks for letting me know!

Also, that tool sounds really handy. It could certainly help for other restoration projects without a doubt. Hope you can get it polished up.

Thanks again!

[TempestBlade]

What's a new update from 1.1?
Need to update various background from Warp.

Hut from first level is too bright.

[marc_max]

That sounds pretty handy, if you could get it polished up.

Can't promise, sorry :-( It would take some time.

Ah great.
Then I'll try to continue the project later this month
Thnaks for letting me know!

Also, that tool sounds really handy. It could certainly help for other restoration projects without a doubt. Hope you can get it polished up.

Thanks again!

1.1 is up!

What's a new update from 1.1?
Need to update various background from Warp.

Hut from first level is too bright.

As I said, only palettes coming from SNES version were restored. The rest were not even touched. Hut from GBA is completely different from SNES's.

[John Enigma]

I forgot to ask, does this hack also restores the palettes of new stuff, like the minigames?

[Midna]

The post directly above yours says that they're not.

[marc_max]

Is anyone interested on helping to hack palettes in DKC2 and DKC3?
I've decided I could work on restoring both but I'm going to need some help since I'm not used to GBA hardware and its debugging.

[ShadowOne333]

I'd be interested in helping out, but I am not used to ARM assembly at all, nor have any experience using debuggers of any kind :/

I do know my way around getting palettes and changing them, but nor if it involves debugging.
I did restore the colour in one screen left untouched in DKC1 so far, but haven't really gone back to it yet to restore others atm.

[BlazeHeatnix]

IMO DKC3 deserves a palette restoration before the others do, considering it's actually superior to the original, unlike the others. (thanks to the new soundtrack)

[Midna]

I'd beg to differ, but to each their own.

[TempestBlade]

Is still no DKC2 hack yet?

[Metalwario64]

Is still no DKC2 hack yet?

No, and the author stated multiple times that they aren't doing it.

[ShadowOne333]

Contradiction much?

Is anyone interested on helping to hack palettes in DKC2 and DKC3?
I've decided I could work on restoring both but I'm going to need some help since I'm not used to GBA hardware and its debugging.

No, and the author stated multiple times that they aren't doing it.

He was willing to continue, but if someone stepped in to help.
I am for sure curious about the tool that he used for this restoration, and I'd like to attempt using it for the other DKC games, and perhaps Mother 1+2 (Mother 2 side), I am willing to help.
I made a restoration of one of the menus that was left untouched, I might continue with other stuff, but without something as reference, it will be like new palettes from scratch altogether.

[marc_max]

Working on other projects, wish I could work on both DKC2 and DKC3 :-(

[TempestBlade]

Glitch report
Album 12/19 is glitched.

Unchanged screen on 0:27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRxTNLpbCl0&t=0m27s
Glitched or unchanged (?) on 1:26:29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRxTNLpbCl0&t=1h26m29s

[mushguy]

There's something that has been bothering me: I noticed that the sky in most jungle levels is very dark, just like in Ropey Rampage. Is it because they share the same sky background as that level? Also, is there an explanation on how Orang-utan Gang doesn't have the same colors as the SNES original?