More about EPF about tkviewer HOT 8 CLOSED

@DizzyThermal

Yes, that's correct.
Happy implementing

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@DDeokk, thanks for providing this info!

If I understand your explanation correctly, the stencil_data could indicate which areas of a tile/object are transparent? When applying a Static Object (with transparency) on top of a Tile (A or B - without transparency), I could determine the transparency of the object using this stencil data? Does that sound right?

Either way. I will look into this more tonight and see where I get with it.

Also, "stencil_data_offset" would be the "unknown_offset" in the "tile_entry" structure, correct?

Thanks again!

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Hi Dizzy,

I added some info about other EPF archives at http://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=16943&start=15 if you're so interested. Not really sure if you're wanting to take your tool this way or not, but thought I'd provide the info anyway.

watto

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Thank you for the DSC/FRM/DNA file structures @wattostudios

The tool's file_reader module is intended to handle all TK file formats, so these are great additions!

As for where/how to present all the different image formats/types in the QT5 GUI is another question. I'm open to suggestions/contributions on GUI/layout structure - as this is not my forte.

Thanks again!

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@wattostudios I was successful in reading in the DSC file (ignoring chunks and blocks, for now).

When I try to read the EPF image, my width values are incorrect (i.e., -65514)
I'm not sure if the problem is the calculation of EPF width and height (right-left, top-bottom), or the actual dimensions have offsets. You did mention Width = Width + (0-X-Position), but I'm afraid I'm not sure how to apply it.

My EPF File definition has slightly changed, but it does take the right-left, top-bottom approach to determining width and height:
https://github.com/DizzyThermal/TKViewer/blob/master/file_reader.py#L99

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

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The right-left, top-bottom approach is perfect. I wonder the data type or acquisition of values in your code might matter.

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@DDeokk, thanks for the clarification.

I think the remaining question I have is how to interpret the stencil_data..

I have been trying to understand your explanation in the first post, but am struggling to implement it correctly

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Stencil implemented to fix transparency issues

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