Converting Xbox TMdl

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Re: Converting Xbox TMdl

Postby StingRay68 » Mon Mar 28, 2016 10:43 pm

BIT - are the files you provided for madden xbox, are those from the original xbox version or xbox360 ?

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Re: Converting Xbox TMdl

Postby BelieverInTeal » Tue Mar 29, 2016 6:26 pm

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Re: Converting Xbox TMdl

Postby minotauri » Tue Apr 05, 2016 9:18 pm

Hi!

I just stumbled on this. I'm starting to look into PS2 Madden/NCAA editing - mostly been working on roster and franchise/dynasty based mods but with a lot of those goals accomplished now, my next goal now is to look at graphics. I've been able to do editing on PSP graphics using Console Texture Explorer. The PSP and PS2 graphics are swizzled I believed, and they have to be unswizzled to view properly. None of the EA PC tools have worked for me, though FshEd can at least show you the picture size and info but not display the actual graphics but these were PSP msh files, which I believe are Fsh files that have been ported to "msh" using EA Graphics Library (which is some EA SDK to convert stuff over to consoles), of course these are my assumptions.

I'm looking into editing logos for NCAA and Madden now on PS2, which seem to be MMAP or some form of MMAP files. Hopefully they're the same or similar to xbox and I can share results that I find.
I also go by Antdroid on other forums and places.

https://www.ncaanext.com - NCAA 06 NEXT Mod
https://discord.ncaanext.com - NCAA & Madden NEXT PS2 Discord

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Re: Converting Xbox TMdl

Postby StingRay68 » Tue Apr 05, 2016 9:32 pm

Do you want a version of my editor? It somewhat works on the ncaa ps2 files I was asked to look at in another thread
Oh, and that texture viewer you were using, does it describe how "swizzling" works? Is there source code for it? I think that might be
what is going on with the xbox graphics.

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Re: Converting Xbox TMdl

Postby minotauri » Tue Apr 05, 2016 9:40 pm

StingRay68 wrote:Do you want a version of my editor? It somewhat works on the ncaa ps2 files I was asked to look at in another thread
Oh, and that texture viewer you were using, does it describe how "swizzling" works? Is there source code for it? I think that might be
what is going on with the xbox graphics.


Sure any editor will help!

This is the link to the author's site: http://expertarts.com/console-texture-e ... 2/?lang=en
I dont think there's source code there, but I've seen unswizzling code that was used for MVP modding around...

http://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=3516

here's another one on a GTA Xbox forum
http://gtaforums.com/topic/213907-unswizzle-tool/
I also go by Antdroid on other forums and places.

https://www.ncaanext.com - NCAA 06 NEXT Mod
https://discord.ncaanext.com - NCAA & Madden NEXT PS2 Discord

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Re: Converting Xbox TMdl

Postby BelieverInTeal » Fri Apr 08, 2016 12:25 am

Minotauri - thanks for the suggestion. I opened an image similar to this one, selected 512x64, 8 bit, then hit "try to draw" and got this:

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I wasn't expecting it to work for xbox but I just thought I'd show everyone how it looks. Anything I didn't do correctly?
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Re: Converting Xbox TMdl

Postby minotauri » Fri Apr 08, 2016 2:08 am

BelieverInTeal wrote:Minotauri - thanks for the suggestion. I opened an image similar to this one, selected 512x64, 8 bit, then hit "try to draw" and got this:

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I wasn't expecting it to work for xbox but I just thought I'd show everyone how it looks. Anything I didn't do correctly?


Can you upload the image you looked at?

Try it with swizzling on. Also, you may need to look at the file in a hex editor to find the right graphic and palette offset. it's not really that easy, but it's possible.
I also go by Antdroid on other forums and places.

https://www.ncaanext.com - NCAA 06 NEXT Mod
https://discord.ncaanext.com - NCAA & Madden NEXT PS2 Discord

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Re: Converting Xbox TMdl

Postby BelieverInTeal » Fri Apr 08, 2016 6:30 pm

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Swizzle or unswizzle didn't seem to matter. Above is what it looks like with palette and graphic offset inputted (in decimal amounts). Below is the original graphic.

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Re: Converting Xbox TMdl

Postby minotauri » Fri Apr 08, 2016 8:39 pm

Sorry, I meant, can you upload the actual source file?
I also go by Antdroid on other forums and places.

https://www.ncaanext.com - NCAA 06 NEXT Mod
https://discord.ncaanext.com - NCAA & Madden NEXT PS2 Discord

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Re: Converting Xbox TMdl

Postby BelieverInTeal » Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:16 pm

Sure, it's right here.
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