That is actually the title of this program I wrote (using VB6). It is based on the a sprite dumping software called GGD, which stands for Game Graphics Dumper. GGD was basically a very fancy version of a RAW image loader. It can take ANY file, and it does not know the format, nor how to read any header, so you supply a LOT of info so GGD can load the Graphics (stuff like, offset to image data, height, width, tiled or linear arranged pixels, color channel order, bits per pixel, offset to palette data, and all the same formats for the image are repeated for the palette, selectable endianness, etc). This way almost ANY format you can imagine (as long as it is in RGB or RGBA colorspace, cause YUV doesn't work here) that might ever be found in any video game or any other source (and as long as it isn't encrypted or compressed), can be displayed and saved as an ordinary bitmap file.
Well the controls for the original GGD were not user friendly, and the documentation was in Chinese or Japanese, so it was basically a "if you only know English, figure it out for yourself" type software (although some hacker made a translated version in English later, the controls still were horrible). Then came one called Tiled GGD that had some extra options for tiled graphics, including options for planar arranged color channels (instead of per-pixel arranged color channels, though I think planar color channels were also available in the original GGD), and it was based on GGD (it was a derivative work you might say), but it was made by an English speaking guy (luckily), and the controls were easier to use. However it lacked a number of features of the original GGD, namely it lacked the ability to arange the bit masks that were used to define which bits in a 16 (or 15) bit per pixel image were used for what colors, and also what ones were used for alpha (if any at all).
Well my program called "The Best GGD That Was Ever Made" is my own take on how the GGD program should have been designed, and has the functionality missing from Tiled GGD, which existed in the original GGD. It also is designed to have a much more intuitive user interface than the original GGD. To load a file, just drag it Windows explorer onto most any spot in the GUI, then press "load file" button. If it doesn't look right, change some of the parameters and press "load file" again. To load a palette, drag a file that you believe has the color palette for the image into the square black box and check the box "Use External palette", then press the "load file" button again. If the palette looks wrong, adjust the palette parameters and press "load file" again. To save a palette, select the option button (radio button) for the palette format you want, and press "save palette". When the picture looks right, press the "save image" button to save the image as a BMP file.
Below here is the VB code for the software.
Click to view: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=3tSjajtx
Click to download TXT file: http://pastebin.com/download.php?i=3tSjajtx
Here's the code that sets up the form in the FRM file.
Click to view: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=fLp30wPe
Click to download TXT file: http://pastebin.com/download.php?i=fLp30wPe
Here is a screenshot of the GUI:
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It also has one dependency that isn't a normal VB6 runtime file. Download the DLL file at: http://www.dllbank.com/zip/n/nctimagefile.dll.zip
Well the controls for the original GGD were not user friendly, and the documentation was in Chinese or Japanese, so it was basically a "if you only know English, figure it out for yourself" type software (although some hacker made a translated version in English later, the controls still were horrible). Then came one called Tiled GGD that had some extra options for tiled graphics, including options for planar arranged color channels (instead of per-pixel arranged color channels, though I think planar color channels were also available in the original GGD), and it was based on GGD (it was a derivative work you might say), but it was made by an English speaking guy (luckily), and the controls were easier to use. However it lacked a number of features of the original GGD, namely it lacked the ability to arange the bit masks that were used to define which bits in a 16 (or 15) bit per pixel image were used for what colors, and also what ones were used for alpha (if any at all).
Well my program called "The Best GGD That Was Ever Made" is my own take on how the GGD program should have been designed, and has the functionality missing from Tiled GGD, which existed in the original GGD. It also is designed to have a much more intuitive user interface than the original GGD. To load a file, just drag it Windows explorer onto most any spot in the GUI, then press "load file" button. If it doesn't look right, change some of the parameters and press "load file" again. To load a palette, drag a file that you believe has the color palette for the image into the square black box and check the box "Use External palette", then press the "load file" button again. If the palette looks wrong, adjust the palette parameters and press "load file" again. To save a palette, select the option button (radio button) for the palette format you want, and press "save palette". When the picture looks right, press the "save image" button to save the image as a BMP file.
Below here is the VB code for the software.
Click to view: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=3tSjajtx
Click to download TXT file: http://pastebin.com/download.php?i=3tSjajtx
Here's the code that sets up the form in the FRM file.
Click to view: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=fLp30wPe
Click to download TXT file: http://pastebin.com/download.php?i=fLp30wPe
Here is a screenshot of the GUI:
It also has one dependency that isn't a normal VB6 runtime file. Download the DLL file at: http://www.dllbank.com/zip/n/nctimagefile.dll.zip