Nameless Sprite Editor [Classic]

[0m3GA ARS3NAL]

THAT, is the kind of reply I was looking for, something to build my own ideas off of, a reference if you will (I love references... muahaha)

Thanks JPAN.

[link12552]

Whoa!!!
Completely missed this whole discussion...
JPAN did a great job explaining the commands though XD

But if you want an almost step by step explanation of the pokemon plug-in here it is:

Spoiler:

[BPRE] // Simply the start of the Firered block
Imax(439) // Sets the max amount of images to 439
Fmax(3) // Sets the max amount of frames to 3
//Load frame to memory
Append(F#) // Append means "load into memory" F# is to get the current frame number, so we're loading the current frame into the top of the memory stack
nout(mem(0)) // Should not be in there, XD, but nout outputs a value or a string in a msg box
// Load image differently depending on frame
If(0) // The if statements compare a value to whatever is at the top of the memory stack, we loaded the frame number into memory, so were saying "if the frame is 0"
{
dump(0) // Dumps the memory at a certain position, 0 (or the top) in this case
Append(8) // This time we are loading the number 8 into memory
Multiply(I#) // Now we are going to multiply whatever is at the top of the memory stack by the current index number (I#)
Add(&h2350b4) //Now we are adding &h2350b4 to whatever is at the top of our memory stack, The notion behind this is that all of the pokemon sprite pointers are in a table starting at 0x2350B4 (&h2350b4) and have a space of 8 between each, we are pretty much doing 8 * Index number + 0x2350B4 that little equation should give us the pointer for the given index
Read(mem(0), 3) //Reads 3 bytes out of the rom from the location we just calculated, loads them onto the top of the memory stack
Flip(3) //Flip actually flips the bytes loaded at the top of the mem stack, it flips them in groups (in this case a group of three), wee do this because were read the pointer , but it's reversed so wee flip it
Append(8) // Now we are loading another 8 onto the memory stack
Multiply(I#) // Were are again multiplying it by the index
Add(&H237314) //We are adding the offset of the pokemon palette table
}
...
...
...
Read(mem(0),3) // We are going to read the palette pointer from the palette table
Flip(3) //And again were flipping it so that it's usable
Append(I#) //Loading the index number into mem
//Check if drawing deyoxes or castform, because they draw with a different size
If!(409) // If were are not looking at deyoxes
{
If!(384) // If we are not looking at castform
{
Image(mem(3), mem(1), 00400040) // Load the image [image offset = mem(3), Palette Offset = mem(1), size = 00400040 (same as 64,64)]
// The overview of the memory stack right now is
// mem(0) = the index number
// mem(1) = the palette pointer we calculated
// mem(2) = math for palette
// mem(3) = the sprite pointer we calculated
// mem(4) = math for sprite

}
}
...
...
...
[/BPRE] // End of Firered block

The plug-in language is very abstract, and quite interesting...
It's really is a command based language, with a few twists...
And yes it's confusing, but... IT WORKS! XD

P.S.
Nameless Script is the name, so your spot on XD
You do know, there is a NS (nameless script) section in the Guide to NSE
The command list

[0m3GA ARS3NAL]

Hurrah!

Now that I've seen a detailed explanation of the NS System, I'm sure Ican make a few plugins...
My first one will, undoubtedly, be quite small, but I'll work up.
Also, didn't see that tut on NSE, I like it, a lot.
You've gotten my respect, and my attention.
Good Man, good man indeed.

EDIT
I HOPE YOU SAW MY BUG REPORT IN MY LAST POST

Also, 2 ideas
Resizeable Canvas
Resizeable Cursor

[Zark]

Wow, I didn't know that there was a tool better than Overworld editor!

[Nintendork15]

Wow a few months ago
i disliked this because it was hard

Now i use it all the time and i would reccommend anyone to use it

[r0bert]

how do you get to the trainer backsprite?

[0m3GA ARS3NAL]

Originally Posted by r0bert

how do you get to the trainer backsprite?

If you're using FR then just look in bookmarks... otherwise you'll need to manually input the pointer to it...

[Orinjmate]

Which offsets have the flower and water animations in Emerald?

[Blaziquaza]

Could I suggest a new feature to create new palettes? :D

[Skara]

Problem. I can only find the overworlds.

[link12552]

Edit 12/9/2010: The Tech Preview is now over. A new version of NSE (1.7.5.0) will be released soon.

Spoiler:

Tech. Preview: in attachments

Seems like it's been a while... So here's a little gift

• Draw Mode!
• Better image loading!
• Much faster (400% in some cases!)
• Better plug-in reading support.
• 16 color PNG imports
• Keyboard shortcuts
  

Note: There may be bugs, remember this is a tech preview.

Feel free to suggest new features and plug-in commands <- hint, hint,
Just not something that could be easily turned into a plug-in...

Plug-ins:

• More accurate plug-in reading (fixes the "if" problem")
• Added "while" and "Jump" commands
• Support for header categories

PNG Imports:

• "Import bitmap" becomes "Import Image"
• Imports any 16 color or less BMP or PNG

Better Image Loading:

• Better memory usage
• Loads images up to 4X bigger (Width x Height <= 65536)think 256x256 instead of 128x128

Draw mode:

• A paint bucket! (Note: Color sensitive, huge images can take a second
• A re-sizable brush!
• Undo and redo compatible

Whats included:

• The tech preview of NSE
• Several new/example Plug-ins
• A bookmark file.

Remember: This is a technical preview, what you see is subject to change...
-link12552

[Dragonflye]

I found a bug you might interested in the.
It is as if one with German games, the size changes of a hero, then the Data1 and Data2 are misspelled.

The data looks like for the German games:

Emerald German:
16x16 = 51B22C 51B27C
16x32 = 51B244 51B2d0
32x32 = 51B24C 51B324
48x48 = 51B24C 51B384
64x64 = 51B254 51B404
88x32 = 51B21C 51B654
96x40 = 51B21C 51B524

Firered German:
16x32 = 3A35D4 & 3A3660
16x16 = 3A35B4 & 3A360C
32x32 = 3A35DC & 3A36B4
64x64 = 3A35E4 & 3A3794
128x64 = 3A35A4 & 3A3914

Rubin German:
16x16 = 37C9BC & 37CA2C
16x32 = 37C9D4 & 37CAA4
32x32 = 37C9DC & 37CB1C
48x48 = 37C9DC & 37CBAC
64x64 = 37C9E4 & 37CC4C
88x32 = 37C9AC & 37D08C
96x40 = 37C9AC & 37CE5C

The other games I have not explored, but it would be good if you could repair the ...

And sorry, I'am a German Hacker an my English ist not so good.

[Sora's Nobody]

So i see you want a challenging plug-in to make. Well what about a tile editor plug-in. The only problem i see in that thought is that it might make people take the easy way only. Oh and i can't really figure out what the Browser.npi is for it just shows some black and white stuff in nse. And i can't figure out what the whiletest one is for.

[ElBurrito]

How do I access the pokemon sprites? I saw a ho-oh in the pictures you put up.

[link12552]

Originally Posted by Sora's Nobody

So i see you want a challenging plug-in to make. Well what about a tile editor plug-in. The only problem i see in that thought is that it might make people take the easy way only. Oh and i can't really figure out what the Browser.npi is for it just shows some black and white stuff in nse. And i can't figure out what the whiletest one is for.

I guess you saw my hint XD
...

Browser.npi works a-lot like tilemolster (Try index: 7380 in firered to see what I mean), it's just an example plug-in

Whiletest.npi is a demonstration of the new while function in NSE. Looping from 0 to 50 and then outputting "50" (32 in hex)

Check out the code in the example programs. open them in notepad to see what's going on!

P.S. the tile editing plug-in is a good great idea, although I'm having some trouble finding the pointers to the different tile-sets in the ROM. <conspicuous hint for help here people...

Originally Posted by ElBurrito

How do I access the pokemon sprites? I saw a ho-oh in the pictures you put up.

Goto: Options>Plugins>Select Plugin (Ctrl-N) and chose "Pokemon.npi"
-or- take the offsets from the sprite in unlz

[Zee Best]

Thanks, shame there isn't an option to save ALL images at once, would help me ALOT.

[Nintendork15]

wow
oes it do all that in this release coz if so
i been using it for for overworlds only
(im such a fool .....)

[samm]

You could add more support to the bookmarks and plugins for pokemon emerald appreciate it

[smilewolfy]

I need help, first off to make the explanation easier, i'm just going to tell you i'm putting iris in from black and white games, now, i changed the size of an OW sprite to 32x32 so iris sprite could fit in, then i put her Front sprite[frame 0] in and it works perfectly, but then when i put her back sprite in, [frame 1], it stuffs up frame 0 cutting the sprite up and putting bits of it everywhere, then when i try to put frame 0 back in, it messes up frame 1, anyone know how i can fix this?

Edit: and when i play the game, only top half of the sprite appears, can anyone help please

[Nightymare]

can someone give me a nsl file of Gary as main char?....

i try to fix it on my own in paint but i fail at art... T-T

i just wanna play play pokemon game as gary for God's sake T-T

[link12552]

Update 1.7.5.0

Seems like it's about time for an update!
(Most of the features from the technical preview have stuck around, but there have been things added and changed)

New Features:

• Draw Mode
• New Plugin Commands
• 16-Color PNG Imports
• Save Image to
• Save Palette to
• NSL saving and importing of any image

Plug-ins:

• More accurate plug-in reading (fixes the "if" problem")
• Added "while" and "Jump" commands
• Support for header categories
• New Functions (Fin, Fout)
• Direct Access to memory ( &mem(x), #mem(x) )

Image Imports:

• "Import bitmap" becomes "Import Image"
• Imports any 16 color or less BMP or PNG
• Fixed a bug for importing into a compressed sprite
• Will attempt to import an image with more than 16 colors (Must be indexed)

Better Image Loading:

• Better memory usage
• Loads images up to 4X bigger (Width x Height <= 65536)think 256x256 instead of 128x128
• Some accuracy tweaks in Lz77

Better Image Saving:

• NSL file type small update (NSL 3.1)
• Import NSL files on any sprite
• Accuracy tweaks in compression algorithm
• Save To (Save an Image or palette to any offset, with compression options)

Draw mode:

• A paint bucket! (Note: Color sensitive, huge images can take a second
• A re-sizable brush!
• Undo and redo compatible

Included in this version:

• NSE 1.7.5.0
• NSL Editor 1.1.0.0
• Plugins (Trainer, Pokemon, Item...)
• The standard bookmark file
• The read-me

-link12552
P.S. I'll update the list of Plugin Commands Soon, but heres a hint:
fin = File Input, Fout = File Output, #mem(x) returns the value at memory position x...

[shiny quagsire]

Awesome! I've wanted lz77 compressed pallets for some time.

But, a nice feature to have would be 256 color pallets. It could help in inserting the intro sprites and ruby worldmaps. I know it'd take a while, but it's better to have it than to not.

[agentgeo]

Wow, this is an amazing update. I would say that the palette saving and fill bucket are the best two. I mean, it can very tedious doing the backgrounds of sprites.

[link12552]

Plugin Commands 1.7.5
I said they'd be here and now here they are!
New and improved commands to make the job easier
Here are the plug-in commands as of NSE 1.7.5.0
* = new or revised...

Spoiler:

i# Returns the current index
f# Returns the current frame
s# Returns the image offset
p# Returns the palette offset
st# Returns sprite table offset
pt# Returns palette table offset

&mem and #mem will replace with their respective values when called,
So they can be used in almost any command!

* &mem Returns the EXACT data in the memory stack
&mem( memory index)

* #mem Returns the VALUE of the data in the memory stack
&mem( memory index)


Read: Reads data from the loaded ROM into memory
read( startoffset, length)

Write: Writes data to the loaded ROM
write( writedata, startoffset)

Image: Loads either an image form the ROM (both compressed and un-compressed
image( image offset, palette offset, size)

Size = 4bytes (WWwwHHhh)

Condition - palette offset = "grayscale" : loads an image in grayscale

Freespace: Finds the offset of a given amout of freespace and loads it into memory
freespace( size, startoffset)

Add: Increases mem(0) by a value
add( value)

Subtract: Decreases mem(0) by a value
subtract( value)

Multiply: Multiplies mem(0) by a value
multiply( value)

Divide: Divides mem(0) by a value
divide( value)

Append: Loads a value into memory
append( value)

Flip: Flips mem(0) in section length
flip( value)
Condtion - flip(0) : flips mem(0) entirely
Condtion - flip(1) : flips mem(0) byte by byte

Dump: Removes memory at a given depth
dump( value)

Debug: Displays a dialog with the current memory status among other things
debug

Stop: Ends plugin execution
stop

Fmax: Sets the frame bounds to a value
fmax( value)

Imax: Sets the index bounds to a value
imax( value)

If Statements: Compare mem(0) to a value. If code contained in { }
If(value)
If!(value)
If>(value)
If<(value)

Nin: Propmts for input
nin( prompt message, response form)
Condition: Response form = "d" responds in standard form
Condition: Response form = "h" responds in hex form

* Nout: Shows ouput in a message-box
nout( value)
nout( "String")

* DrawPoint: Draws a point on the canvas
drawpoint( x-coordinate, y-coordinate, palette index)

* Jump: Jumps executed line back or forth
jump( jump distance {can be positive or negative} )

* While Statements: Compare mem(0) to a value. While code contained in { }
While(value)
While!(value)
While>(value)
While<(value)

* Fin: Loads a file into memory
fin(file location relative to plugin location in quotes, file extension in quotes) ex: fin("in",".test")
Condition: file location = "dialog" shows an open file dialog with the given extension

* Fout: Outputs memory [0] to a file
fout(file location relative to plugin location in quotes, file extension in quotes) ex: fout("out",".test")
Condition: file location = "dialog" shows a save file dialog with the given extension

[ScripterGold]

Ohhhhh ya! Miss this and you are done! The awesome script editor rocks, link12552!