Rayman UBIArt Games Modding

[BrutalDookie777]

any news on the anim editor? im genuinely excited for this

sorry for bothering so much on this but yea this is REALLY important

[Dark loom]

hi, i'm starting to make mods for Rayman Origins 3DS, but I can't figure out how to open and edit .tga files.
Is there a tool that can help me open and run them?
or where do you recommend I ask or investigate

[WPTheModder]

Hi there!

I'm honestly quite surprised that the program you're using can't open .TGA files... It's quite a popular file extension! Do you mind if I ask what you're using to open these files? I personally recommend Paint.net, GIMP, or Krita to open .TGAs.

Good luck on your modding ventures!

[Dark loom]

I tried using GIMP but it didn't work. I tried many applications and they don't work.

ps: Can I send the files here?

[RayCarrot]

hi, i'm starting to make mods for Rayman Origins 3DS, but I can't figure out how to open and edit .tga files.
Is there a tool that can help me open and run them?
or where do you recommend I ask or investigate

The tga/png files in the 3DS version are not actually tga/png files, but rather custom 3DS texture files with ETC1 encoding and a 3DS swizzle applied to it. You can use Kuriimu2 to extract them, but it can't re-encode them. It is possible to use other tools like png2bclim to re-encode the image data, but they're made for other image formats with different headers, so you have to manually hex edit it to adjust it then... In the future I'd like to add support in RCP to convert them, but I haven't implemented that many swizzle algorithms yet and they're kinda a hassle (if someone wants to help that would also be great!). So unless you're comfortable with hex editing then it's sadly not possible atm. The most I can recommend is to use existing texture-replacement features in emulators.

[Dark loom]

The tga/png files in the 3DS version are not actually tga/png files, but rather custom 3DS texture files with ETC1 encoding and a 3DS swizzle applied to it. You can use Kuriimu2 to extract them, but it can't re-encode them. It is possible to use other tools like png2bclim to re-encode the image data, but they're made for other image formats with different headers, so you have to manually hex edit it to adjust it then... In the future I'd like to add support in RCP to convert them, but I haven't implemented that many swizzle algorithms yet and they're kinda a hassle (if someone wants to help that would also be great!). So unless you're comfortable with hex editing then it's sadly not possible atm. The most I can recommend is to use existing texture-replacement features in emulators.

I'm sorry, but I haven't been able to extract it with Kuriimu2, I don't know what I'm doing wrong :[

[Hunchman801]

Are you getting an errors? Posting them here should make it easier for us to help you.

[RayWizard]

Here's a preview of the animation editor. It's more or less done at this point, I just want to clean up the UI. Skeleton editor still has a few days to go.
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Does it work for other games like Rayman Junge Run. I probably expect it to not work with Legends (maybe it works in Legends idk)

[BrutalDookie777]

Does it work for other games like Rayman Jungle Run.

rayman jungle run and fiesta run both run on the same engine version as origins, so yea i guess

[Ramen Oranges]

Very close to being done with the editors. Here's a preview of Death Fairy with her updated design from Jungle Run. She has a new bone for her hair strand.

[BrutalDookie777]

yo this is SICK
im glad theres more news about this and it being showcased with adding news bones
although i have questions
1. how easy is it to use?
2. will this be updated in the future for legends? i dont think the animation system is too different there

[Ramen Oranges]

yo this is SICK
im glad theres more news about this and it being showcased with adding news bones
although i have questions
1. how easy is it to use?
2. will this be updated in the future for legends? i dont think the animation system is too different there

It's pretty easy to use. I don't know how different Legend's file format is from Origins so I can't promise anything, but it isn't out of the picture. Everything is more or less done now, I just need to make the ui look good. After that'll I'll have to figure out a dll mod loader (unless that's already a thing?). I'll probably release a test build for you guys to try out soon enough so you can let me know what features are missing/feeling poor.

[HazBlackSlick]

Will this apply to custom sprites or only native to the game?

[BrutalDookie777]

i guess both because if this works like ubicanvas then you can just insert the edited sprites in there as well as having the native ones

also @ramen oranges i think it'd be better just have it export the animation files with the name you want on it so you add it into the game with rayman control panel (which i think is the only RO modding tool out there)
and can this edit polylines (attack hitboxes)?