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I've been "ripping" sprites for a while now, but it feels so inefficient, slow, and the more I search the interwebs, the more I know other sprite rippers don't use this method, and the way I see it being done feels like magic or something. What I do is screencap, erase background, cut and paste, rinse and repeat in MS Paint. It normally gets the job done after, like, two or more weeks per sheet.
I've been investigating some of the programs that other rippers use, and I tried tile molester and yy-chr. Those programs are supposed to be able to undistort distorted sprite tiles and transform them into their original graphics, right? So I looked up some tutorials and followed their directions on how to use the programs, and guess what I found out I could do?
Nothing! The only progress I've made is that the tiles get mildly less disorted but still indistiguishable, ten times MORE distorted, or recolored. I've even followed the directions to the letter on the same rom the tutorial used, and still failed epically. So, the way I see it, I'm either overcomplicating it, underestimating its difficulty, or repeatedly missing some crucial detail that screws up the way I follow the directions. I know this is probably posted a lot in the forum, but can someone please help me out? Thanks in advance.
I've been "ripping" sprites for a while now, but it feels so inefficient, slow, and the more I search the interwebs, the more I know other sprite rippers don't use this method, and the way I see it being done feels like magic or something. What I do is screencap, erase background, cut and paste, rinse and repeat in MS Paint. It normally gets the job done after, like, two or more weeks per sheet.
I've been investigating some of the programs that other rippers use, and I tried tile molester and yy-chr. Those programs are supposed to be able to undistort distorted sprite tiles and transform them into their original graphics, right? So I looked up some tutorials and followed their directions on how to use the programs, and guess what I found out I could do?
Nothing! The only progress I've made is that the tiles get mildly less disorted but still indistiguishable, ten times MORE distorted, or recolored. I've even followed the directions to the letter on the same rom the tutorial used, and still failed epically. So, the way I see it, I'm either overcomplicating it, underestimating its difficulty, or repeatedly missing some crucial detail that screws up the way I follow the directions. I know this is probably posted a lot in the forum, but can someone please help me out? Thanks in advance.