[TEC] Modding SH3

[Anvart]

Hi, to lover of retro.

For starters, I think, you should find and look at old threads where answers on your questions are (may be).
At the beginning of 2006 year's ref, distinguished modder, published their work - Terrain Editor for SH3. I advise you to carefully read this topic and all subsequent, related, in SH3 and SH4 Workshops... where ref explains many things.
SH3 Terrain Editor - author ref:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...rain+Extractor
One of ref's replies:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...79&postcount=2
SH5 racerboy work:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=187355

Unfortunately I have not found my replica to racerboy... I found only 2 pictures:

 

In my explanation to the racerboy, I was talking that everything can be done using Photoshop:
1) load a Terrain Map (eg 4320_2160.raw);
2) Convert channel to indexed color mode;
3) load palette file Terrain.act as Color Table;
... and you can working with image... and so on.

Regards, Alex

P.S.

[Tycho]

Originally Posted by Anvart

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edit:
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[Tycho]

Next trick: Locations.cfg, renumbering.

If you add new things, you just go in the end of the file and add next [Location xxx].
But let's say, that you want to delete something in the middle of the file. Then you need to renumber all [Location xxx] below. And they may be a hundreds.
Well, someone with programming skills may do some script for that, but I don't have such skills. I have to use what is in my hands.
So, here is how I renumber, quick and easy, Locations.cfg with the help of Notepad and menu_1024_768.ini Renumbering Tool by h.sie
Such way, you may renumber also a: Dials.cfg or Commands_en.cfg

 

And I added a video about TerrainTypes.raw in the first post.

[Fahnenbohn]

There are so many different types zones ...

[Fahnenbohn]

I've found Helgoland, it's the white pixel.

Else, there is a problem : I've found 37 different shades of gray, instead of 33.

IDX that are not in Terrain.cfg :

red : IDX 34
green : IDX 9
blue : IDX 18
pink : IDX 0

[Fahnenbohn]

How the zones are simplified in Terrain.cfg

[Fahnenbohn]