DKC Atlas Forum

well I did offer to map the bonus rooms for DK1 but I don't think there is any point in me doing it Simion since you have a much more accurate way of doing it.

Cool. So all the bonus rooms for a particular level are joined together like that? Or did you tell your extractor to join them? I think I see a seem joining the second bonus with the first?

I voted snow levels. I found them the most chalenging. And I loved the dynamic snow effects.

Great work Simion! Got a few curiosities. :) - Probably obvious but are you also going to include extraction of sprites/background objects in png formats like you did with the level tiles? - How did you manage to accurately include the alpha channels? This was the most impressive part of the program...

Those are some really inspirational shots! I really need to do some more 3D Modeling. I think those jungles in crysis are bit too realistic for DKC though. But they would deffinitely still be amazing in a 3D dk game. In Turok2 there are also some pretty good jungle/ruin type environments.

Thanks for your reply Simion. I guess having your own code is definitely better. Would make it easy to modify add your own graphics and whatnot. The SMW editor was way too complicated to modify the looks of sprites (you have mess around with pallets using weird tile editors). The only thing I’m wond...

Wow amazing hack. I really wish there was an editor like Lunar Magic that uses the actual game engine to make custom levels. Simon - I am not at all criticizing you level builder so don't worry. :) But i'm curious. How is your editor going to work? The program your developing is a standalone piece o...

Never heard of this game before... Kinda out of the gamming loop lately. :oops: but I just read the Okami review on ign and looked at some videos. Looks like a very good game. http://wii.ign.com/articles/865/865958p1.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; but I'm leaning towards Mario j...

Hmm. Well Brawl does look like the best Smash Bros game in the series and I would actually get it if I was a fan of 'fighting' games. I'm sure there are quite a few other good games for the Wii but I usually get drawn towards certain games that just 'feel' like games I will like. Usually those games...

I'm thinking on buying a new game for my Wii. It's been so long since I truely played a game. Last I played was metroid prime3 and before that was WindWaker. Now I'm feeling game deprived lately. ;) So I was thinking on Zelda Twilight Princess, Super Mario Galaxy or wait for Mario Kart. I want all 3...

That video was hilarious. Should be interesting and more challenging playing the level facing the wrong way…

Awesome stuff Qyzbud! Having a guide like this surpasses any printed strategy guide. :) - The functionality in your demo seems good to me. Maybe a toggle indicator for each of the layers would be nice so you know if a particular layer is on/off. - I think you need a way of enlarging the map. Like a ...

Yea keep it simple. You will probably end up changing it anyways to make it look better and i'm sure people will have suggestions or comments

I am thinking on mapping the bonus rooms for DK1. Is that ok?

Wow I thought there was something wrong with my eyes for a sec. The formatting of your website looks perfect now. I didn’t realize how much better your site would look once it was properly displayed. Thanks!

Neat! I wonder if DKC2/3 has this kind of left over stuff.

Kong-Fu wrote:Whoa. I wonder what they look like with the banana bunch in them.

Maybe the actual graphics exist somewhere in the game?

Here are the scans. I found these on underground gamer and they are bit blown out. I did a quick search on google and couldn't find any better scans. Sorry.

Edit - I couldn't upload the original full page from nintendo power. Said file size too big. It was 741k.

Cool. Well take your time. I like how you can see the final death poses after you kill a baddie and the stationary animations. I kinda wanted something like for animation reference incase I ever decided to animate one of the characters in the game. Good work!

Great patch Simion. I finally got around to trying it. This seems like it will be useful for ripping animations now that the sprites stay still.

I noticed a small bug though. The Slippas in Reptile Rumble move 1pixel about every 5 seconds.

Most of my finished map terrain is extracted directly from savestates, not from screenshots at all. Savestates? How exactly did you extract the maps using savestates? I tried using a tile extractor before and I needed to use savestates to find the right colour pallet. Is this kinda what your doing?...

Good vid Cody. Thanks! I was thinking it would be nice to have the background layers as well. Maybe not for the guides but as visual reference or for purists like me :). I doubt it’s an easy task to merge the background and foreground layers after you take the screenshots. There are also special eff...

hmm did I miss that guide under the spoiler or did you just add now? oops

That step-by-step guide is perfect. Thanks Qyzbud! Will you also talk about the camera codes, the freeze code and how they tie in with the mapping?

Once I know what I’m doing I may pitch in and make a map or two.

That's cool Simion! Any plans for a DKC1 map extraction tool? The reason I brought up the tut was because at first glance reading the forums I have no idea how to extract the maps from DK1 the way you guys are doing it. I haven't actually tried though and seems pretty straightforward but I just thou...

I think it would be good if the bonus rooms were done to, and it would make sense as a guide because some of them can be a bit confusing at first(Glimmer's Galleon). Would anyone care to make a short tutorial on how to to extract the maps in the most accurate and efficient way? That may help this pr...

Sooner or later I will scan more stuff in. That particular guide only has 3 useful rarware renders, so it would be pointless to scan the entire thing in unless someone here can read Japanese.

Geeze lol. Sine when does grammar matter on forums....

Qyz says : Before I read this, could you edit in some capitals? :ugeek: how about we just call it a red "pencil crayon"... ;) good idea about the globe. i do have a larger unedited/uncompressed version which would look cleaner but it still won't be very sharp and you would see the laser d...

Wrinkly's Kong Kollege Here are some crops of a scan I took from a Jap players guide. The quality/colour isn't the best but you can see more details. - Looks like a waste basket and not a DKC barrel - Its a crayon not a pen - clock reads 4:05 - Also look at the Chalkboard and the bell and compare i...

ahh that makes sense now. you are correct. I have my dpi setting in the windows "Display Properties" set higher then the normal setting. I like having my resolution set at the highest becuase it makes everything look sharper and especially with lcds because they have fixed resolutions. But...

well i dunno why its like that on my end. But I had a prob with my website in the past where the menus were working fine until windows update upgrade IE. Then I found out I was missing some code on my page which was preventing it from working. Maybe something similer is happening here? or maybe ther...

ok I took screens of what I see on my end in Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2. I don't conider this a format error but even the "previous/next buttons" are formated differently in IE/FF. I have the same issue on my website that I need to workout. I think you would need to standardize the ...

I really like the arrows that link to the next page. Great idea! but it may make the page look a little neater if the arrows were below the main tittle rather then above. lol I like the pic you choose for Ropey Rampage. It fits the name perfectly. It may be a tad bit dark though. by the way I use IE...

Hmm you could always add categories, combine them or move things around. I noticed that you placed the categories so that the length of the text is smaller on the left/right and larger in the center. Or maybe that was coincidence. I tried something similar below. Now the main content on your site (w...

lol after looking at that list again, they all seem a bit babyish... anyways... I like 'Factfiles', 'Resources' and "Studies & Docs". They all seem to fit with the contents of the menus. I think "Level Info" might be better with something more descriptive instead of "Inf...

Yea I agree with cfh. What you have right now is clear and descriptive.

Qyzbud is it the word "Oddities" that is bothering you about the current title?

How 'bout Secrets and Findings? or "Findings and Secrets" j/k hehe I know these are lame but here goes.... Treasures Treasure Maps ← DKC 'Atlas' Theme? Island Treasure Island Secrets DK Island Secrets DKC Treasures Treasure Cove Treasure Cave Treasures and Secrets Secrets and Treasures Se...

Sorry if this has been asked already. Will you have the option of choosing different forum skins? like a defualt(this one) and a dkc1 or perhaps a dkc2 etc.

Well I reversed engineered a website and got the code for that thumbnail image enlarge thing. :) If you look at the source you will see there’s a JavaScript file. You need that file for the script to work. Its pretty easy to set up. But I know nothing about JavaScript, I just deleted alot of the cod...

oh crap i'm sorry i forgot to log in and clicked the submit button not preview. grrrr anyways... I have added pictures to the warp guide now. Mouse over to enlarge them. I'm fairly happy with it, but I'm sure it can still be improved. Your thoughts? I think its much better now with the images. I act...

What? How can these forum colours hurt your eyes? I quite like the the colour skeme and layout of these forums. It feels friendly and clean. While they aren't 'DKC" colours per se they do kinda go with the rest of this site in my opinion. The DKU on the other hand... oh my that hurts my eyes an...

Hey Qyzbud. Just a thought... can't you just 'freeze' the state in zsnes so the baddies don't move? also what about the extra bg layers that were missing in that beta map? I quite like that map though very well done.

ps. I really like the layout and colour skeme of these forums.