NeoPal - Neo Geo Palette Editor?

[nestea]

Bum buuum...

Bum buuuum...

BUM BUUUUUUUUM!



I've come with an editor I've made in a day. It can edit any Neo-Geo palette.

But in fear of people using this to make fake arcade games, should I release this?

[Kazuya_UK]

Hi and welcome to the forums

That looks pretty cool. I don't think it's a big deal if you do release it - people out there who want to release bootleg/hacked arcade games already have the facility to do so, in fact there are already lots of hacked roms with different palettes and stuff floating about, and we've already seen hacked games like KOF 2004/KOF 10th Anniversary/Crouching Tiger. Your tool will just make a it a bit easier for other people who would like to mess around with the colour palettes on their roms a bit.

Are there any other tools like this already floating about?

Kaz

[nestea]

Thanks for the welcome.

I doubt there are any other tools like this floating around. KOF2K4, KOF10TH, and CTHD2003 all seem to be made by better, perhaps official, tools. Hence the bug-less backgrounds and other changes.

I'll release it to this forum only, for now. All the bugs aren't fixed, (it won't remind you to save, nor will it handle negative numbers and letters on the box) and there is no help file. So I'll just put the essentials here.

stc.aftervision.com/Nestea/NeoPalv09.exe <-- The program (it's small)
stc.aftervision.com/Nestea/NeoPalSample.txt <-- Some SNK Vs. Capcom values (works with all versions)

Instructions are simple:
* Take the file with "p1" on it out of the ZIP file.
* Open NeoPal and load it.
* Enter one of the numbers above in the box and hit Reload.
* Hit the big boxes to move left and right.
* If you've played a fighting game with this kind of option, you know how it works (except that it's harder without knowing what you're editing)
* Save it and put the file back in the ZIP file.
* Run the game.

If you want to send your edit to someone, just do it like the other games. Make a list of the edited values (like "28 11 23 | 24 01 23 |") or use IPS patches.

So far, the only values that I've noted are the SNK Vs. Capcom values. I can find more. Just request the game.

[Kazuya_UK]

Thanks! I'll give it a try when I get a chance. Anyone else tried it yet?

Kaz

[blastar]

nestea:
nice beginning but only useful for simple hacks, are you able to create some tools for free neogeo-development? a win32 fix- or spriteviewer with edit-funktion would be nice!

blastar...

[nestea]

Probably not. I don't know anything about the Neo-Geo sprite layout.

[blastar]

i can send you some doc's & src's in c (sprite- & fixviewer for plain dos) if it helps?!

blastar...

[nestea]

NeoPal was programmed in Visual Basic. I'm too lazy to learn Visual C++. Though I do know a little about C.

Meh, I'll figure it out. In the meantime, does nobody want me to search for character palettes?

[son_jason]

I'll give this a look at a bit later, looks interesting.

Any chance of a yamazaki pallette?

[nestea]

Which game?

[son_jason]

kof 98

[nestea]

Until I develop a list. Here is the Yamazaki LP palette:

3037168

This is in the P2 rom, not the P1.

[Kazuya_UK]

If anyone uses this to change anything in game, take some screenshots and show us your work! ;D

Kaz

[nestea]

The King of Fighters '98: The Slugfest (p2)
-CHARACTERS-
2988016 - Kyo LP
2988528 - Kyo LK
2989040 - Kyo HP
2989552 - Kyo HK
2990064 - Benimaru LP
2990576 - Benimaru LK
2991088 - Benimaru HP
2991600 - Benimaru HK
2992112 - Daimon LP
2992624 - Daimon LK
2993136 - Daimon HP
2993648 - Daimon HK
2994160 - Terry LP
2994672 - Terry HP
2995184 - Terry LK
2995696 - Terry HK
2996208 - Andy LP
2996720 - Andy LK
2997232 - Andy HP
2997744 - Andy HK
2998256 - Joe LP
2998768 - Joe LK
2999280 - Joe HP
2999792 - Joe HK
3000304 - Ryo LP
3000816 - Ryo LK
3001328 - Ryo HP
3001840 - Ryo HK
3002352 - Robert LP
3002864 - Robert LK
3003376 - Robert HP
3003888 - Robert HK
3004400 - Yuri LP
3004912 - Yuri LK
3005424 - Yuri HP
3005936 - Yuri HK
3006448 - Leona LP
3006960 - Leona LK
3007472 - Leona HP
3007984 - Leona HK
3008496 - Ralf LP
3009008 - Ralf LK
3009520 - Ralf HP
3010032 - Ralf HK
3010544 - Clark LP
3011056 - Clark LK
3011568 - Clark HP
3012080 - Clark HK
3012592 - Athena LP
3013104 - Athena LK
3013616 - Athena HP
3014128 - Athena HK
3014640 - Kensou LP
3015152 - Kensou LK
3015664 - Kensou HP
3016176 - Kensou HK
3016688 - Chin LP
3017200 - Chin LK
3017712 - Chin HP
3018224 - Chin HK
3018736 - Chizuru LP
3019248 - Chizuru LK
3019760 - Chizuru HP
3020272 - Chizuru HK
3020784 - Mai LP
3021296 - Mai LK
3021808 - Mai HP
3022320 - Mai HK
3022832 - King LP
3023344 - King LK
3023856 - King HP
3024368 - King HK
3024880 - Kim LP
3025392 - Kim LK
3025904 - Kim HP
3026416 - Kim HK
3026928 - Chang LP
3027440 - Chang LK
3027952 - Chang HP
3028464 - Chang HK
3028976 - Choi LP
3029488 - Choi LK
3030000 - Choi HP
3030512 - Choi HK
3031024 - Yashiro LP
3031536 - Yashiro LK
3032048 - Yashiro HP
3032560 - Yashiro HK
3033072 - Shermie LP
3033584 - Shermie LK
3034096 - Shermie HP
3034608 - Shermie HK
3035120 - Chris LP
3035632 - Chris LK
3036144 - Chris HP
3036656 - Chris HK
3037168 - Yamazaki LP
3037680 - Yamazaki LK
3038192 - Yamazaki HP
3038704 - Yamazaki HK
3039216 - Mary LP
3039728 - Mary LK
3040240 - Mary HP
3040752 - Mary HK
3041264 - Billy LP
3041776 - Billy LK
3042288 - Billy HP
3042800 - Billy HK
3043312 - Iori LP
3043824 - Iori LK
3044336 - Iori HP
3044848 - Iori HK
3045360 - Mature LP
3045872 - Mature LK
3046384 - Mature HP
3046896 - Mature HK
3047408 - Vice LP
3047920 - Vice LK
3048432 - Vice HP
3048944 - Vice HK
3049456 - Heidern LP
3049968 - Heidern LK
3050480 - Heidern HP
3050992 - Heidern HK
3051504 - Takuma LP
3052016 - Takuma LK
3052528 - Takuma HP
3053040 - Takuma HK
3053552 - Saisyu LP
3054064 - Saisyu LK
3054576 - Saisyu HP
3055088 - Saisyu HK
3055600 - Heavy D! LP
3056112 - Heavy D! LK
3056624 - Heavy D! HP
3057136 - Heavy D! HK
3057648 - Lucky LP
3058160 - Lucky LK
3058672 - Lucky HP
3059184 - Lucky HK
3059696 - Brian LP
3060208 - Brian LK
3060720 - Brian HP
3061232 - Brian HK
3061744 - Rugal LP
3062256 - Rugal LK
3062768 - Rugal HP
3063280 - Rugal HK
3063792 - Shingo LP
3064304 - Shingo LK
3064816 - Shingo HP
3065328 - Shingo HK
3065840 - Orochi Yashiro LP
3066352 - Orochi Yashiro LK
3066864 - Orochi Yashiro HP
3067376 - Orochi Yashiro HK
3067888 - Orochi Shermie LP
3068400 - Orochi Shermie LK
3068912 - Orochi Shermie HP
3069424 - Orochi Shermie HK
3069936 - Orochi Chris LP
3070448 - Orochi Chris LK
3070960 - Orochi Chris HP
3071472 - Orochi Chris HK
3071984 - Omega Rugal LP
3072496 - Omega Rugal LK
3073008 - Omega Rugal HP
3073520 - Omega Rugal HK

I know where the in-game portraits and the versus portraits are, but I haven't composed a list of them yet.

[Kazuya_UK]

Nice, thanks! I might mess around with this over the weekend when I get time ;D

Kaz