himegarip

Himegari Imperial Meister asset tools

Setup

Requirements

• NodeJS 8.x+
• UABE
• AssetStudio

Install

npm install

Prepare Directories

/assets
  /ab-chara       | Where AB for character sprites are stored
  /ab-event       | Where AB for event CG are stored
  /ab-ignore      | Where other possibly useful AB are stored
  /ab-new         | New AB you download should be placed here
  /ab-source      | After processing, move original AB here from ab-new
  /icon-chara     | Character list as seen from in-game's srpite viewer list
  /icon-event     | Character list as seen from in-game's event viewer list
  /img-chara      | Finished exports. Character PNG
  /img-event      | Finished exports. Event PNG
  /missing-chara  | Character list that shows which sprites are still missing
  /missing-event  | Character list that shows which events are still missing
/decomp
  /uabe           | The UABE in "Requirements" section
  /decomp.bat
/extension
  /...
/scripts
  /...

Prepare other files

/decomp/uabe/files.bat

+DIR <path_to_project>\assets\ab-new

+DIR C:\projects\himegarip\assets\ab-new

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Usage

Chrome Extension

• Navigate Chrome to: chrome://extensions/
• Enable "Developer Mode" on top-right
• Click on "Load unpacked" button on top-left
• Set directory to <path_to_project>/extension
• A new Himegari icon should show on your Chrome toolbar (right of address bar)
• Open the game
• Once the game is finished loading, press on the Himegari icon on toolbar
• A new page will show up like this chrome-extension://<random_extension_id>/rip.html
• Pressing "Turn On" button with listen to game
  • It will show when new AB files are loaded
  • The AB files that show up are clickable to download

Categorize Assets

• When you download AB files, place them into /assets/ab-new
• Run /decomp/decomp.bat and wait for it to finish
• Using NodeJS, run the main script npm run process and wait for it to finish
• Review if AB files are properly categorized under /assets/ab-chara and /assets/ab-event
• Move the remaining files in /assets/ab-new into /assets/ab-source

Extract Images

• Open AssetStudio and open the files in /assets/ab-chara
  • Filter > Texture2D
  • Export > Filtered assets
  • Browse to /assets/img-chara to export
• Again, use AssetStudio and open the files in /assets/ab-event
  • Filter > Texture2D
  • Export > Filtered assets
  • Browse to /assets/img-event to export

Optional: Refresh Character List

• TBD
• TBD
• TBD