Fossil Fighters Assets Extractor v2.2.0

Change Logs from v2.1.0:

• CLI: Changed the behavior of convert dtx command such that it uses a new json file format.
• CLI: Added convert dmg command to convert the generated json file to dmg file format.
• GUI: Fixed nds rom checksum so you can run in bootloader mode.
• CLI: Decompress will now not output extra stuff unless --extra argument is supplied.
• CORE: Fixed images/sprites that uses 16 bytes color palette.

Extra Files Supported:

• motion folder - Containing UI/Sprites.
• image folder - Containing Background Images / misc.
• text folder - Containing Game Texts.
• msg folder - Containing Game Message Texts.

Note:

• For image, you are required to have both the corresponding *_arc.bin file and the target image file in order to work. You will only need to drag the folder containing these files to bulk extract them :)
• For music, you can use https://github.com/Kermalis/VGMusicStudio/releases/tag/v0.2.1 (Require the snd_data.sdat file in etc folder)
• For GUI version, decompression DO NOT export extra file other than the origin bin files.
• CLI and GUI version are standalone, they do not depend on each other. Although GUI version do require the dll/so/dylib files in order to run.

For CLI (fftool):
To use this program, simply drag the file / folder that you want to decompress into the fftool and it will do the job for you.

For GUI (fftoolgui):
Double click fftoolgui.exe or use the console to open the program ./fftoolgui. Sorry in advance that linux and macOS users will need to use the console to open the program.

Fossil Fighters Assets Extractor v2.1.0

Change Logs from v2.0.0:

• CLI: Changed the behavior of compress command such that using -c options will now ignore meta.json file.
• CLI: Changed the behavior of compress command such that using -c options with the following -c none -c <whatever> will now be automatically fix to -c <whatever> as order does matter.
• CLI: Changed the behavior of compress command such that included file names had to be numbers only and exclude the output file name as well.
• CLI: Added convert dtx command to convert the generated json file to dtx file format. Old generated json file from v2.0.0 and below are not supported.
• GUI: Added nds output file that trims the dsi header and data.
• GUI: Added progress bar for responsiveness
• GUI: Added a way to cancel an ongoing compression.

Extra Files Supported:

• motion folder - Containing UI/Sprites.
• image folder - Containing Background Images / misc.
• text folder - Containing Game Texts.
• msg folder - Containing Game Message Texts.

Note:

• For image, you are required to have both the corresponding *_arc.bin file and the target image file in order to work. You will only need to drag the folder containing these files to bulk extract them :)
• For music, you can use https://github.com/Kermalis/VGMusicStudio/releases/tag/v0.2.1 (Require the snd_data.sdat file in etc folder)
• For GUI version, decompression DO NOT export extra file other than the origin bin files.
• CLI and GUI version are standalone, they do not depend on each other. Although GUI version do require the dll/so/dylib files in order to run.

For CLI (fftool):
To use this program, simply drag the file / folder that you want to decompress into the fftool and it will do the job for you.

For GUI (fftoolgui):
Double click fftoolgui.exe or use the console to open the program ./fftoolgui. Sorry in advance that linux and macOS users will need to use the console to open the program.

Fossil Fighters Assets Extractor v2.0.0

Change Logs from v1.8.0:

• Added a few more dummy error checking.
• Added fftoolgui which is a GUI version of the Fossil Fighters Tool. (Sorry for macOS, you have to open via console as it would be a pain to sign the app via the app bundle)
• Changed the meta.json output to a more friendly version. Old meta.json files are still supported.

Extra Files Supported:

• motion folder - Containing UI/Sprites.
• image folder - Containing Background Images / misc.
• text folder - Containing Game Texts.
• msg folder - Containing Game Message Texts.

Note:

• For image, you are required to have both the corresponding *_arc.bin file and the target image file in order to work. You will only need to drag the folder containing these files to bulk extract them :)
• For music, you can use https://github.com/Kermalis/VGMusicStudio/releases/tag/v0.2.1 (Require the snd_data.sdat file in etc folder)
• For GUI version, decompression DO NOT export extra file other than the origin bin files. This is not supported yet as of yet.

For CLI (fftool):
To use this program, simply drag the file / folder that you want to decompress into the fftool and it will do the job for you.

For GUI (fftoolgui):
Double click fftoolgui.exe or use the console to open the program ./fftoolgui. Sorry in advance that macOS users need to use the console to open the program.

Fossil Fighters Assets Extractor v1.8.0

Change Logs from v1.7.0:

• Fixed RLE compression yet again for a pretty rare case that I forget to handle.
• Added the ability to define metaFile selection when compressing via compress -mf <file> where file by default is "meta.json"
• Removed the convert command as that is not a finished feature. Sorry that it was actually shown in the help menu.

Extra Files Supported:

• motion folder - Containing UI/Sprites.
• image folder - Containing Background Images / misc.
• text folder - Containing Game Texts.
• msg folder - Containing Game Message Texts.

Note:

• For image, you are required to have both the corresponding *_arc.bin file and the target image file in order to work. You will only need to drag the folder containing these files to bulk extract them :)
• For music, you can use https://github.com/Kermalis/VGMusicStudio/releases/tag/v0.2.1 (Require the snd_data.sdat file in etc folder)

To use this program, simply drag the file / folder that you want to decompress into the fftool and it will do the job for you.

Fossil Fighters Assets Extractor v1.7.0

Change Logs from v1.6.0:

• Added file metadata as "meta.json" for compression.
• Added read only json text file output for supported bin files.

Extra Files Supported:

• motion folder - Containing UI/Sprites.
• image folder - Containing Background Images / misc.
• text folder - Containing Game Texts.
• msg folder - Containing Game Message Texts.

Note:

• For image, you are required to have both the corresponding *_arc.bin file and the target image file in order to work. You will only need to drag the folder containing these files to bulk extract them :)
• For music, you can use https://github.com/Kermalis/VGMusicStudio/releases/tag/v0.2.1 (Require the snd_data.sdat file in etc folder)

To use this program, simply drag the file / folder that you want to decompress into the fftool and it will do the job for you.

Fossil Fighters Assets Extractor v1.6.0

Change Logs from v1.5.0:

• Added a feature to directly extract from .nds file. (Simply drag the nds file into the program)
• Added json text file output for text and msg folder contents.

Extra Files Supported:

• motion folder - Containing UI/Sprites.
• image folder - Containing Background Images / misc.
• text folder - Containing Game Texts.
• msg folder - Containing Game Message Texts.

Note:

• For image, you are required to have both the corresponding *_arc.bin file and the target image file in order to work. You will only need to drag the folder containing these files to bulk extract them :)
• For music, you can use https://github.com/Kermalis/VGMusicStudio/releases/tag/v0.2.1 (Require the snd_data.sdat file in etc folder)
• Only the 0.bin output files are able to be compressed. Custom outputs like images and json text files are not supported.

To use this program, simply drag the file / folder that you want to decompress into the fftool and it will do the job for you.

Fossil Fighters Assets Extractor v1.5.0

Change Logs from v1.4.0:

• Fixed lzss compression mode.
• Fixed command line bug if it matches some default commands like --version

Extra Files Supported:

• motion folder - Containing UI/Sprites.
• image folder - Containing Background Images / misc.

Note:

• You are required to extract the Fossil Fighters or Fossil Fighters Champion ROM contents by using third party tools. (Nitro Explorer 3 / Crystal Tiles / Desmume)
• For image, you are required to have both the corresponding *_arc.bin file and the target image file in order to work. You will only need to drag the folder containing these files to bulk extract them :)
• For music, you can use https://github.com/Kermalis/VGMusicStudio/releases/tag/v0.2.1 (Require the snd_data.sdat file in etc folder)

To use this program, simply drag the file / folder that you want to decompress into the fftool and it will do the job for you.

Fossil Fighters Assets Extractor v1.4.0

Change Logs from v1.3.0:

• Fixed image folder bug where pixels are incorrect due to BG mapping. Now it should be able to handle every image file.
• Fixed lzss compression mode. (RLE remains broken)
• Added icon for the cli tool.

Extra Files Supported:

• motion folder - Containing UI/Sprites.
• image folder - Containing Background Images / misc.

Note:

• You are required to extract the Fossil Fighters or Fossil Fighters Champion ROM contents by using third party tools. (Nitro Explorer 3 / Crystal Tiles / Desmume)
• For image, you are required to have both the corresponding *_arc.bin file and the target image file in order to work. You will only need to drag the folder containing these files to bulk extract them :)
• For music, you can use https://github.com/Kermalis/VGMusicStudio/releases/tag/v0.2.1 (Require the snd_data.sdat file in etc folder)

To use this program, simply drag the file / folder that you want to decompress into the fftool and it will do the job for you.

Fossil Fighters Assets Extractor v1.3.0

Change Logs from v1.2.0:

• Added more image folder support. (Not all files would generate or would generate properly)
• Added file compression back to MAR format. (For raw binary files)
• Added command line interface

Extra Files Supported:

• motion folder - Containing UI/Sprites.
• image folder - Containing Background Images / misc.

Note:

• You are required to extract the Fossil Fighters or Fossil Fighters Champion ROM contents by using third party tools. (Nitro Explorer 3 / Crystal Tiles / Desmume)
• For image, you are required to have both the corresponding *_arc.bin file and the target image file in order to work. You will only need to drag the folder containing these files to bulk extract them :)
• For music, you can use https://github.com/Kermalis/VGMusicStudio/releases/tag/v0.2.1 (Require the snd_data.sdat file in etc folder)

To use this program, simply drag the file / folder that you want to decompress into the fftool and it will do the job for you.

Fossil Fighters Assets Extractor v1.2.0

Change Logs from v1.1.0:

• Added image folder support. (Not all files would generate or would generate properly)
• Fixed RLE decompression size.
• Added decompression size verification.

Extra Files Supported:

• motion folder - Containing UI/Sprites.
• image folder - Containing Background Images / misc.

Note:

• You are required to extract the Fossil Fighters or Fossil Fighters Champion ROM contents by using third party tools. (Nitro Explorer 3 / Crystal Tiles / Desmume)
• This is a one way decompression and as such, you won't be able to edit and re-insert into the game just yet.
• There is no UI or command in the program just yet.
• For image, you are required to have both the corresponding *_arc.bin file and the target image file in order to work. You will only need to drag the folder containing these files to bulk extract them :)
• For music, you can use https://github.com/Kermalis/VGMusicStudio/releases/tag/v0.2.1 (Require the snd_data.sdat file in etc folder)

To use this program, simply drag the file / folder that you want to decompress into the Fossil Fighters Tool.exe and it will do the job for you.