Convert PNG images into Sega Master System tile format.
It is written in C++ and requires the libpng library. It should be fairly portable.
This project is heavily inspired by Maxim's BMP2Tile application https://github.com/maxim-zhao/bmp2tile
png2tile <filename> [options]
Option Effect
-[no]removedupes Enable/disable the removal of duplicate tiles
*default (-removedupes)
-[no]mirror Enable/disable tile mirroring to further optimise
duplicates *default (-mirror)
-tilesize <size> '8x8' Treat tile data as 8x8 *default*
'8x16' Treat tile data as 8x16
-tileformat <format> 'planar' Output tileset data in Planar format. *default*
'chunky' Output tileset data in chunky
(two pixels per byte) format.
-tileoffset <n> The starting index of the first tile. *Default is 0.
The offset can be specified in either decimal or hex
Hex numbers prefixed with 0x eg. 0x1A
-spritepalette Set the tilemap bit to make tiles use the sprite palette.
*Default is unset.
-infrontofsprites Set the tilemap bit to make tiles appear in front of
sprites. *Default is unset.
-pal <format> Palette output format
gen Output the palette in GEN/MD colour format
sms Output the palette in SMS colour format
gg Output the palette in GG colour format
sms_cl123 Output the palette in SMS colour format
eg cl123, cl333, cl001
-savetiles <filename>
Save tile data to <filename>.
-savetilemap <filename>
Save tilemap data to <filename>.
-savepalette <filename>
Save palette data to <filename>.
-savetileimage <filename>
Save tileset data as a PNG image.
-savetmx <filename>
Save tilemap and corresponding tileset in the Tiled
mapeditor TMX format.
-binary
Output binary files instead of asm source files.
Ignored for sms_cl123 palette format, TMX, and PNG output.