FEIDIAN v0.8a

posted in Utility Release by mfc on Feb 2nd, 2004

FEIDIAN, a graphics dumping utility written in PHP, has been updated yesterday. Here is what's new:

v0.8a

Major fix to the custom tile routine. The new hirearchy for custom tile letters is: [A-Z] [a-z] [2-9] [!?@*]

v0.8

COLOR! COLOR! AND THEN MORE COLOR! I finally got around to it. This means there are a few changes to the tile definition format. You can download any of the sample definitions (they've all been edited for compatability) from the page and have a look, or check out the definition template that comes with FEIDIAN now. Currently, all formats, 16 colors or under, in Klarth's console graphics document are supported, as well as some others. This means:
- 8x8 2bpp NES
- 16x16 2bpp NES
- 8x8 2bpp SNES/Gameboy/GBC
- 8x8 2bpp NeoGeo Pocket Color
- 8x8 2bpp Virtual Boy
- 8x8 3bpp SNES
- 8x8 4bpp SNES/PC-Engine
- 8x8 4bpp Game Gear/SMS/Wonderswan Color
- 8x8 4bpp Megadrive/X68000
There's also a few other tile definitions in development (I hear Kitsune is doing an MSX definition, which apparantly NOTHING supports).
Tile definitions can now include their own dump and insert functions (for any adventurous programmers out there). This probably isn't necessary, but it's nice to have available.
Tile definitions support planar or linear byte arrangement (compatability with Virtual Boy and NeoGeo Pocket Color)
Speed-up to tile padding

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