Spring RTS Engine

I wanna "steal" some textures, so how to decompile maps?

Do i need to create own tool for that?
Or is there already a tool for it?

I don't think we have a tool for decompiling maps. At least, I haven't ever heard of one.

Your best bet is to ask the author of the map for the texture. I'm sure most of the mappers probably keep their textures lying around, or at least the tools to render it again.

definately ask, most guys will say: "sure..."

but if you don't ask, and you just take...

most guys are like: "KILL!!! KILL KILL KILL!!!"

just an fyi.

I agree it is always best to ask.

So i need to make that program myself...

AF has made a Tool to extract some things... but i don`t know which Maps it could get... i think it was Metall & Heightmap...

AI's (both global and group) have access to the internal representations of the height- , slope-, LOS-, radar-, jammer-, and metalmaps, so you can extract those and write them to an image fairly easily. If you want textures though you're out of luck.

Though Spring decompiles the texture like everytime you play the map *hint*

But I agree with other people, just ask the creator: if he allows you to use it & can give it to you it's easier anyway; and if he doesn't allow then you cannot use it, whether you can extract it or not.

what if the creator disappeared :S

Then you're out of luck.

And/or take my advice.

Tobi wrote:Though Spring decompiles the texture like everytime you play the map *hint*

And where are those images located at? Just in the RAM? And how i can access that? o_O

Couldnt find anything in the spring folders.

TradeMark wrote:

Tobi wrote:Though Spring decompiles the texture like everytime you play the map *hint*

And where are those images located at? Just in the RAM? And how i can access that? o_O

Couldnt find anything in the spring folders.

look in the source files and find where it does it?
it'd save it in video memory i'd think... but i dunno
if you don't know C++ either learn, or get someone else to do it for you

ok... this post was probably kinda useless... but meh

Why i would lose anything if i just put the pieces together? wtf.

TradeMark wrote:Why i would lose anything if i just put the pieces together? wtf.

The tiling algorithm replaces some details with "like" tiles... The higher the compression the less tiles it uses. When you restore the texture, you will see the tiles on the texture.. when you go to compile it again.. you lose even more detail because of the tiling compression.

Well, then i just use the placing data to place them to right places :)

So you mean it is impossible to get the textures?

Spring uses some magic wand to get them? thats so cool.