[Game Request] Shining Resonance Refrain / Valkyria Chronicles (embedded .DDS textures)

[andreiagmu]

With GARbro, I can already browse the packed files (*.cpk) from Shining Resonance Refrain.
But certain files actually contain .DDS textures that aren't directly visible in GARbro's UX, as they're embedded inside another format (e.g., .HTX, .MLX).

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Here's a tool made for Valkyria Chronicles, that extracts the .DDS textures from the game's .MLX, .HTX, and .exe files.

VC Texture extraction/replacement tool (by FluffyQuack)
https://www.fluffyquack.com/tools/VCtool.rar
https://www.fluffyquack.com/tools/source/VCtool.rar (source code)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=343016567 (short documentation)

From the linked Steam page:

All textures in the game are in DDS format. They're usually in MLX (files with models, textures, and/or other data), HTX (files containing only texture data), and Valkyria.exe (contains all the button prompt textures created for the PC port).

I haven't really tested on Valkyria Chronicles games.
But on Shining Resonance (which I believe uses the same engine as VC), I was able to extract the .DDS textures from .HTX files, at least.

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If this kind of "internal extraction" (e.g., display .DDS textures that are embedded inside .HTX files) is outside GARbro's scope, I understand.

In a similar way, Shining Resonance Refrain also has quite a few .BIN files that contain .HCA audio, that I managed to extract using VGMToolbox.
I guess this may also be outside GARBro's scope, but I just wanted to share this info, at least. 😸

[crskycode]

GARbro is all about Visual Novels. I'm not going to implement this for that kind of game—maybe someone else will. So I'll just leave this issue open.