Chrono Cross Backgrounds

[utunnels]

http://www.chronocompendium.com/Forums/index.php/topic,6779.msg134828.html#msg134828
I talked to Faust in this topic before about the debugger.
It can output GPU log so you can know how the game draws the graphics.

What you need to to:

• Run the game using that pcsx debugger(it uses same plugins as epsxe, you also need a bios file), Configuration->CPU->Enable Interpreter CPU(Checked).
• F1 to save a savestate(don't to that in battle, CG nor menu).
• F3 to reload the savestate, and the debugger will be paused.
• Check "Chain break" in the debugger window.
• Click "Resume CPU" in the debugger window, 3 times, it will log enough informations.
• Click "Dump" button in the debugger window once.
• Close the emulator.
• Cut "gpu.log" and paste it under "dump" folder.
• Download my tool from this topic, un-pack it under the debugger's "dump" folder.
• Run the tool and the background will be saved as "bg.bmp".
• Use whatever paint software to clip the picture, the background is pure black you know.

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[utunnels]

Leene square's ruin.

I checked the Encyclopedia, it seems some backgrounds are already done, so I don't want to do duplicated jobs, just made some pictures for fun.

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Another Cape Howl Sunset, you will notice the sunshine effect is missing, that's because it is not a sprite effect, this tool only renders normal 2D sprites.

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Background. The scene has 2 scroll layers. Although you have to edit GPU log to delete some sprites from display.
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Foreground.
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Worldmap - Another

I tested the ghost ship mist, which uses alpha blend. Although I commented out that section in the code, because I'm lazy to read GPU document so leave it alone for a while.

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SS Invincible Deck

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SS Invincible's Captain Room

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Another Termina - Smith

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Karsh's Room

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Glenn's Room?

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Bend of Time

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Guldove - Right Tower

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Divine Dragon Falls

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Divine Dragon Shrine

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Starky's Ship

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Hermit Hideout - Burnt out

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Hermit Hideout -Basement

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Another Viper Manor - Front Yard

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Library

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Death's Door

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Opassa Beach

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[FaustWolf]

utunnels, you're amazing!

[utunnels]

Updated some links.

Perhaps I shall make a package, but it will be a huge file.

[FaustWolf]

ZeaLitY loves huge files.

[ZeaLitY]

Yes, I'll happily take it and even offer all the backgrounds as a download since they are pretty nice pieces of art. And I'll begin adding these to the encyclopedia, using the room list on the File Structure page to check off what we have and don't have (special scenes are VERY important, like the image of Chronopolis fighter jets battling Dinopolis, Dinopolis in its home world, etc.).

[utunnels]

The problem is all 3d models are not rendered.
For example, wave effects/S.S. Invincible on world map, pinwheels in Leena's house, gates/doors in Viper Manor, and the bridge in this picture.

[FaustWolf]

I've been cataloguing the various field models Vehek isolated earlier, so hopefully we'll have those rendered soon, once I'm done creating a model pack.

[ZeaLitY]

I checked the Encyclopedia, it seems some backgrounds are already done, so I don't want to do duplicated jobs, just made some pictures for fun.

Only Van's room in Termina and Nadia's Bell in the Dead Sea.

Hm, 3D models aren't so bad a problem...I guess if it only causes a serious misrepresentation of the area would it be a problem. In fact, it's interesting to see what's behind those objects...

[utunnels]

I've been cataloguing the various field models Vehek isolated earlier, so hopefully we'll have those rendered soon, once I'm done creating a model pack.

Yeah, in fact all those commands are sent to GPU even if the object is not in the display area. Maybe a custom video plugin can draw all of them and output as a picture, but as I know there's no such plugin designed for this feature.

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I packed some of the backgrounds.
I know rapidshare sucks, but I can't find a better site...boxstr is always down for me, and mediafire is slow these days.

http://rapidshare.com/files/191896290/ccbg.rar.html

[FaustWolf]

Oh man, those sleek Chronopolis jets flying over the icebergs of 12,000BC...it's so beautiful.

Huge thanks utunnels!

[utunnels]

Hehe, it sucks there's no save points  before that scene.

There are some duplicated pictures in the package I think. For example, Cape Howl Cave and Cape How Cave Sunset are the same one, the game only changes the light effect.

[utunnels]

Darn, I read a wrongly translated document which took me a long time to figure out how sprite transparency works.

Anyway I've updated the code so it now can deal with semi-transparency tiles, although there are only a few of them.
http://www.chronocompendium.com/Forums/index.php/topic,6904.msg141577.html#msg141577

This platform is a typical example.


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[Abel]

Hey utunnels,

Is it possible to snag the background for Lucca's house by chance and/or Chronopolis ?

[utunnels]

It's only a matter of time.
I've made more than 130 pictures by now, but I found some earlier version has some problems since the earlier code doesn't contain alpha blend feature. For example, Isle of damned, those mirrors are semi-transparency.