ROM Hack How do I Open Apicula?

[Ray2001]

Hello, new member here!


I recently decided to try and make a mod for Diddy Kong Racing DS, I got Apicula. However, the exe doesn’t open, it just closes immediately after opening it. I don’t know if the source code is needed, I saw no mention of the source code on Github.

If anyone could help, that’d be fantastic!

 

[Alexander1970]

Good Morning and Welcome.

Hello, new member here!


I recently decided to try and make a mod for Diddy Kong Racing DS, I got Apicula. However, the exe doesn’t open, it just closes immediately after opening it. I don’t know if the source code is needed, I saw no mention of the source code on Github.

If anyone could help, that’d be fantastic!

https://github.com/scurest/apicula

Usage​

To search a ROM (or any other file) for Nitro files and extract them
apicula extract <INPUT FILE> -o <OUTPUT DIR>
To view models
apicula view <NITRO FILES>
To convert models to COLLADA .dae files
apicula convert <NITRO FILES> -o <OUTPUT DIR>
To convert models to glTF .glb files
apicula convert -f=glb <NITRO FILES> -o <OUTPUT DIR>
To get technical information about the given Nitro files
apicula info <NITRO FILES>
To receive further help

apicula help

See also the tutorial on the process of extracting .nsbXX files from a ROM, converting them to COLLADA, and importing them into Blender.



This Tool is a "Commando based" Tool,you need the WINDOWS COMMAND PROMPT,no GUI for Windows.

 

[Ray2001]

Oh, the Windows Command Prompt? I’ll loom it up!

Post automatically merged: Oct 15, 2022

I'm using Command Prompt Portable right now as I couldn't find the Windows Command Prompt, when pasting the commands in, I get an error(s) saying that they're not recognized as an internal or eternal command.

 

[banjo2]

I recently decided to try and make a mod for Diddy Kong Racing DS, I got Apicula.

I might be wrong, but afaik DKRDS doesn't use a known model format, or at least not NS* and such.
Also, how would Apicula help with this process exactly?

I'm using Command Prompt Portable right now as I couldn't find the Windows Command Prompt

You can't just not have command prompt on Windows, it should come up on Start Menu search, when you put cmd into Run / the file explorer address bar, etc...

when pasting the commands in, I get an error(s) saying that they're not recognized as an internal or eternal command.

Are you running it in the same directory as apicula.exe, or have the command prompt browsed to it?

 

[Ray2001]

Ah, to answer your question about why I’m using Apicula, it’s because it can rip animations from the rom, I downloaded the software to do a character swap of Diddy, replacing him with Rayman (this mod is so far for only my personal use).

But seeing as DKRDS has no form of models in the rom (only showing lev files), MelonRiper may have to be a work as a another way, though being more tedious.