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Digital Deluxe DLC Artbook + Dev Commentary Extraction

By Daedalus

Use this guide to extract the Artbook images + Developer Commentary from the Digital Deluxe DLC.

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Category: Modding or Configuration, Secrets, Story or Lore

Languages: English

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12 Mar, 2023 @ 6:37pm

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Guide Index

Overview

Requirements

Workspace Setup

Copying Files from Installation

Converting the Image Files

Renaming the Image Files

Notes

Credits

Comments

Requirements

Fatal Frame / Project Zero: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse Digital Deluxe Upgrade Pack DLC
7-Zip[www.7-zip.org] to unzip the tools.
Noesis[www.richwhitehouse.com] for converting the .kslt files to .png images.
Noesis KSLT Library[github.com] Noesis plugin for reading the Koei Tecmo .kslt format.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zNE3fH-CQ9cQU3oiHAlsW8Ogko85DOV_/view - (filename: extractionAndRenamingTools.zip) - extraction tools + scripts to rename the images, per region.

Workspace Setup

On your PC, create a new directory called "Artbook Workspace"
Install 7-Zip.
Unzip noesisv4466.zip within "Artbook Workspace\noesis"
Unzip fmt_g1m-master.zip within "Artbook Workspace\noesisKsltLibrary"
Unzip extractionAndRenamingTools.zip within "Artbook Workspace\extractionAndRenamingTools"
Create two new directories in the workspace, and label them "gameFiles" and "pngOutput"
Verify that "Artbook Workspace" now contains 5 folders (see screenshot):
"extractionAndRenamingTools"
"gameFiles"
"noesis"
"noesisKsltLibrary"
"pngOutput"

Copying Files from Installation

Open Steam
Verify that you have downloaded the Fatal Frame / Project Zero: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse Digital Deluxe Upgrade Pack DLC to your Steam installation.
Right-Click the Fatal Frame / Project Zero: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse menu item, and select Manage -> Browse local files
Traverse down the following directories: "[FATAL FRAME MOL]\binary\layout\ex_texture\dab" (see screenshot)
Once in the "dab" directory, select all files by pressing Ctrl + a on your keyboard.
Right-Click on the selected files -> "Copy"
Navigate to the "Artbook Workspace\gameFiles" directory
Right-Click -> Paste. The directory should now contain 158 files.
Navigate back to the installation folder, and traverse down the following directories: "[FATAL FRAME MOL]\binary\layout\ex_texture\gallery_picture" (see screenshot)
Once in the "gallery_picture" directory, copy and paste this string into the search textbox:
G*
Once the search finishes, there should be 37 items found.
Select all 37 files by pressing Ctrl + a on your keyboard.
Right-Click on the selected files -> "Copy"
Navigate to the "Artbook Workspace\gameFiles" directory
Right-Click -> Paste. The directory should now contain 195 files.
Navigate back to the installation folder, and traverse down the following directories: "[FATAL FRAME MOL]\binary\text\USen"(see screenshot)
Right-Click the file titled "textnew_01.fmsg", and Select Copy.
Navigate to the "Artbook Workspace\pngOutput" directory.
Right-Click -> Paste. Note: Ensure you are copying this one file to "pngOutput", NOT "gameFiles" - this is very important.

Converting the Image Files

Within the "noesisKsltLibrary" directory, traverse to "noesisKsltLibrary\Noesis\plugins\python"
Right-Click -> Copy the two files present: "fmt_g1m.py" and "tool_merge.py"
Traverse to "Artbook Workspace\noesis\plugins\python"
Right-Click -> Paste
Open the Noesis application: "Artbook Workspace\noesis\Noesis64.exe)
Using Noesis's file manager tree on the left-hand pane, navigate to "Artbook Workspace\gameFiles"
The middle pane should fill with file entries of type KSLT (see screenshot)
Left-Click one entry in the middle pane.
From the top menu bar, select "Tools -> Batch Process"
On the window that opens, set the following fields:
a) Input extension:
kslt
b) Output extension:
png
c) Output path:
$inpath$\..\pngOutput\$inname$.$outext$
Click the "Folder batch" button.
Within the form that opens, select the "gameFiles" directory, and press OK.
The Batch Process window should fill with several rows.
Click "Export". Wait until the process finishes - this can take some time.

Renaming the Image Files

Traverse to "Artbook Workspace\extractionAndRenamingTools"
Depending on your region/naming preference, traverse into either the "Fatal Frame MOTLE" or "Project Zero MOTLE" subdirectory.
Once you are in your directory of choice, select all files by pressing Ctrl + a on your keyboard.
Right-Click -> Copy
Traverse to "Artbook Workspace\pngOutput"
Right-Click -> Paste
Verify that "pngOutput" contains 202 files (i.e. 195 .png files + 1 .fmsg file + the 6 new files)
Verify that you are within the "pngOutput" directory.
Open "FF4 Artbook Text Extractor.exe"(see screenshot)
Click the "Browse" button, and select the "textnew_01.fmsg" file in the current directory.
Click Process
Wait until Extraction Completes
Close the "FF4 Artbook Text Extractor" application.
Right-Click the "Fatal Frame MOTLE.bat" / "Project Zero MOTLE.bat" file you copied into this directory, then select "Open"
Wait until the process finishes - this can take some time.
Once finished, each .png file should be sorted and renamed according to their location. The developer commentary notes associated with these images will also be stored in their corresponding directory. The Ghost Portraits are stored in the "NG+ Ghost Portraits" directory. (see screenshot)
Enjoy the Fatal Frame / Project Zero: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse Digital Deluxe DLC Artbook + Developer Commentary!

Please leave a comment if you run into any bugs / typos! Otherwise enjoy the Artbook + Developer Commentary!

Notes

Version History

1.0 - Initial Release

Credits

Image Identification Credits:

The Zero Wiki Community: https://wiki.thelostvillage.net
Daedalus
Cadou
Midwinter

Tool Credits:

lehieugch68 for the PJ5-FMSG-Extractor code base from which the FF4 Artbook Text Extractor tool was derived: https://github.com/lehieugch68/PJ5-FMSG-Extractor

2 Comments

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Daedalus [author] 1 May, 2023 @ 6:25am

Glad to be of service (tips hat).

Lipstick Sadako 30 Apr, 2023 @ 5:25pm

Great guide! worked perfectly!

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