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Created page with "'''DKRDS Palette Bank''' is a nameless file format used in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diddy_Kong_Racing_DS Diddy Kong Racing DS]''. It contains BGR555 color data used to render pixels from tile sprites. It exists in two variants depending on the bit-depth of the accompanying DKRDS Texture Tileset file: a 16-palette bank (for 4bpp tiles) or a single 256-color palette (for 8bpp tiles). Both variants are exactly 512 bytes. Other filetypes that are commonly associa..."

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'''DKRDS Palette Bank''' is a nameless file format used in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diddy_Kong_Racing_DS Diddy Kong Racing DS]''. It contains BGR555 color data used to render pixels from tile sprites. It exists in two variants depending on the bit-depth of the accompanying [[DKRDS Texture Tileset]] file: a 16-palette bank (for 4bpp tiles) or a single 256-color palette (for 8bpp tiles). Both variants are exactly 512 bytes. Other filetypes that are commonly associated with palette banks, and necessary to create screen backgrounds, are [[DKRDS Tile Layout]] and [[DKRDS Tilemap]]. Its type identifier in [[assets.bin]] is '''0x00'''.

= File Format =
The file byte order is always little endian.

== Variant A ==
The first variant is used with 4bpp [[DKRDS Texture Tileset]] files. The 512 bytes are divided into 16 palettes of 16 colors each.

=== Structure ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Offset !! Type !! Description
|-
| 0x00 || UInt16[16] || '''Palette 0''' (colors 0-15).
|-
| 0x20 || UInt16[16] || '''Palette 1''' (colors 0-15).
|-
| ... || ... || ...
|-
| 0x1E0 || UInt16[16] || '''Palette 15''' (colors 0-15).
|}

== Variant B ==
The second variant is used with 8bpp [[DKRDS Texture Tileset]] files. The 512 bytes form a single palette of 256 colors; pixel bytes index directly into it.

=== Structure ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Offset !! Type !! Description
|-
| 0x00 || UInt16[256] || '''BGR555 colors''' (colors 0-255).
|}

== Notes ==
Color index 0 of '''any''' palette is transparent regardless of the stored BGR555 value.

= Tools =
The following tools can handle DKRDS Palette Bank:
* (none)

[[Category:Diddy Kong Racing DS File Formats]]

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