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	The following tools can handle DKRDS ~~Tile Layout~~:		The following tools can handle DKRDS Texture Tileset:
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'''DKRDS Texture Tileset''' is a nameless file format used in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diddy_Kong_Racing_DS Diddy Kong Racing DS]''. It stores raw Nintendo DS 8x8 character tile graphics used to build screen backgrounds. It exists in 4bpp (32 bytes per tile) and 8bpp (64 bytes per tile) bit-depth variants, which correspond to different palette modes in the accompanying files. Other filetypes that are commonly associated with texture tilesets, and necessary to create screen backgrounds, are [[DKRDS Tile Layout]], [[DKRDS Tilemap]] and [[DKRDS Palette Bank]]. Its type identifier in [[assets.bin]] is '''0x00'''.

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

== Header ==
The file starts with a 4-byte header.

{| class="wikitable"
! Offset !! Type !! Description
|-
| 0x00 || Int32 || '''Number of tiles''' ('''T''').
|}

== Tile Entries ==
After the header comes the tile entries. The total file size is always <code>4 + '''T''' x ''size''</code>, where ''size'' is 32 (4bpp) or 64 (8bpp) depending on the variant.

=== Variant A ===
The first variant is used together with a 16-color palette from a [[DKRDS Palette Bank]] file. Each tile is an 8x8 pixel block where every pixel is a 4-bit index (0-15) into one of the 16 available palettes.

==== Tile data layout ====
Each tile is made of 32 bytes. Pixels are packed two per byte, row-major within the tile:

{| class="wikitable"
! Offset !! Description
|-
| <code>'''R''' * 4 + '''C''' / 2</code> || Two pixels from row '''R''': low nibble = pixel at column '''C''' (even), high nibble = pixel at column '''C'''+1 (odd).
|}

=== Variant B ===
The second variant is used together with a 256-color palette from a [[DKRDS Palette Bank]]. Each tile is an 8x8 pixel block where every pixel is a full byte (0-255), a direct index into the single 256-color palette.

==== Tile data layout ====
Each tile is made of 64 bytes. One byte per pixel, row-major.

== Notes ==
* Pixel index 0 is always transparent. The corresponding palette entry may contain any value; it is never displayed.
* Sub-tile IDs referenced from the [[DKRDS Tile Layout]] file are direct indices into this file. For Variant B (48-byte two-section layout), the full value must be used without masking, as sub-tile IDs can exceed 1023.
* The [[DKRDS Tile Layout]] file specifies which palette bank to use for each sub-tile. In 4bpp mode this selects one of 16 palettes (each 16 colors x 2 bytes = 32 bytes). In 8bpp mode the whole 512-byte palette block is treated as a single 256-color palette and the palette ID field is ignored.

= Tools =
The following tools can handle DKRDS Tile Layout:
* (none)

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

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