I'm trying to figure out how to rip the story comics from the Wiiware version of Diner Dash.

All the image files have the extension ".texture.wii", and I get nonsense when I open one in Notepad++. Can anyone help me?

3 minutes ago, LuigiMario79 said:

I'm trying to figure out how to rip the story comics from the Wiiware version of Diner Dash.

All the image files have the extension ".texture.wii", and I get nonsense when I open one in Notepad++. Can anyone help me?

You can't open binary files in Notepad as you'll always get nonsense.  It's best to post a sample or two of the actual files, otherwise it's impossible to tell what it is from a screenshot.

 

2 hours ago, DKDave said:

You can't open binary files in Notepad as you'll always get nonsense.  It's best to post a sample or two of the actual files, otherwise it's impossible to tell what it is from a screenshot.

 

Here's some sample files.

for_wii.zip

Best results can be achieved with BC formats, but it's clearly something different... Some weird WII compression maybe?

I downloaded the PS3 version, and that version's image files seem to be encrypted differently. Here are some samples.

for_ps3.zip

7 hours ago, ikskoks said:

Best results can be achieved with BC formats, but it's clearly something different... Some weird WII compression maybe?

Actually it uses PAL8 w/ GC/Wii swizzle (There's a palette data at the end)
Palette format is N64_RGB5A3
Image data offset starts at 48 (0x30)

1 hour ago, LuigiMario79 said:

I downloaded the PS3 version, and that version's image files seem to be encrypted differently. Here are some samples.

for_ps3.zip 369.37 kB · 2 downloads

end-01-color_panel1.texture.ps3 uses BGRA8888 w/ XBOX/PS3 swizzle while end-01-color_panel2.texture.ps3 and end-01-color_panel3.texture.ps3 uses BC3/DXT5

Edited August 29, 2025Aug 29 by BloodRaynare

8 hours ago, BloodRaynare said:

Actually it uses PAL8 w/ GC/Wii swizzle (There's a palette data at the end)
Palette format is N64_RGB5A3
Image data offset starts at 48 (0x30)

end-01-color_panel1.texture.ps3 uses BGRA8888 w/ XBOX/PS3 swizzle while end-01-color_panel2.texture.ps3 and end-01-color_panel3.texture.ps3 uses BC3/DXT5

Thanks!