Lupin III: Umi Ni Kieta Hihou

This page contains notes for the game Lupin III: Umi Ni Kieta Hihou.

File Formats#

Images#

The game primarily uses the .tpl format for 2D images (a common format on Nintendo consoles); the tpl files are combined into one larger file named G.

Video/Audio#

The game primarily uses the .thp format for videos (a mostly common format on Nintendo consoles); the thp files are in a folder named "movie" with disc 1 having multiple small ones, while disc 2 only has 3.

One important distinction is that the thp files the game uses use the 1.0 THPConv.exe; if you attempt to use a 1.01 version, the game will give you an error.

Fonts#

The game uses external fonts instead of the BIOS one, with characters for both Japanese and English characters. One of three fonts can be toggled via a menu option. All text is monospaced.

Parser Commands#

In Engine Commands#

This needs some investigation.
Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page.
Specifically:

There are some parser commands in the main .DOL, unknown use yet.
Try to understand what the Unknown/Unused ones are/do.

The game has a fair amount of commands it uses for the text parser, however most are unknown, or unused.

Command	What it does.
a#	Unknown. Possible values: T/F. Default: true
b#	Unknown. Unused?
c	Possibly change to the next voice line
d#	Variable insertion (like %d in C programming language)
e#	Unknown. Unused?
f#	Unknown (only called once). Possible values: 0, < 0x100.
g#	Unknown. Possible values: T/F
h	Unknown. Unused?
i	Unknown. Called by system. Related to [o]
j#	Unknown. Possible values: T/F
k	Possibly change to the next character art
l#	Unknown. Unused? Possible values: T/F
m#	Unknown. Unused?
n	Creates a new line.
o	Unknown. Called by system. Related to [i]
p#	This changes the text color, p1 is white, p2 is blue, p3 is green. Any other number will make the text blank.
q#	Seems to change if the text is invisible. Possible values: 1, (-1 to 1), other (T/F)
r	Possibly clear screen for the Dragon God story.
s	Slows down how fast the text is drawn to the screen. The speed resets after the next line.
t#	Unknown. Possible values: 0, < 0x100.
u#	Unknown. Unused?
v#	Unknown. Unused?
w#	A wait command, believed to be counted in frames. It delays how fast the next dialogue shows on the next line, not a delay on when you can press A to go to the next line.
x#	Width, default is 24, min 0x8, max 0x60
y#	Height, default is 24, min 0x8, max 0x60
z#	Unknown. Possible values: T/F