DynamicInputTextureCreator

the DolphinDynamicInputTextureCreator tool helps us to create Dolphin readable packages in JSON format.

Introduction

in this section all the functions needed to create a simple package for UniversalDynamicInput are explained.

Getting Started

• first of all you need this version of the DolphinDynamicInputTextureCreator tool. Extract the zip to DynamicInputTextures\#Assets or a directory of your choosing.
• you need the texture dumps for the respective game. now everything should be ready to start.

Steps

1. Choose the Style
2. Add Textures
3. Add Emulated Controls
4. Defining Regions
5. Adjust the Metadata
6. Export to Dolphin

Choose the Style

1. Choose the style that best fits your texture dumps, you can find an overview here.

   If 1 style does not fit all your textures, you have to divide them into groups and repeat this guid for each group.

2. Start the tool and navigate to File > Import from Dolphin pack... and open the template UniversalDIT_<Style>.json that you want to use for your pack.

   if the texture dumps are upside down, use the templates with Mirror in the name.

Add Textures

1. Now you need to add the texture dumps, At the bottom left there is a button Add texture which opens a file dialog.
2. now you should navigate to the folder with your texture dumps and import all the textures you want to replace.

   the loaded textures are now listed in the left sidebar.

• alternatively you can also drag the files into the list to add them

Add Emulated Controls

This step is not necessary if the program is located in #Assets folder. here you can find more infos about Adding Emulated Controls.

Defining Regions

Now comes the most important part, we need to add regions to our Dolphin textures to define where the key replacements will occur. We need to assign a corresponding emulated key to each key in the image.

Overview

• Navigation
• Toolbar
• Example

Navigation

• double click on one of the textures in the list to edit its regions.
• right click on a region to delete it.
• Mouse wheel = vertical scrolling
• Mouse wheel + Shift = horizontal scrolling
• Mouse wheel + Ctrl = zoom

Toolbar

above the window you will find the toolbar, from left to right you will find the following options.

Choose emulated control	Choose emulated key	Fill	Grid color	Subpixel

• Choose emulated control

  Here you determine from which device the key is.

• Choose emulated key

  here you can select the corresponding key.

• Fill texture

  this fills the image with the selected key

• Grid color

  this changes the background color to work better with low contrast textures.

• Subpixel

  Disable the pixel grid, not recommended.

Example

1. we have this texture,

2. now we have to set the emulated control and key accordingly

3. now we can drag the region with the mouse or use to fill the whole canvas.

Adjust the Metadata

Navigate to Edit > Metadata to adjust the metadata.

the metadata should look like this.

• Output json name

  should be identical to the used template UniversalDIT_<Style>

• Generated folder name

  starts with "#Generated_" followed by the <PACK NAME>.

• Game ID

  Right click the game in the game list in dolphin, properties > info tab > Game ID:. the ID is usually 6 digits long, typically we need the first 3 digits to recognize the packet correctly.

Export to Dolphin

the package is now almost ready and only needs to be exported.

1. Navigate to File > Export as Dolphin pack....
2. as save location you should use Load/DynamicInputTextures/ <PACK NAME>.