Nitro Paint only exports one file

[unborn pumice]

I followed this somewhat tutorial but even when I still export it still only exports as bin and not 3 separate files (#nsmb-chat message) I'm pretty new to nitro paint so can someone that's used it multiple times tell me what I'm doing wrong

[vague anchor]

You need to click on the pallete, export, the graphic, export, nsc, export

You exloet them separatelly

Eport*

Export**

[unborn pumice]

So export them all as pngs?

[vague anchor]

Nop

As bin files

[unborn pumice]

Okay but how do I replace there's multiple bg folders in rom file browser and it's hard to see which one goes to each bg

[vague anchor]

You need to find the files

[sick birch]

When you make your background in NitroPaint, it'll create the palette, the bitmap and the tilemap, once they're created, you must save all of them with their respective extensions ("_ncl.bin", "_ncg.bin" and "nsc.bin"), and you must replace the files you created via ROM File Browser, the respective folders are the "BG_ncl" "BG_ncg" and "BG_nsc" folders, replace one corresponding file from each folder and that's it

Usually the files tend to have the same names across the different folders, and they have key names:

• Free: Top background
• Back: Bottom background
• Tikei: A tileset

[vague anchor]

I never knew that, thats good to know tho

[sick birch]

Also, when you replace an NCL file it'll get descompressed, you have to LZ compress it again

[unborn pumice]

So the ncl folders are the color pallets and the bitmaps are the nsc folders?

[severe ermine]

nsc folder has the tilemaps

ncg is for bitmaps

[sick birch]

NCG: Bitmap
NCL: Palette
NSC: Tilemap

[unborn pumice]

Do I have to do the same for the rest like the nsc, and the ncg?

[severe ermine]

yep

[unborn pumice]

So which bg does d_2d_I_M_free_chika2 go to? I just imported it into a random slot

[severe ermine]

top bg 36 i believe

[unborn pumice]

Why does my bg come out looking like this

[sick birch]

You most likely did something wrong, I'd recommend following the steps very carefully

#nsmb-chat message

[severe ermine]

ztardust you should make nsmbhd tutorial on making bgs with nitropaint

[sick birch]

I was actually planning on writing a tutorial on the wiki, but having it on NSMBHD isn't a bad idea

[vague anchor]

True

[sick birch]

Done https://nsmbhd.net/thread/6116-how-to-make-high-quality-backgrounds-using-nitropaint-tutorial/

[severe ermine]

swag

[sick birch]

Took me like 2 hours to write this tutorial 😭

[unborn pumice]

It still didn't work am I compressing it wrong? I'm using lz77 compress, am I supposed to use lz77 with header?

[severe ermine]

id assume its not an issue with compression or anything (since iirc usually nsmbe will throw an error if you try to open a bg and the files related to it are uncompressed) but just to check did you compress all the files?

[severe ermine]

also no youre chosing the right compression thing

[unborn pumice]

Are you talking about when importing, yeah I compressed the palletes the bitmaps the tilemaps

[sick birch]

When you're making your background, you must select "Raw compressed" in the output format drop-down box, when you replace the files in NSMBe you only have to LZ compress the palette, since it gets descompressed when you replace it

[unborn pumice]

It finally worked, thank you