Red Image

Program to handle colour palettes, heightmaps and textures from the 1995 title Big Red Racing.

The following file types from Big Red Racing are supported.

• .COL colour palettes
• .MPH heightmaps
• .RAW textures
• .TM textures (require a colour palette to be given)

Usage

The latest binaries for Windows, Debian and macOS are available at GitHub Releases.

To decode a given image DECALS.TM with palette DEFAULT.COL to a GIF decals.gif, execute the following.

red-image -d DECALS.TM DEFAULT.COL decals.gif

To encode a given GIF decals.gif with palette DEFAULT.COL to a image DECALS.TM, execute the following.

red-image -e decals.gif DEFAULT.COL DECALS.TM

Compilation

Compilation requires a C compiler and CMake.

To generate the build files, execute the following from the root project folder.

cmake . -B build

To build the project, execute the following from the root project folder.

cmake --build build

You can find the output binaries in the bin folder.