Castlevania Dominus Collection

Castlevania Dominus Collection

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A How to on extracting assets from the Dominus Collection! Guide Edition
By Oersted
This will let you rip assets, and maybe someday, roms too!
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The Ripping
AT THE MOMENT, NO ROM FILES CAN BE EXTRACTED FROM THIS COLLECTION. THE GAME DOES NOT USE TRADITIONAL ROM FILES, BUT STILL USES FILES FROM THEM. IF A WAY TO CONVERT THEM TO ROMS IS FOUND, I'LL POST ABOUT IT.

1. Download and install .NET Core from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download

2. Download MArchiveBatchTool from https://github.com/farmerbb/RED-Project/releases

3. Extract the zip file and copy alldata.bin and alldata.psb.m from Dominus Collection installation into the extracted directory.

4. Now, open up a command prompt (or shell) inside the MArchiveBatchTool folder, and run this command. And yes, the "Illegal function call" is required. It's the "key" for this file.:

Windows:
MArchiveBatchTool.exe fullunpack --keep alldata.psb.m zlib "Illegal function call" 92

Linux:
./MArchiveBatchTool fullunpack --keep alldata.psb.m zlib "Illegal function call" 92

5. Download FreeMote 3.8, and extract the files to somewhere: https://github.com/UlyssesWu/FreeMote/releases/tag/v3.8.0

6. Take any PSB file from the data, and drag it onto PSBDecompile.exe. It should create a folder where the PSB was with the original non-compressed file. This lets you extract audio, sprites, text data, and more.

That should be all. Let me know if I messed up a step. This'll be handy in the future once modding is feasible.
30 Comments
Kouroi 11 Mar @ 9:51pm 
is nice to decomplie, is there a way to recompile?
Oersted  [author] 5 Jan @ 11:16am 
I have no idea what those stream files are, sorry. Typically this stuff get extracted into the raw PNGs and such
Ethan Li 4 Jan @ 3:22pm 
Hello,
I have a folder named GalleryArt_DoS_Illustration_dario02.psb.streams. Inside this folder, there are two files: stream_0 (256 KB) and stream_1 (1,024 KB). How can I access the image content from these files?
glaucocf 17 Dec, 2024 @ 10:10am 
It works! Thank you. 😊
Gongaga 10 Sep, 2024 @ 5:08pm 
hmmm maybe i've probably got confused and didn't see it due to how many files there are
i will give it a try later
Oersted  [author] 10 Sep, 2024 @ 3:39pm 
I've already ripped the artwork before, so you're either doing something wrong, or you didn't read the guide, because it literally states that a folder named the same as the PSB will be created.
Gongaga 10 Sep, 2024 @ 3:10pm 
i have but i only found PSB files that are related to menu stuff and stuff like that, basically any asset other than artwork. when I extract them using the PSB decomplier it only gives me the same file name but with the extension of .json.
Oersted  [author] 8 Sep, 2024 @ 5:37pm 
Drag and drop a PSB to the PSB Extract file. Did you not even read the full guide?
Gongaga 8 Sep, 2024 @ 4:56pm 
Hello, thanks for this briefly explained guide however how do i extract images into viewable format? I want some of the high res artwork to use as wallpaper.
EnforcerRidley 3 Sep, 2024 @ 1:44am 
I may be a fan of anime, and a fan of the art style, but I don't think the style fits Castlevania .

Besides, in her portrait and official artwork, Mina Hakuba seems cuter in Aria of Sorrow than she does in Dawn of Sorrow .

It's vise versa for Charlotte though: Cuter in anime style. However, Charlotte looks more beautiful in the Castlevania style in Harmony of Despair and Grimoire of Souls while Mina Hakuba just seems less cute (but still cute) in Dawn of Sorrow than she is in Aria of Sorrow .