PAL (Dark Reign) - Revision history

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 A '''.pal''' is a palette format used by the real-time strategy game [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Reign:_The_Future_of_War Dark Reign].
-Each of the game's [[TIL (Dark Reign)|terrains]] has an associated '''.pal''' file. Dark Reign comes with the following terrains:
+Each of the game's [[TIL (Dark Reign)|terrains]] has an associated '''.pal''' file.
 * BARREN

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		+	{{FormatInfo
		+	\|formattype=electronic
		+	\|subcat=Graphics
		+	\|extensions={{ext\|pal}}
		+	}}
	A '''.pal''' is a palette format used by the real-time strategy game [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Reign:_The_Future_of_War Dark Reign].		A '''.pal''' is a palette format used by the real-time strategy game [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Reign:_The_Future_of_War Dark Reign].

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	Each chunk appears to be the primary palette mixed 50% with another color, and each byte is an index back to the original palette of a color which most closely matches the color after the blend. It is not know what colors are being blended, or their purpose.		Each chunk appears to be the primary palette mixed 50% with another color, and each byte is an index back to the original palette of a color which most closely matches the color after the blend. It is not know what colors are being blended, or their purpose.
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		+	[[Category:Palettes]]

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 |-
 | style="white-space: nowrap;" | Signature
-| <code>"PALS"</code>
+| "<code>PALS</code>"
+|
 |-

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 A '''.pal''' is a palette format used by the real-time strategy game [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Reign:_The_Future_of_War Dark Reign].
-Each of the game's terrains has an associated '''.pal''' file. Dark Reign comes with the following Terrains:
+Each of the game's [[TIL (Dark Reign)|terrains]] has an associated '''.pal''' file. Dark Reign comes with the following terrains:
 * BARREN
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 | 0-159 and 255
 |-
-| Terrain palette
+| [[TIL (Dark Reign)|Terrain]] palette
 | 160-254
 |-

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 The '''Unknown data''' is all of the data from the end of the '''Unknown chunks''' up until the start of the '''Shading tables'''.
-* The purpose of this data is not known, but might be compressed using the same RLE method used by sprites.
+* The purpose of this data is not known, but might be compressed using the same RLE method used by the game's [[SPR (Dark Reign)|sprites]].
 == Shading tables ==

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	* The purpose of this data is not known, but might be compressed using the same RLE method used by sprites.		* The purpose of this data is not known, but might be compressed using the same RLE method used by sprites.
		+
		+	== Shading tables ==
		+
		+	The '''shading tables''' comprise 192 chunks each of 768 bytes totaling 14,7456 bytes.
		+
		+	Each chunk appears to be the primary palette mixed 50% with another color, and each byte is an index back to the original palette of a color which most closely matches the color after the blend. It is not know what colors are being blended, or their purpose.

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 ! Notes
 |-
-| Signature
+| style="white-space: nowrap;" | Signature
 | <code>"PALS"</code>
+|
 |-
-| Version
+| style="white-space: nowrap;" | Version
 | <code>0x0102</code>
+|
 |-
-| Primary palette
+| style="white-space: nowrap;" | Primary palette
 | <code>bytes[768]</code>
 | Stored as RGB planes
 |-
-| Dimmed palette
+| style="white-space: nowrap;" | Dimmed palette
 | <code>bytes[768]</code>
 | Stored as RGB planes. The purpose of this palette is unknown, but assumed to be the dimmed palette that is used when the game is running but left idle.
 |-
-| Unknown chunks (1)
+| style="white-space: nowrap;" | Unknown chunks (1)
 | <code>bytes[32768]</code>
+|
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+|
 |-
-| Shading tables
+| style="white-space: nowrap;" | Shading tables
 | <code>bytes[147456]</code>
+|