Extraction/repacking modding tool

[FluffyQuack]

If there's any modders here who's considering to do stuff with FF13, this might be useful. I finished a tool which can extract and repack all the container files in FF13 (like white_scrc.win32.bin and white_imgc.win32.bin). Note that it's a command line tool, so you need to use command prompt or use the batch files for the most obvious actions.

Download link: http://www.tzarsectus.com/tools/ff13tool.rar

Read the readme.txt for more information on how to use the tool.

[Evilserge]

https://github.com/Albeoris/Pulse

Welcome on Board!
*VS2013

[SkacikPL]

Kudos for the work.
Shame that we've nothing to chew formats within the archive.

I'd really want to do some retexturing and pass models through smooth modifier in 3ds max.

[Shiroyabu]

Can this extract the audio SFX?

Originally posted by SkacikPL:

pass models through smooth modifier in 3ds max.

sounds like that would look terrible

[SkacikPL]

Originally posted by wiregrind:

Can this extract the audio SFX?

Originally posted by SkacikPL:

pass models through smooth modifier in 3ds max.

sounds like that would look terrible

Yeah, it'd need some tweaking, but generally those models could use some more polys.

Dem arms and fingers man, arms and fingers.

[FluffyQuack]

@Evilserge: I don't think I'll join the project, but you're free to take any of the code from my tool and use it if you want: http://www.tzarsectus.com/tools/source/ff13tool.rar

@SkacikPL: People have been able to figure out many of the formats in the 360/PS3 versions, and I assume they're super similar on the PC version, so hopefully someone will create tools for those formats.

@wiregrind: It can, but they aren't in any ordinary sound format. They're the scd files in white_imgc.win32.bin.

[Mikfail]

With the proper tools, anything is possible. Thanks for your efforts

[Evilserge]

Its possible to change texture, rip some models,sound aswell.
Textures are in xgd\imgdb files, use are HEX to find them. DDS format. DDS texture unpacked\uncrypted yre just need to find a start and end of DDS file HEX data

[Rhadamants]

FFXIII-2 was released but there was some change in filelist * .bin files. The tool does not extract the "filelistc.win32.bin white_imgc.win32.bin".
Plan to upgrade the tool?

[jclosed]

Hmm... very interesting.... ;-)..

[FluffyQuack]

I don't own FF13-2, so no, right now there's no plans to update the tool.

[Rhadamants]

Originally posted by Sectus:

I don't own FF13-2, so no, right now there's no plans to update the tool.

I give you the gift game

[Cronkllr {CnX}]

ill 2nd that i will gift you the game, if you update the tool for ff13-2.

I cant stand the music, and need to remove it like i did on ff13
that would be great. I loved your tool, was able to take off that annoying music in the background and battles so i could hear the game..

look forward to seeing this updated. (Header info incorrect error on the tool) ATM

[FluffyQuack]

Rhadamants gifted me the game and I'll take a look at it when it's downloaded. My connection isn't that great so it'll take at least a day to download it.

And I can't guarantee anything. I was able to get a quick glance at one of the filelist files, and it's either encrypted or compressed. This wasn't the case with FF13 (and I don't think it's the case with FF13-2 on consoles either). Hopefully it's something which is doable to figure out.

[Cronkllr {CnX}]

cool, thanks.

[FluffyQuack]

I've downloaded the game, but unfortunately, I don't think I can figure this out. I tihnk the format is the same as FF13 but they've encrypted all the filelist files. They're not encrypted on consoles, so I'm surprised they're doing it on PC. Square must be trying to prevent people from modding or taking assets from the game.

I've only had experience getting around basic encryption so I'm a bit clueless what to do here. An extra annoyance is that the files would have to be re-encrypted for repacking to work.