KwasTools (Hedgehog Engine) - Revision history

Kwasior: Wrote more so that the page isn't a stub. Also added informations related to recent development of KwasTools.

2025-05-10T19:25:36Z

Wrote more so that the page isn't a stub. Also added informations related to recent development of KwasTools.

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	{{ToolInfobox\|title=KwasTools\|author=Kwasior\|website=https://github.com/ThisKwasior/KwasTools}}		{{ToolInfobox\|title=KwasTools\|author=Kwasior\|website=https://github.com/ThisKwasior/KwasTools}}
	'''KwasTools''' is a set of utilities for several games, it contains tools to edit and ~~examine~~ CRIWARE formats ~~and a~~ [[wikipedia:Blender_(software)\|Blender]] addon called '''[https://github.com/ThisKwasior/KwasTools/tree/master/addons/blender/io_kwastools io_kwastools]''' ~~to edit~~ <code>.cam-anim</code> and <code>.uv-anim</code> files ~~from~~ Hedgehog Engine 1 and 2.		'''KwasTools''' is a set of utilities for several games. Notably it contains tools to view and edit Hedgehog Engine <code>*-anim</code> family of formats and CRIWARE formats. A [[wikipedia:Blender_(software)\|Blender]] addon called '''[https://github.com/ThisKwasior/KwasTools/tree/master/addons/blender/io_kwastools io_kwastools]''' also exists for real-time preview and editing <code>.cam-anim</code> and <code>.uv-anim</code> files.

			Entire suite of tools supports Windows and GNU/Linux operating systems.

			== Software ==

			=== he_anim_tool ===
			[[File:KwasTools he anim tool usage.png\|alt=he_anim_tool running without any arguments given to the program. By default, it prints supported file formats and how to use the software.\|thumb\|366x366px\|Usage of <code>he_anim_tool</code>]] <code>he_anim_tool</code> is a tool for modifying animation files native to the Hedgehog Engine 1 and 2.

			Any given <code>*-anim</code> will be converted to its XML representation. Same goes for XML files - tool will know the output format thanks to root element's name (XML identifier).

			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|+
			Supported formats
			!Format
			!Description
			!XML identifier
			\|-
			\|<code>.uv-anim</code>
			\|Translation (v2), rotation and scaling (v3) of a texture in the material
			\|<code>UVAnimation</code>
			\|-
			\|<code>.cam-anim</code>
			\|Full control of in-game camera during events
			\|<code>CAMAnimation</code>
			\|-
			\|<code>.vis-anim</code>
			\|Visibility of the mesh
			\|<code>VISAnimation</code>
			\|-
			\|<code>.morph-anim</code>
			\|Animation of shape keys (Sonic's mouth in Unleashed/Generations uses this to speak)
			\|<code>MORPHAnimation</code>
			\|-
			\|<code>.pt-anim</code>
			\|Texture swapping (Tokyo DLC in Shadow Generations uses this for the billboard)
			\|<code>PTAnimation</code>
			\|-
			\|<code>.mat-anim</code>
			\|Transformation of a material (like swapping Sonic's mouth left-to-right)
			\|<code>MATAnimation</code>
			\|-
			\|<code>.lit-anim</code>
			\|Companion to <code>.light</code> files. Can animate its fields.
			\|<code>LITAnimation</code>
			\|}

			=== cri_awb_tool ===
			Unpacker and packer for AWB audio archives. Does not support decrypting data (will extract contents as-is).

			Extracts an AWB to a folder and writes an XML file with its metadata.

			Creates an AWB from a folder of files (with default values) or from an XML descriptor.

			=== cri_utf_tool ===
			[[File:Example XML created by cri utf tool.png\|alt=Converted bgm_miller.acb displayed in Notepad++ as an XML\|left\|thumb\|385x385px\|<code>bgm_miller.acb</code> converted to XML]]
			Multi-purpose tool for editing CRIWARE <code>@UTF</code> tables. Created for modification of <code>.acb</code> files, but will work fine with tables from other formats, such as <code>.acf</code>, <code>.cpk</code>, <code>.aax</code>, <code>.usm</code> or <code>.csb</code>.

			In addition to <code>@UTF</code>, program will also parse '''ACB commands''' (used for example for looping of '''Sonic Frontiers'''<nowiki/>' Titan songs) and embedded '''AWB files''' (which allows for modding music and sounds without shipping entire corresponding AWB file).

NextinHKRY at 18:19, 27 March 2025

2025-03-27T18:19:52Z

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	'''KwasTools''' is a set of utilities for several games, it contains tools to edit and examine CRIWARE formats and a [[wikipedia:Blender_(software)\|Blender]] addon called '''[https://github.com/ThisKwasior/KwasTools/tree/master/addons/blender/io_kwastools io_kwastools]''' to edit <code>.cam-anim</code> and <code>.uv-anim</code> files from Hedgehog Engine 1 and 2.		'''KwasTools''' is a set of utilities for several games, it contains tools to edit and examine CRIWARE formats and a [[wikipedia:Blender_(software)\|Blender]] addon called '''[https://github.com/ThisKwasior/KwasTools/tree/master/addons/blender/io_kwastools io_kwastools]''' to edit <code>.cam-anim</code> and <code>.uv-anim</code> files from Hedgehog Engine 1 and 2.

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{{ToolInfobox|title=KwasTools|author=Kwasior|website=https://github.com/ThisKwasior/KwasTools}}

'''KwasTools''' is a set of utilities for several games, it contains tools to edit and examine CRIWARE formats and a [[wikipedia:Blender_(software)|Blender]] addon called '''[https://github.com/ThisKwasior/KwasTools/tree/master/addons/blender/io_kwastools io_kwastools]''' to edit <code>.cam-anim</code> and <code>.uv-anim</code> files from Hedgehog Engine 1 and 2.