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This section lists documentation pages for resources you'll find in Sonic games. You'll find information about certain file formats and other general game resources.

Rendering


Name	Info
Normal mapping	How normal mapping works
Vertex Colors	How vertex colors work
Mesh Layers	Model mesh layers
Opacity	The concept of opacity explained
Texture Blending	The different ways to blend textures

Hedgehog Engine	Render engine first used in Sonic Unleashed
Hedgehog Engine 2	Render Engine first used in Sonic Forces

Models


Name	Info	Extension	Tools
SCA Parameters	Model and material parameters stored in SCA file headers

Shaders


Name	Info	Extension	Tools
Shader Features	Hedgehog engine 1 shader features

Set-Data


Name	Description	Extension	Tools
HSON (Hedgehog Set Object Notation)	Universal object placement representation format.	`.hson`

User Interface


Name	Description	Extension	Tools
NCP (Ninja CellSpriteDraw Project)	Describes a user interface in most Hedgehog Engine games.	`.xncp` `.yncp` `.gncp` `.sncp`	Kunai Shuriken

Animation


Name	Description	Extension	Tools
PXD Animation	Skeleton and skeletal animation format in Hedgehog Engine 2 Games	`.anm.pxd` `.skl.pxd`	Frontiers Animation Tools
PBA Skeleton	Physics Based Animation Skeleton for Hedgehog Engine 2 Games	`.pba`

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-This section contains documentation that specify how different files are set up, as well as other information that should help you mod certain Sonic games. Below you can see the games divided by the engine they use. In each engine, you can see documentation for every game using it, as well as more specific guides regarding a particular game.
+This section lists documentation pages for resources you'll find in Sonic games. You'll find information about certain file formats and other general game resources.
-== Various Engines ==
+== Rendering ==
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+!Name
+!Info
+|-
+| [[Normal mapping]]
+| How normal mapping works
+|-
+| [[Vertex Colors]]
+| How vertex colors work
+|-
+| [[Mesh Layers]]
+| Model mesh layers
+|-
+| [[Opacity]]
+| The concept of opacity explained
+|-
+| [[Texture Blending]]
+| The different ways to blend textures
+|-
+!
+!
+|-
+|[[Hedgehog Engine Rendering|Hedgehog Engine]]
+|Render engine first used in Sonic Unleashed
+|-
+|[[Hedgehog Engine 2 Rendering|Hedgehog Engine 2]]
+|Render Engine first used in Sonic Forces
+|}
-== Hedgehog Engine ==
+== Models ==
-== SEGA NN ==
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+!Name
+!Info
+!Extension
+!Tools
+|-
+|[[SCA Parameters]]
+|Model and material parameters stored in SCA file headers
+|
+|
+|}
+== Shaders ==
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+!Name
+!Info
+!Extension
+!Tools
+|-
+|[[Shader Features]]
+|Hedgehog engine 1 shader features
+|
+|
+|}
+== Set-Data ==
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+!Name
+!Description
+!Extension
+!Tools
+|-
+|[[HSON Format|HSON]] (Hedgehog Set Object Notation)
+|Universal object placement representation format.
+|<code>.hson</code>
+|
+|}
+== User Interface ==
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+!Name
+!Description
+!Extension
+!Tools
+|-
+|[[NCP File Format|NCP]] (Ninja CellSpriteDraw Project)
+|Describes a user interface in most Hedgehog Engine games.
+|<span style="text-align: center">
+<p><code>.xncp</code></p>
+<p><code>.yncp</code></p>
+<p><code>.gncp</code></p>
+<p><code>.sncp</code></p>
+</span>
+|
+* [[Kunai]]
+* [[Shuriken]]
+|}
+== Archives ==
+{| class="wikitable"
+!Name
+!Description
+!Extension
+!Tools
+|-
+|[[NN Chunk Format|NN Chunk]]
+|Generic container format.
+|
+|
+|}
+== Animation ==
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+!Name
+!Description
+!Extension
+!Tools
+|-
+|[[PXD|PXD Animation]]
+|Skeleton and skeletal animation format in Hedgehog Engine 2 Games
+|<span style="text-align: center">
+<p><code>.anm.pxd</code></p>
+<p><code>.skl.pxd</code></p>
+</span>
+|[[Frontiers Animation Tools]]
+|-
+|[[PBA|PBA Skeleton]]
+|Physics Based Animation Skeleton for Hedgehog Engine 2 Games
+|<code>.pba</code>
+|
+|}