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Tech Heresies (DoW2 Homebrew Modding Tools and Reference)

  1. 28th Feb 09 7:29 AM Modding Senior Member Dawn of War Senior Member  #1
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    Tech Heresies (DoW2 Homebrew Modding Tools and Reference)

    As an easy point of reference, here are the current homebrew tools that have been created by members of the modding community. I'll try to keep this list updated as new tools are developed.

    Multi-purpose Modding Tools:

    Copernicus' DoW2 Toolbox (now for Retribution)

    Attribute Editing:

    Copernicus' LUA to RBF Compiler
    Copernicus' RBF to RBF Converter (for Retribution)
    Cucc's Crudescaler

    Outdated programs:

    • Clonesa's RBF Batch Converter Tool (Batch converter for Corsix' RBFConv)
    • Miguel's RBF Editor (Includes Toolbox Plugin)
    • Corsix' RBFConv
    • TheEndlessGrey's RBFConv Helper (GUI for Corsix' RBFConv)
    • MartinNJ's DoW2 Mod Studio (Multi-function tool) - unwieldly and out-of-date, confirmed by MartinNJ
    • Darquirrin's DoW2 Mod Suite (GUI that assists .rbf editing, .sga packaging, and the creation and loading of a custom archive format) - in statis
    SGA Archive Packing/Unpacking Tools:

    Copernicus' RB2 Extractor (for Retribution)
    Copernicus' Map Packer
    Corsix' SgaReader2.exe
    Corsix' Sga4to5.exe
    Zanyth0x42's SGA Archive GUI
    Copernicus' Mod Packer

    Music/Audio Tools:

    FMOD EX Programmer's API
    (Java-based) FMOD software (FMOD, FMOD EX and NativeBass)

    Modeling:

    Santos' Santos Tools 2 import script for 3DS Max

    Mapping:

    LondonDuncan's Worldbuilder Map-Making Guide

    Miscellaneous Items:

    NVIDIA's DDS Plugins for Adobe Photoshop
    GiT's vDoW2 Custom Badges Generator
    MartinNJ's Mod Launcher
    Kresjah's Map Integration Launcher
    Miguel's UCS Editor

    Copernicus' Multipurpose Autoexec
    Copernicus' Modlauncher
    Copernicus' UCS Creator/Converter
    Copernicus' Action File Editor
    Copernicus' DDL Loader

    Reference:

    ModsRUs vDoW2 Wiki
    DoW2 WorldBuilder How-To (.pdf) - link broken currently
    SCARDoc for vDoW II (download)

    Steam Groups:

    DoW2 Modding
    DoW 2 Mappers
    Maps of War

    // UNLESS EXPLICITLY STATED, THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES LISTED HERE ARE NOT RETRIBUTION-COMPATABLE YET. BEAR THIS IN MIND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MODIFY RETRIBUTION //
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    I think archive.exe is a Relic tool for CoH.
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    help, when using the archive, it says "version 4 no longer supported"

    then when I use 4to5 it says "got version 5"

    any ideas?

    Edit: The reader works fine for what i was looking for anyway
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    I'm having troubles even opening the soundpack SGAs, nothing from SpookyRAT to the command line tools seems to know what to do with these new archives. What I'm looking to do is dump the entire 'gamesound.sga' to a folder.
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    I had no trouble doing that with the SGAReader linked above... I extracted all of the game's .sga's for easy access when I actually get a chance to start modding.
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    Croaxleigh:
    1) archive.exe is a Relic-made tool which comes with CoH / WorldBuilder
    2) It might be worth changing the link text to "SgaReader2.exe", so that old-timers don't confuse it with my old SgaReader / SgaViewer tool
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    Thanks, Corsix; updated.
  8. 7th May 09 11:23 AM Modding Senior Member Dawn of War Senior Member  #8
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    Updated the list with Darquirrin's DoW2 Mod Suite.
  9. 6th Jul 09 4:45 PM Modding Senior Member Dawn of War Senior Member  #9
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    Added the "Reference" section with a link to the ModsRUs wiki and the WorldBuilder how-to guide.
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  10. 7th Jul 09 7:18 AM #10
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    I created an archive with some of the tools above just so it is easier to download.

    None of the sound tools.
    (image of the files included)
    http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1310775/dow2tools.JPG

    Path.txt has what I added to my windows PATH.

    http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1310775/DoW2Tools.rar

    bored at work.
    Last edited by tRens; 7th Jul 09 at 7:50 AM.
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    Added GiT's DoW2 Custom Badges Generator to the list.
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  13. 30th Jul 09 10:09 AM Modding Senior Member Dawn of War Senior Member  #13
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    Added a link to Cope's Modlauncher tool.
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    IRC channel -- irc.freenode.net #dow2_modding
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    Could you please add my map packaging tool to the list?
    http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=232912
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    Added Cope's Map Packager, and Zanyth0x42's SGA Archive GUI.
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    There still are two missing:
    http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=233145 <- very basic tool for one-click mod-packing made by Copernicus
    http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=233389 <- alternative basic mod-launcher made by MartinNJ
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    Added and added. *smiles*
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    Added a new tool or two, plus a link to the SCARDoc.
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    Thanks for putting all of this together Croaxleigh.
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  22. 27th Nov 09 1:44 PM #22
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    When I tried to download this item from that list: Corsix' Sga4to5.exe my antivirus popped up and said it had removed a trojan (which was apparently said file...).

    It says it's detection name is: Artemis! 7DDE9165BB17

    So...
  23. 27th Nov 09 2:39 PM #23
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    So send said file to your antivirus provider so that they can fix their detection algorithms. There has already been one antivirus company which I sent it to, who confirmed it was not a virus, and updated their definition files accordingly.
  24. 9th Jan 10 8:59 PM Modding Senior Member Dawn of War Senior Member  #24
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    i have a problem.when i open my mode i get a error crash report.please help.
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    Please create a new thread and provide significantly more details than that... there's no way that anybody will be able to help you based on what you've said there. We'll need to know the changes that you've made, tools that you're using, etc.
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    Added NVIDIA's .dds plugins to make texture editing a bit easier for those who don't have the plugin already.
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    Added Cope's Basic RBF Editor.
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    a quick note:
    the archive.exe here is (as far as i know) outdated, and the one in the locally installed dow2 directory will produce sga5 archives directly without needing to convert them from 4->5...

    A messy explanation i know...
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  30. 19th Mar 10 3:10 PM #30
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    also; As Cope never actually sleeps or des anything than toil in the mines for the rest of us, he have come up with yet another tool.
    http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=244614
    Some sort of LUA based rbf compiler ^^
  31. 20th Mar 10 3:03 PM Modding Senior Member Dawn of War Senior Member  #31
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    Added Cope's RBF compiler, and removed the old version of Archive.exe (due to the newer version being locally installed.)
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    Someone may still find some use out of this: http://www.modsrus.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3949

    Uses multiple rbfconv processes to mass batch convert rbf files.

    [edit] If someone else wants to host it elsewhere go ahead. ModsRUs is currently under heavy construction so could be some bugs and such, don't mind those.
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    Added Santos Tools 2 to the list, in a new "modeling" category.
  35. 28th Mar 10 10:06 AM #35
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    Just a quick thought. Maybe we could have a whole Sub-Forum deditcated to 'Homebrew Modding Tools'? There certainly are alot of tools, and subsequently lots questions about these tools - and this could help to organize them all together. And obviously have this thread stickied in there aswell.
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    http://www.crazybump.com/
    Crazy Bump is a program that makes the process of making normal maps much easier, and someone with only some experience with paint programs could make the quality of textures used in DOW 2.
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    I'm hesitant to add CrazyBump to the list considering that the personal license costs $99 (even the student license is $49); I see that there's a demo available, but the site doesn't list the limitations that are on said demo. All of the other tools and plugins are free to use and fully featured (and while a few might be plugins or scripts for commercial programs such as Photoshop and 3DS Max, there's no charge for the plugins or scripts themselves.)

    NoisyMonk: The staff discussed that possibility when the Heretek Cabal was first created, but there's basically just not enough tools to warrant a subforum. The threads for all of the tools that have been developed here can be accessed through this sticky, and any specific questions that people have can be addressed in the general discussion area of the Cabal.
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    Limitations appears to just be duration based. I had no trouble using it to create a variety of maps. It handles not just normal, but specular and occlusion (as well as other types of maps not pertinent to dow2). Very amazing program.
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    Added Miguel's RBF Editor to the list. If tool creators would please check the list and post a link in this thread for anything that hasn't been added as yet, I'll try and get this thing up-to-date again sometime in the next few days. Thanks!
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    Just noticed that Cope's Toolbox is still labelled as the Basic RBF Editor. You might also consider making a separate Mod Studio category for the 3 mod studios there have been.
  42. 5th Mar 11 5:18 PM Modding Senior Member Tabletop Senior Member Boardwars Senior Member Forum Subscriber  #42
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    Updated with Copernicus' RBF to RBF Converter (for Retribution)
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    RBF to RFB? What's RFB? Also thanks for finally updating the thread.
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    Completely revamped/updated Croaxleigh's OP. Keep me posted, folks
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    I'm having a problem with Zanyth0x42's SGA Archive GUI. Even though I have DOWII and expansions installed, it can't find the Archive.exe.

    Do you know about a solution or an alternative program?
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    @Procyon once you launched it, hit file -> settings then hit the v5 tab (dow2), hit the browse button (3 dots) and browse to your retribution folder in steam, then the tools folder, in the bin subfolder there's archive.exe.
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    Hey there. I have one problem with Cope's DoW2 Toolbox. I've modded the DLC colors earlier this month with no problem what so ever, but after I re-installed Retribution(caus I had random freeze issue and wondered if I need to re-install the game) the Toolbox doesn't allow me to save the changed text file at defaultchapters.lua.
    I hit save and it automatically creates a "no path set" folder in the game directory for some reason.

    Here is the details of the issue:

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    Any help is appreciated
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    A new tool is available.
    Cucc's CrudeScaler (Script-based editor for text files generated with Corsix' RBFConv)
  49. 9th Nov 11 11:08 AM Modding Senior Member Tabletop Senior Member Boardwars Senior Member Forum Subscriber  #49
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    @AnthonyDraft: you're better off either PMing Cope or posting in his tool's thread

    @Cucc: added, good to see you around the community again!
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