boludoz 30 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 (edited) PS2 Example please. Very good tool by the way. Very good tool by the way, I wanted to do something that few did, a multiplatform mod for the PS2 map.I can do anything but dff. Edited June 28, 2019 by boludoz Link to post Share on other sites
Zhunter 96 15 Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Can someone explain to me how to use this converter? Sorry I'm new in this kind of thing. Link to post Share on other sites
mc289024 0 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 What is the principle of your tool? I also want to write a tool on my mobile phone Link to post Share on other sites
mc289024 0 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 What is the principle of your tool? I also want to write a tool on my mobile phone Link to post Share on other sites
guard3 2,438 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) You posted the exact same thing yesterday and it makes no sense. Stop. Edited March 17, 2020 by guard3 cj2000 1 Link to post Share on other sites
AXIS Motion Studio 0 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 i have a bunch of dff file now i want to convert into any RW version which is possible to import in 3Ds Max or blender... Somebody know anything about it please reply sorry for my bad english Link to post Share on other sites
kr0n0s800 12 Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 good job, is it possible to convert animations from VCS and LCS PSP to SA PC ?? how can I do it? Link to post Share on other sites
Jennawright 19 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 can this be used to convert pc to ps2 if so what would the arguments look like? Link to post Share on other sites
Meng Fan 0 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) e Edited August 30, 2020 by Meng Fan Misspelling Link to post Share on other sites
firedihm 175 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Is there a way to mass convert files? Link to post Share on other sites
Pootispowse 31 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Is it possible to convert pc dffs to the LCS android format using lcsconv? If so, how is it done? Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites
Pootispowse 31 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 On 7/17/2020 at 1:11 PM, Pootispowse said: Is it possible to convert pc dffs to the LCS android format using lcsconv? If so, how is it done? Thanks! Anyone? Whenever I try to convert an SA dff using lcsconv I get a message saying the dff is missing chunk "ID_GEOMETRY". Is it correct that the tool can convert LCS dffs into platform independent formats, but not the other way round? Link to post Share on other sites
The Hero 7,409 Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 lcsconv only converts FROM leeds format to standard RW. the other way around is not supported. Pootispowse 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Pootispowse 31 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 2 hours ago, The Hero said: lcsconv only converts FROM leeds format to standard RW. the other way around is not supported. Thank you for the response. It's a shame R* decided to use such a bizarre structure for LCS. I would have loved to have imported some new stuff into it. Link to post Share on other sites
RandomAnimeGamer 0 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Hi there! I registered on these forums specifically because I had been utilizing your tools to extract and convert models from a specific RW 3.7 game into an FBX format. However, this seems to only work on the PS2 version of the game. While that's good for my own personal purposes, there are some people I know who would like to mod the GameCube version of the game, as it can be played online via Dolphin Netplay. Do you know of any methods that can uninstance GameCube-formatted .DFF files so that they can be adjusted as needed? When attempting to uninstance the DFF files or change their version, I get the following: > convdff.exe -u -v 33002 0000_gc.dff 0000.dff unknown platform 6 ..\src\clump.cpp:132: Couldn't find chunk GEOMETRY Error: couldn't read clump I tried also converting the version in RW Analyze to 3.4.0.3 and running the command again with this result: >convdff.exe -u -v 34003 0000_gc_conv.dff 0000.dff unknown platform 6 ..\src\clump.cpp:132: Couldn't find chunk GEOMETRY Error: couldn't read clump Original DFF (RW3.7, GC): https://mega.nz/file/eAhBXYAC#FkNkHzQMrhw5YQz4YGUYZpoVHq3od25ffwNOeprd8DU DFF Converted to 3.4.0.3 with RW Analyze: https://mega.nz/file/SI5BxaoK#1NLHN5CHE56YFtm5PCleCleI80HllxYvBqXAzLnKoLA If you need any more details, please let me know. I can also provide an entire dump of the game's files if you'd like, and provide details on what the folder structure represents. Link to post Share on other sites
The Hero 7,409 Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 Unfortunately i don't know anything about RW on gamecube. I think some years ago someone asked me about the files of a spongebob game. I don't expect the format to be terribly complicated (unlike PS2), but i also don't really feel like reverse engineering it right now. If we had some documentation that would make the job easier and i'd be more inclined to do it. Link to post Share on other sites
mc289024 0 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 What is the principle of your tool? I also want to write a tool on my mobile phone Link to post Share on other sites
Zhonmoo 1 Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 (edited) On 8/4/2020 at 6:23 PM, mc289024 said: What is the principle of your tool? I also want to write a tool on my mobile phone Why do you ask the same question repeatedly? Ps:open source project @mc289024 Edited August 30, 2020 by Zhonmoo Link to post Share on other sites
TQU 2 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Anyone else can't open the .exe files? It just opens the console for couple of frames and instantly closes itself straight after. Link to post Share on other sites
PruJo 0 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 This thing still kicking? I've been using convdff on some models from a non-GTA game, and almost all of them won't behave. Most of the time, it finds the clump but can't locate a struct, throws an error message, and leaves me with no clue. I know the files are from a PS2 and initialized, and looking at them in a hex editor shows they've got bones and stuff. They're not named descriptively, so I couldn't tell you what they're supposed to be... This is a sample problem file and this one worked fine. If anyone could take a look at them, that would be amazing! I'm figuring stuff out, but I still get pretty lost when it comes to editing binary files. Link to post Share on other sites
The Hero 7,409 Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 hm....i'm not quite sure what this file is. It doesn't look like a normal RW file for sure. Link to post Share on other sites
PruJo 0 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 7 hours ago, The Hero said: hm....i'm not quite sure what this file is. It doesn't look like a normal RW file for sure. Guh. I was afraid of that. There's a lot of files that are just refusing to work with convdff, and popping them open in RW Analyze shows basically the same thing as the error message - no struct. It basically can't read past the clump. If you've got any advice on further steps, I can do my best to follow. Link to post Share on other sites
boludoz 30 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 (edited) On 12/3/2014 at 1:28 PM, The Hero said: [link to older programs removed] I've written lots of RW-related code over the years and programs that convert various file formats. Here are some binaries: http://aap.papnet.eu/gta/utils/librw_bin/ and here is the source https://github.com/aap/librw https://github.com/aap/librwgta I usually don't remember what I changed since the last versions, so just let it surprise you. Also do note that I wrote these tools for my personal use, don't expect them to be perfect in every regard. They do what I needed them to. convdff: The version of the file written will be the same as the input by default (unless you set the version explicitly with the -v switch, see this for information on RW versions: http://www.gtamodding.com/wiki/RenderWare). Some terminology: - Instancing means converting the platform independent geometry data into a platform specific format that can be saved to a dff file (these dff files are called pre-instanced because instancing no longer happens at runtime). This is done in the PS2 and mobile games starting with VC and all xbox games. d3d8 and d3d9 pre-instanced geometry is not used by the games by default but the game should be able to read such dffs. - Uninstancing is something the original RenderWare engine cannot do, but which librw can: it means converting the platform specific geometry back into a platform independent format again. The -u and -i switches tell convdff to uninstance or instance a dff (note that not everything has been tested an implemented yet, expect bugs or problems). Even non-instanced can be platform-specific (the -o switch sets the output platform, d3d8 being the default). Most noticeably ADC optimized geometry on the PS2 (to improve tristripping) and custom vertex formats on the xbox. Example: to convert a ps2 file into the platform independent format and write it as version 3.3.0.2 use it as convdff.exe -u -v 33002 input.dff output.dff To pre-instance a file into xbox format: convdff.exe -i -o xbox intput.dff output.dff I will implement more features in the future but the basic conversions should be working. I don't guarantee all conversions will work, i can't test everything. Please report bugs or unexpected behaviour. Notes: - files with multiple clumps are not supported well, to split a multi-clump file, use the -m switch - instancing and uninstancing of SA mobile dffs is not (completely?) implemented yet. convtxd: This thing converts, extracts and creates txds. Check the usage for how to use it. lcsconv, vcsconv: These convert files from LCS and VCS respectively (dff, txd, mdl, chk, whatever, but no levels yet). VCS peds don't work yet because the hierarchy is f*cked and has to be reconstructed. Thanks friend, people after years can modify their game thanks to you. One fact is that people use you tool and a modified "Col v1" with this https://gist.github.com/DouglasAntunes/094d837a740dfcc7c1f4314326a42cce to modify the dff for ps2. A very useful feature for all moders in general would be that you add a function to reduce the polygons of the dff if possible. Another piece of information is that there is no tool in cmd to modify col files. Edited April 1 by boludoz Link to post Share on other sites
Mister A 12 Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 On 12/18/2020 at 9:36 PM, TQU said: Anyone else can't open the .exe files? It just opens the console for couple of frames and instantly closes itself straight after. Same with me, I got this error: http://imgur.com/gallery/6VYwhgX Link to post Share on other sites
Meng Fan 0 Posted Monday at 01:03 AM Share Posted Monday at 01:03 AM @The Hero Hello, LCSWIEW and VCSWIEW why in the Win10 operating system can not open the second flash Link to post Share on other sites
