Frostbite model tools (Battlefield, Battlefront and others)

[mono24]

You should just drop archive onto tool and it will process them if not maybe running a .bat tool for them ? and yes EBX and CHUNKS should be in 1 folder. I merged RES with EBX then just placed tool into main folder and it processed.

That's a bad idea to move chunks around, the chunks folder MUST be intact otherwise other conversions will fail, i can understand the EBX/RES merge folders inside bundles folder, but that should be it.
Anyway, i got it working by using the already described if you run just the tool as:

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tool.exe working directory as second parameter

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NFSHeatTexTool.exe X:\FB\ANTHEM\bundles

There is only one problem, it exports only as PNG, very bad, it MUST be exported as DDS as well, or the choice between the two, you think he can update it?

I tested the Heat tool on Anthem, it seems to work, as Heat is same format as Anthem and Plansts vs Zombies Battle for Neighborville, which for those that do now know you can dump that game using either Heat/Anthem dump tool same procedure.

[Naznarok]

You should just drop archive onto tool and it will process them

Yes, now it works. Except normalMap. Can you please share a source code?

[mono24]

I can also confirm the Heat texture tool works on Plants vs Zombies Battle for Neighborville, except quite a few textures that require alpha channel intact on PNG get ruined, while other normal textures are converted incorrect, it needs to export as DDS, no other processing/conversions.

[Sharppy]

Yeah i seen this issue im not sure how to go about fixing it.

[mono24]

Yeah i seen this issue im not sure how to go about fixing it.

Check Nicknine's DDS python code for textures on Frostbite 2 games, and where he took the texture formats from, maybe his example will help:
https://github.com/NicknineTheEagle/Fro ... te2/dds.py
And here at the end it shows how he reads texture header:
https://github.com/NicknineTheEagle/Fro ... te2/ebx.py
Obviously these new tools you posted are for Frostbite 3 engine but modifications should be minor, if your friend who made the tools knows already what he did I'm sure he will understand that python code and what needs to be changed.

[Sharppy]

Tool Updated
viewtopic.php?p=182107#p182107

I can also confirm the Heat texture tool works on Plants vs Zombies Battle for Neighborville, except quite a few textures that require alpha channel intact on PNG get ruined, while other normal textures are converted incorrect, it needs to export as DDS, no other processing/conversions.

Would need samples maybe it requires a new tool. .texture along with corresponding .chunk

[mono24]

Would need samples maybe it requires a new tool. .texture along with corresponding .chunk

Yeah right now it fails at DX10 format, only the header is exported.
Will gather some samples then and PM you.

[Sharppy]

Texture tools updated once more.
viewtopic.php?p=182107#p182107
-support for R8G8B8A8 and BC5U formats

NFS: Heat tool works for Anthem and PvZ

[mono24]

Texture tools updated once more.
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=17114&start=540

Can you also edit/update link, it is incorrect, proper link is located in the post icon right before your forum name as in screenshot circled in red:

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[daemon1]

Map tool for NFS The Run.

First version, may be improved later. Most map objects properly placed, including those using havok and blueprints. Terriain not supported yet.

1. You have to dump the game, for example with this script: https://github.com/NicknineTheEagle/Frostbite-Scripts (use frostbite 2 version).
Then merge chunks with bundles/chunks. Duplicated chunks inside bundles are not needed, so you can skip or overwrite them.
Also merge EBX and RES folders inside bundles, to place them all in the root of bundles folder.

2. Edit the included INI file with paths to your dump.

3. Run fb_maps_run_db.exe tool once, it will scan whole dump for meshsets and blueprints, so later maps can be converted fast, without the need to go into whole tree of assets. This will take a few minutes. After that, 2 files will be created: bp.db & meshnames.txt, which need to stay in the same folder for main tool to work.

4. use fb_maps_run.exe (main map tool) to convert maps. Drop any EBX on it, use in command line with 1 parameter, or create a batch.
Maps are in \_c4\levels\ folder. Most objects (such as roads and buildings) are in "level..." files, but also many objects in "layer..." and other smaller files inside subfolders.

[daemon1]

The python script above dumps chunks with dashes. For example: 1015579a-35ae-4827-95f9-71e720fa3ed1.chunk
To make them work with this map tool, you need to rename them after dump (using some automated tool)
or make a little change in the script (dbo.py file), so they will be dumped without dashes, remove these:

[babymammoth]

could someone kindly record a quick video of using the bf2042 tool? I think I have swiss cheese holes in the steps to take, so I'm running into unhandled exceptions...

[Naznarok]

Texture tools updated once more.
viewtopic.php?p=182107#p182107
-support for R8G8B8A8 and BC5U formats

Hello! Thank you for this great tool! Can you add functionality to specify export format DDS/PNG or build separate tools for different format export? Exporting DDS and PNG same time consumes HDD space and time :/

[Dimka51Rus]

BF2042

[Dimka51Rus]

Daemon1, Thanks for the bf2042 file extraction utilities!
Is it possible to fix the bug by converting .dds textures, they need to be converted again due to unknown compression. (TXD5)