FFXV Tools - Kizari/Flagrum GitHub Wiki

Flagrum: https://github.com/Kizari/Flagrum/releases/latest
_{An all-in-one tool suite for FFXV. Includes incredibly specialised tools for importing/exporting assets, creating/managing mods, and much more.}

Flagrum Blender Add-on: https://github.com/Kizari/Flagrum-Blender/releases/latest
_{A complement to Flagrum that enables certain file types to be imported/exported to/from Blender.}

FFXV Ansel Block Remover: http://www.skacikpl.pl/projects#FFXVABR
_{Allows NVIDIA Ansel to be activated in places it normally can't be.}

Narod's FFXV Screenshot Grabber: https://github.com/NarodGaming/ffxv-screenshot-grabber
_{Used for pulling snapshots out of your save files so they can be used elsewhere.}

AudioMog https://github.com/Yoraiz0r/AudioMog/releases/latest
_{Used to unpack, repack, and edit the game's audio files.}

vgmstream https://github.com/vgmstream/vgmstream
_{Can be used to convert PS4 audio files that AudioMog cannot handle.}

Dither Patch https://github.com/drdaxxy/ffxvDitherPatch
_{Narrows the terrain dithering effect, see the link for screenshots.}

XMB Tool https://github.com/Xeeynamo/ffxv
_{Older tooling for working with aspects of the FFXV Demos}

Cindy Text Editor: https://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=19254
_{No longer available due to XentaX being closed down. Was used for altering any of the text that appears in-game.}

Blender: https://www.blender.org
_{Free software. 3.0+ required for Flagrum. This is our main 3D tool for modding purposes.}

Marvelous Designer: https://www.marvelousdesigner.com
_{Paid software. Industry standard for creating clothing models.}

Substance Painter: https://www.adobe.com/products/substance3d-painter.html
_{Paid software. Industry standard for creating textures for 3D models.}

Adobe Photoshop: https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html
_{Paid software. Most of us use this for editing XV textures.}

GIMP: https://www.gimp.org/
_{Free software. Quite janky to use, but doesn't cost.}

Foobar2000: https://www.foobar2000.org/download
_{Used to play the audio files from the game. Requires the plugin below.}

Foobar Plugin: https://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_gep
_{Enables Foobar2000 to play the SAB format the game uses.}

RAD Video Tools: http://www.radgametools.com/binkhlp2.htm
_{Used to play the video files from the game.}

010 Editor: https://www.sweetscape.com/010editor
_{Paid software. Hex editor with powerful templating capabilities. Required to use the FFXV binary templates.}

HxD Hex Editor: https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd
_{Free alternative to 010 Editor, but cannot run binary templates.}

Cheat Engine: https://cheatengine.org
_{Free software. Powerful tool for observing and modifying values in-memory. Very useful research tool.}

Notepad++: https://notepad-plus-plus.org
_{Fantastic free powerful text editor for things such as XML editing, regex replacements, file comparisons, etc.}

EbexTool by Sai: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TJ0gwQ2rwMoAlABV_sy91vbGD0vz8zOa/view
_{Succeeded by Flagrum. Converts EXML (XMB2) files to XML by dropping them on the EXE. Useful for files that are not packed into the release game.}

XMB2 Repacker by Zye: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eeEoASigkUajwfry1gZFdgeg1mt2dF_R/view
_{Succeeded by Flagrum. Converts XML files to EXML (XMB2) by dropping them on the EXE. Useful for files that are not being built into a Flagrum mod.}

FFXV Scout: https://sayhijon.wordpress.com/ffxvscout-3
_{Succeeded by Flagrum, but may still have niche uses for certain methods of EARC repacking that Flagrum does not yet support.}

Noesis: http://www.richwhitehouse.com/index.php?content=inc_projects.php&showproject=91
_{Succeeded by Flagrum, but still has use for exporting animations for renders until such a time that Flagrum implements animation functionality.}

Radio Tuner: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1329630729
_{Succeeded by AudioMog. Used for replacing in-game music files with your own.}

FFXV Music Swapper: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1329357160
_{Succeeded by AudioMog. Used for replacing in-game music files with your own.}

BTEX to DDS converter: https://sayhijon.wordpress.com/btex-to-dds-bdb
_{Succeeded by Flagrum. Cannot handle certain BTEX types, cannot convert to non-DDS formats, cannot convert back to BTEX.}

Hammerhead EARC Archive: https://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=17795
_{Succeeded by Scout, and later Flagrum.}

Prompty Snapshot Extractor: http://www.skacikpl.pl/projects#PROMPTY
_{Succeeded by Narod's FFXV Screenshot Grabber which offers more functionality.}