XWA Dat Editor

[JeremyaFr]

Hello,

Here is Xwa Dat Editor, an editor for the DAT files. These files contain images used by the game.

Download link:
https://github.com/JeremyAnsel/XwaDatEd ... ses/latest

Or use XwaToolsDownloader to download all the tools, including XwaDatEditor.

DAT image formats are:

- Format 7:
Format: 8-bit indexed colors and 1-bit alpha, rle compressed.
Use: concourse or in-flight.

- Format 23:
Format: 8-bit indexed colors and 8-bit alpha, rle compressed.
Use: concourse.

- Format 24:
Format: 8-bit indexed colors and 8-bit alpha.
Use: in-flight.

- Format 25:
Format: 32-bit ARGB.
Use: in-flight.

[Darksaber]

Looking forward to seeing this in its full glory

[Bman]

Thank you very much!

[Ace Antilles]

Sorry I know it's old but just want to say a quick THANK YOU!
This program has been brilliant for me to use.
Appreciate the effort to make it

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated XwaDatEditor.

I've added a feature to save images and groups to dat file:

• add multiselect in the lists.
• add "save DAT" buttons
• add image index

[ual002]

UPDATE

• add image index

How does this feature work?

[JeremyaFr]

The image index feature is the index shown next to the images list, starting from 1.

[ual002]

God I'm blind.

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated XwaDatEditor.

I've added buttons to move up, move down, and sort groups and images.

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
XwaDatEditor has been updated.

The changes are:
- Allow multiple images to be added at once. (contribution from @blue_max )

You can get the latest version with XwaToolsDownloader.

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
XwaDatEditor has been updated.

The changes are:
- Allow multiple images to be exported at the same time.

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated XwaDatEditor.

I've added support for a new DAT image format: Format25C. The format 25C is like the format 25 but the images are compressed with the LZMA algorithm. To use the format 25C, you need an updated 32bpp hook.
I've added new buttons to convert the format of all the images of a dat file.

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated XwaDatEditor.

I've improved the performance of images importing.

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated XwaDatEditor.

Now the ImageId, OffsetX, OffsetY changes are applied to all selected images.

[Forceflow]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated XwaDatEditor.

Now the ImageId, OffsetX, OffsetY changes are applied to all selected images.

Works like a charm, many thanks!

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated XwaDatEditor.

I've added an edit button to the explorer to open the selected file with the editor.

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated XwaDatEditor.

Changes are:
- add support for the BC7 compressed texture format

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated XwaDatEditor.

Changes are:
- add support for the BC3 compressed texture format
- add support for the BC5 compressed texture format

[Bman]

If BC7 is highest compression format, is the quality of source image lost compared to BC3 ? Curious what are differences between them and when would each need to be used?

[JeremyaFr]

BC7 has better quality than BC3. So bc7 is recommanded for in-flight images. But since the new concourse is rendered with Direct2D and Direct2D can't use bc7, the concurse items can use bc3.

[Bman]

Awesome. Thank you. What do you recommend BC5 would be used for ?

[JeremyaFr]

Awesome. Thank you. What do you recommend BC5 would be used for ?

Currently bc5 has no usage. Maybe for normal maps in the future.