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Welcome, modders! This page is intended to be a collection of useful information for new and existing modders.
Welcome, modders! This page is intended to be a collection of useful information for anybody who wants to create mods. If you want to simply use other people's mods, see [[Help:Setting up mods]].


== Getting Started - Tools ==
== Files, Tools and Tutorials ==
Since BotW uses a lot of Nintendo's own file formats, you'll need tools to be able to edit them. To use leoetlino's tools, you need to install the latest version of Python (64 bit version), and tick the "Add to PATH"/"Add to environment variables" box in the installer. Then, to install the tool, run `pip install TOOL_NAME` in the command line.
Since BotW uses a lot of Nintendo's own file formats, you'll need tools to be able to edit them. To use leoetlino's tools, you need to install the latest version of Python (64 bit version), and tick the "Add to PATH" / "Add to environment variables" box in the installer. Then, to install the tool, run <code>pip install TOOL_NAME</code> in the command line.
* Many files in the game are compressed with [[Yaz0]] compression. Compressed files generally have the letter s prefixed to their file extension. To decompress and recompress these files, use [https://szs.wiimm.de/wszst/ wszst](use the download marked Cygwin if you're running Windows).
* Many files in the game are compressed with [[Yaz0]] compression. Compressed files generally have the letter <code>s</code> prefixed to their file extension. To decompress and recompress these files, use [https://szs.wiimm.de/wszst/ wszst](use the download marked Cygwin if you're running Windows).
* [[BYML]] files contain game parameters. Convert them to an editable format (and back) with leoetlino's [https://pypi.org/project/byml/ <code>byml</code> tool].
** <code>wszst decompress INPUT_FILE.sbactorpack OUTPUT_FILE.bactorpack</code>
** <code>wszst compress INPUT_FILE.bfres OUTPUT_FILE.sbfres</code>
* The file [[ResourceSizeTable.product.rsizetable]] (referred to as the RSTB file) contains a list of size limits for almost every file in the game (calculated from the non-Yaz0-compressed file sizes). If you edit a file to make its filesize bigger, you'll need to edit this file to prevent errors. For details, see [[Help:Editing the RSTB]].
* [[SARC]] archives contain collections of other files and folders, like .zip folders. Unpack, edit and re-pack them with leoetlino's [https://pypi.org/project/sarc/ <code>sarc</code> tool]. This tool automatically decompresses Yaz0-encoded archives, and re-compresses them when you repack if the extension starts with an <code>s</code>.
** <code>sarc extract INPUT_FILE.pack</code>
** <code>sarc create [-b] INPUT_FOLDER OUTPUT_FILE.sbactorpack</code> (Use <code>-b</code>for Wii U only).
* [[BYML]] files contain game parameters. Convert them to an editable format (and back) with leoetlino's [https://pypi.org/project/byml/ <code>byml</code> tool]. This tool automatically decompresses Yaz0-encoded files, and re-compresses them if the extension starts with an <code>s</code>.
** <code>byml_to_yml INPUT_FILE.byml OUTPUT_FILE.yml</code>
** <code>yml_to_byml [-b] INPUT_FILE.yml OUTPUT_FILE.sbyml</code>  (Use <code>-b</code> for Wii U only).
* [[AAMP]] files also contain game parameters. Convert them to an editable format (and back) with leoetlino's [https://pypi.org/project/aamp/ <code>aamp</code> tool].
* [[AAMP]] files also contain game parameters. Convert them to an editable format (and back) with leoetlino's [https://pypi.org/project/aamp/ <code>aamp</code> tool].
* [[SARC]] archives contain other files, sort of like .zip folders. Extract, edit and re-pack them with leoetlino's [https://pypi.org/project/sarc/ <code>sarc</code> tool].
** <code>aamp_to_yml INPUT_FILE.bxml OUTPUT_FILE.yml</code>
** <code>yml_to_aamp INPUT_FILE.yml OUTPUT_FILE.bgparamlist</code>
* [[BFRES]] files contain the game's models and textures. Tutorials on how to edit these for Wii U can be found in [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Z1_A3w0VvPHp22H_Yh_dSdzI5hr4OAv9 Fooni's Tutorials].
** <code>.sbfres</code> files contain models.
** <code>.Tex1.sbfres</code> files contain textures (Wii U).
** <code>.Tex2.sbfres</code> files contain mipmaps for textures (Wii U). Since we can't edit these on Wii U yet, they need to be disabled.
** <code>.Tex.sbfres</code> files contain both textures and mipmaps (Switch). Unlike on Wii U, mipmaps don't cause any problems here.

Revision as of 23:13, 14 October 2018

Welcome, modders! This page is intended to be a collection of useful information for anybody who wants to create mods. If you want to simply use other people's mods, see Help:Setting up mods.

Files, Tools and Tutorials

Since BotW uses a lot of Nintendo's own file formats, you'll need tools to be able to edit them. To use leoetlino's tools, you need to install the latest version of Python (64 bit version), and tick the "Add to PATH" / "Add to environment variables" box in the installer. Then, to install the tool, run pip install TOOL_NAME in the command line.

  • Many files in the game are compressed with Yaz0 compression. Compressed files generally have the letter s prefixed to their file extension. To decompress and recompress these files, use wszst(use the download marked Cygwin if you're running Windows).
    • wszst decompress INPUT_FILE.sbactorpack OUTPUT_FILE.bactorpack
    • wszst compress INPUT_FILE.bfres OUTPUT_FILE.sbfres
  • The file ResourceSizeTable.product.rsizetable (referred to as the RSTB file) contains a list of size limits for almost every file in the game (calculated from the non-Yaz0-compressed file sizes). If you edit a file to make its filesize bigger, you'll need to edit this file to prevent errors. For details, see Help:Editing the RSTB.
  • SARC archives contain collections of other files and folders, like .zip folders. Unpack, edit and re-pack them with leoetlino's sarc tool. This tool automatically decompresses Yaz0-encoded archives, and re-compresses them when you repack if the extension starts with an s.
    • sarc extract INPUT_FILE.pack
    • sarc create [-b] INPUT_FOLDER OUTPUT_FILE.sbactorpack (Use -bfor Wii U only).
  • BYML files contain game parameters. Convert them to an editable format (and back) with leoetlino's byml tool. This tool automatically decompresses Yaz0-encoded files, and re-compresses them if the extension starts with an s.
    • byml_to_yml INPUT_FILE.byml OUTPUT_FILE.yml
    • yml_to_byml [-b] INPUT_FILE.yml OUTPUT_FILE.sbyml (Use -b for Wii U only).
  • AAMP files also contain game parameters. Convert them to an editable format (and back) with leoetlino's aamp tool.
    • aamp_to_yml INPUT_FILE.bxml OUTPUT_FILE.yml
    • yml_to_aamp INPUT_FILE.yml OUTPUT_FILE.bgparamlist
  • BFRES files contain the game's models and textures. Tutorials on how to edit these for Wii U can be found in Fooni's Tutorials.
    • .sbfres files contain models.
    • .Tex1.sbfres files contain textures (Wii U).
    • .Tex2.sbfres files contain mipmaps for textures (Wii U). Since we can't edit these on Wii U yet, they need to be disabled.
    • .Tex.sbfres files contain both textures and mipmaps (Switch). Unlike on Wii U, mipmaps don't cause any problems here.