UI Converter for S2TW

[taw]

So you all know UI converter for ETW and NTW which I've been maintaining, right?

I just figured out Version043 format, used by some of the S2TW files and added support for it.

Now don't get too excited, current statistics of all UI files across all games (from all .packs, I'll need to clean up duplicates) look like this:

Version025: {"ui->xml fail"=>1}
Version027: {"ui->xml fail"=>1}
Version028: {"ui->xml fail"=>3}
Version029: {"ui->xml fail"=>7}
Version030: {"ui->xml fail"=>3}
Version031: {"ui->xml fail"=>1} ← very old formats nobody cars about
Version032: {"ok"=>20} ← some of ETW ui
Version033: {"ok"=>142} ← most of ETW ui
Version039: {"ui->xml fail"=>4, "ok"=>155} ← most of NTW ui
Version043: {"ok"=>4} ← this is what I just fixed
Version044: {"ui->xml fail"=>1}
Version046: {"ui->xml fail"=>5}
Version047: {"ui->xml fail"=>7}
Version049: {"ui->xml fail"=>9}
Version050: {"ui->xml fail"=>269} ← S2TW ui
Version051: {"ui->xml fail"=>222} ← S2TW ui
Version052: {"ui->xml fail"=>4}
Version054: {"ui->xml fail"=>126} ← S2TW ui

The only reason Version043 support matters is that it will let me reach Version050/051/054, step by step, the same way I added support for Version033 and Version032 starting from alpaca's converter for Version039 alone.

Since I'll most likely be adding support for new versions step by step, and each step involves manually digging through tons of binary data, it will take something between one and two forevers before I actually reach Version050 and significant % of S2TW's ui files become moddable. But at least some progress is happening now.

[Akaie]

Excellent! Your work on this matter is much appreciated .

[kungfuserge]

You are a wizard

[taw]

Version025: {"ui->xml fail"=>1}
Version027: {"ui->xml fail"=>1}
Version028: {"ui->xml fail"=>3}
Version029: {"ui->xml fail"=>7}
Version030: {"ui->xml fail"=>3}
Version031: {"ui->xml fail"=>1}
Version032: {"ok"=>20}
Version033: {"ok"=>142}
Version039: {"ui->xml fail"=>4, "ok"=>155}
Version043: {"ok"=>4} ← works now
Version044: {"ok"=>1} ← works now
Version046: {"ok"=>4} ← works now
Version047: {"ok"=>6} ← works now
Version049: {"ui->xml fail"=>9}
Version050: {"ui->xml fail"=>269}
Version051: {"ui->xml fail"=>222}
Version052: {"ui->xml fail"=>4}
Version054: {"ui->xml fail"=>126}

So actually, it's moving forward faster than I expected.

[taw]

Stats for all UI files I found in ETW, NTW, and S2TW (contains some duplicates):

Version025: {"ui->xml fail"=>1}
Version027: {"ui->xml fail"=>1}
Version028: {"ui->xml fail"=>3}
Version029: {"ui->xml fail"=>7}
Version030: {"ui->xml fail"=>3}
Version031: {"ui->xml fail"=>1}
Version032: {"ok"=>20}
Version033: {"ok"=>142}
Version039: {"ui->xml fail"=>4, "ok"=>155}
Version043: {"ok"=>4}
Version044: {"ok"=>1}
Version046: {"ok"=>4}
Version047: {"ok"=>6}
Version049: {"ok"=>7} ← works now
Version050: {"differ"=>6, "ui->xml fail"=>40, "ok"=>223} ← works now
Version051: {"ui->xml fail"=>222}
Version052: {"ui->xml fail"=>4}
Version054: {"ui->xml fail"=>126}

A lot of ui files from data.pack work now.

Very few of packs from patch*.pack works, but usually you can get a working one in data.pack, so you should be able to mod most of ui files now.

I tried figuring out Version051 but it totally failed - there's a mysterious byte that sometimes occurs and sometimes doesn't, and it screws the entire reference frame.

There's still 46 failures in Version050 and 4 failures in Version039.

I have some clue what 10 of them are probably about (4 Version039 files and 6 Version050 files with "differ" have a weird extra data structure - but it looks like it's actually different by one byte between the two versions). I have no idea what this data structure actually is about - it's string, two 00 bytes, int, float, 14 ints.

For other 40 failed Version050 files I have even less clue. It's quite likely this would need to be figured out before decoding further versions is possible.

Anyway, much progress was made, give it a try, but don't expect anything more anytime soon.

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Two more things:

First, decoder creates a lot of entries like "flag12", "int7" etc. I have no ing idea what they actually do. You could help with this.

Second, there's "post_battle_entry.twui" file in one of the *.packs, with what looks like CA's decoded UI entry. It's not meant to be human readable, but that's the best we've got, so maybe it will give someone some clue. (I attached it to this post)

There's also post_battle_entry.twui.images which contains a bunch of TGA files packed together. They're both look like intermediate steps in compiling UI files. If they give you any clue, tell me.

[Akaie]

Damn that was fast! I'll have a gander at some of the version50 ones! Thanks!

[Aeneas2020]

Taw...i've been messing around with some files and trying to work up a UI converter myself. I have to admit i'm a texturer first and scripter second so i'm pretty much out of my league. I would like to offer you some help if you need any however an offer my support to your project. Drop me a pm if you are interested. Thanks

[Akaie]

Texturer, eh? Interested in doing a small bit of work for Sekigahara? I'm about to go to sleep now, but if you're interested, shoot me a PM and I'll note what I'd like you to do .

Not to worry, it's not a huge amount of work; it's re-making the textures of one of these using pre-existing texture sheets and meshes.