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| [https://ghidra-sre.org/ Ghidra SRE] || National Security Agency || Reverse-engineering suite that can be used to disassemble and decompile the machine code of game executables.
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| [https://richwhitehouse.com/index.php?content=inc_projects.php&showproject=91 Noesis] || Rich Whitehouse || General tool for viewing, converting, and extracting models and textures.
| [https://digiex.net/threads/9711/ Xbox 360 XISO Extractor] || Unknown || Used for extracting Xbox 360 ISO images (particularly useful for Burnout Revenge and Paradise).▼
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▲| [https://digiex.net/threads/9711/ Xbox 360 XISO Extractor] || Unknown || Used for extracting Xbox 360 ISO images (particularly useful for Burnout Revenge and Paradise).
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| [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/536574250471915556/815609541264932874/GtIDGen.exe GtIDGen] || [[User:Escape209|escape209]] || GUI program for converting text strings to encoded GtIDs, which are used in various places throughout the Takedown-era games and Paradise, and vice-versa.
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| [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/536574250471915556/767120634449756200/Console_Texture_Explorer.exe Console Texture Explorer] || Dageron || Can be used to locate, view and export textures on Burnout's PS2 and PSP versions.
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| [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hQs4pyPhzNBdbGFuBmb_5mEn9K7GJGn2/view BGV Blender import addon] || DGIorio || BGV importer addon for Blender 2.79/2.80. All Takedown-era games on all platforms are supported, as well as NFS Shift PSP.
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{{subpage|Burnout Paradise|text=Modding resources for Burnout Paradise.}}
{{subpage|Burnout Crash|text=Modding resources for Burnout Crash.}}
{{subpage|Need for Speed Hot Pursuit|text=Modding resources for NFS Hot Pursuit (2010).}}
{{subpage|Need for Speed Most Wanted|text=Modding resources for NFS Most Wanted (2012).}}
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Revision as of 15:47, 4 May 2023
A list of tools, tutorials, and other resources helpful for modders.
Tools
![]() | To do: Mirror tools hosted on Discord as it is against their TOS to use their CDN in this way. |
General
Tool name | Developed by | Description |
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HxD | Maël Hörz | Hex editor capable of viewing the raw data of any file. Supports RAM editing and file comparison. |
Ghidra SRE | National Security Agency | Reverse-engineering suite that can be used to disassemble and decompile the machine code of game executables. |
Noesis | Rich Whitehouse | General tool for viewing, converting, and extracting models and textures. |
Xbox 360 XISO Extractor | Unknown | Used for extracting Xbox 360 ISO images (particularly useful for Burnout Revenge and Paradise). |
GtIDGen | escape209 | GUI program for converting text strings to encoded GtIDs, which are used in various places throughout the Takedown-era games and Paradise, and vice-versa. |
Takedown era
Tools compatible with Burnout 3, Legends, Revenge, and Dominator.
Tool name | Developed by | Description |
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AWDio | escape209 | A command-line tool for extracting Wave Dictionary files from the Takedown-era games. |
BGV Palette Splitter | Edness | Supports extracting and reimporting the bitmaps and split 4, 6 and 8 two-grouped interleaved palettes used by PS2 Burnout Vehicle files. Also supports PSP and, partially, Xbox 360 files. |
Noesis Exporter | Edness | A Noesis plugin to export PS2, PSP, Xbox and Xbox 360 archives and textures from Burnout 3: Takedown, Legends, Revenge and Dominator. Due to format similarities, Black and Need for Speed: Shift (PSP) are also supported. |
TXD scanner | Edness | Extracts TXDs stored in a container. Only really needed for fonts that are stored in the executable. Can be viewed with the Noesis plugin afterward. |
IMG2CLUT | KabutoKun | Converts PNG, BMP, GIF, TIFF and JPG images to the PSP's CLUT4/8 texture format for use with Burnout Legends and Dominator. |
Track Texture Converter | KabutoKun | Converts textures in the STATIC.DAT file of each track to PNG, currently only supports the PS2 games.
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Console Texture Explorer | Dageron | Can be used to locate, view and export textures on Burnout's PS2 and PSP versions. |
BGV Blender import addon | DGIorio | BGV importer addon for Blender 2.79/2.80. All Takedown-era games on all platforms are supported, as well as NFS Shift PSP. |
Other resources
- General overview of Takedown-era formats.
Game-specific
![]() | Burnout Modding resources for the first Burnout. |
![]() | Burnout 2 Modding resources for Burnout 2: Point of Impact. |
![]() | Burnout 3 Modding resources for Burnout 3. |
![]() | Burnout Legends Modding resources for Burnout Legends. |
![]() | Burnout Revenge Modding resources for Burnout Revenge. |
![]() | Burnout Dominator Modding resources for Burnout Dominator. |
![]() | Burnout Paradise Modding resources for Burnout Paradise. |
![]() | Burnout Crash Modding resources for Burnout Crash. |
![]() | Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Modding resources for NFS Hot Pursuit (2010). |
![]() | Need for Speed Most Wanted Modding resources for NFS Most Wanted (2012). |