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{{IllusionGames Modding}}
== Basic concepts ==
The concept of modding basically boils down to modifying the data read by the game to change the game's behavior. Common things to mod including translation of in-game buttons (which are pictures), in-game story (which are text), clothing (textures), and skin/uncensor (textures).

The data that needs to be modified are often packed in a larger file. Thus a modder first needs to use a tool to extract the data out, modify it, then put it back in.

Different games may have different details in how data are packaged, and what needs to be modded.

== Common tools ==
For extraction/insertion:
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! Name !! Games supported !! Ability
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| BXPlay || DB4, DBVR || Plays .bxn movie files, allows extraction of still images
|-
| SB2TCP || IPVR, SB2, Biko 3 || Extract and inject images (BMP and TGA) from Illusion packages (.fpk and .pp). Does not work on .pp files of newer Illusion games.
|-
| IluPak || Rapelay, SB3 || Unpack and repack .pp files. Does not work on .pp files of older Illusion games.
|-
| ILLUSIONist || Rapelay, SB3 || inject files into .pp files
|}

For data modification:
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! Name !! Usage
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| Adobe Photoshop || Image editing
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| GIMP || Image editing
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| MS Paint || Image editing
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| Notepad || Text editing
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| frhed || Hex editing
|-
| Metasequoia || 3D editing
|}
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==Files and Subfiles==
* [[:Category:.pp]]
** [[.eyes]]
** [[.neck]]
** [[.sviex]]
** [[.xl]]
** [[.xx]]

==Misc==
* [[Afkhound_LST_injection_format]]