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<span style="font-size:130%">'''Welcome to the Heavy Iron Modding Wiki!'''</span>
This wiki is exclusivededicated to modding Heavy Iron5 games ondeveloped theby RenderWare engine[https://heavyiron. Here, you will find useful technical information about 5games Heavy Iron gamesStudios] fromon the RenderWare eraengine.<br/>You can join this wiki to help us expand further upon our projects with documenting and decompiling the games
We have [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles]] and [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}} active contributors]]. Anyone can contribute!
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[[File:Scooby.png|link=]] [[:Category:Scooby|Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights]] (Scooby)<br>
[[File:Bfbb.png|link=]] [[:Category:BFBB|SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom]] (BFBB)<br>
[[File:Tssm.png|link=]] [[:Category:TSSM|The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]] (TSSM)<br>
[[File:Incredibles.png|link=]] [[:Category:Incredibles|The Incredibles]] (Incredibles)<br>
[[File:Rotu.png|link=]] [[:Category:ROTU|The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer]] (ROTU)<br>
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! style="width: 33%; background:#fdd" | Guides
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! style="width: 33%; background:#fdd" | Mods
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'''Mods'''
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* [[Mods/Scooby|Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights Mods]]
* [[Mods/BFBB|SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Mods]]
* [[Mods/TSSM|The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Mods]]
* [[Mods/Incredibles|The Incredibles Mods]]
* [[Mods/ROTU|The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer Mods]]
* [[Mods|All Mods]]
'''AR Codes'''
* [[AR Codes/Scooby NTSC|Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights AR Codes]]
* [[AR Codes/BFBB NTSC|SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom AR Codes]]
* [[AR Codes/TSSM NTSC|The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie AR Codes]]
* [[AR Codes/Incredibles NTSC|The Incredibles AR Codes]]
* [[AR Codes/ROTU NTSC|The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer AR Codes]]
* [[AR Codes|All AR Codes]]
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<span style="font-size:120%">'''New to modding? Start here: [[Essentials Series]]'''</span><br>
* [[Mods]]
This series of modding tutorials is meant to introduce modding of Battle for Bikini Bottom, and the other games, to beginners, in addition to covering other in-depth topics.
** [[Mods/Scooby|Scooby Doo! Night of 100 Frights]]
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** [[Mods/BFBB|SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom]]
'''Starter guides'''
** [[Mods/TSSM|The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]
** [[Mods/Incredibles|The Incredibles]]
** [[Mods/ROTU|The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer]]
* [[AR Codes]]
** [[AR Codes/BfBB|SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom]]
** [[AR Codes/TSSM|The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]
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Modding tools:
* [[Industrial Park (Level Editor)|Industrial Park]]
* [[HipHopTool]]
* [[BFBB Patch Tool]]
* [[BFBBAnimTools]]
* [[Hans (tool)|Hans]]
* [[BFBB JSP Tool]]
* [[Heavy Iron Bik Converter]]
* [https://github.com/PenneyMarie1901/TextureTool TextureTool]
Related tools:
* [[QuickBMS]]
* [https://www.gta-modding.com/area/file-33-rw-analyze.html RW Analyze]
* [https://gtaforums.com/topic/838479-dff-importer-and-exporter-for-3ds-max/ rwio]
* [https://www.gtagarage.com/mods/show.php?id=27862 Magic.TXD]
* [https://github.com/soopercool101/BrawlCrate BrawlCrate]
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! style="width: 33%; background:#fdd" | Documentation
! style="width: 33%; background:#fdd" | Useful Links
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<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[Essentials Series]]'''</span>
* This series of modding tutorials is meant to introduce modding of Battle for Bikini Bottom, and the other games, to beginners, in addition to covering other in-depth topics.
Starter guides:
* [[Setting up Dolphin for modding]] - explains how to set up Dolphin so you can play a modded copy of the game.
* [[Randomizer]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrfzuz7Y9bXaxsjSVPF0ocihHd4SUiQwf Playlist of video tutorials covering various subjects]
'''Advanced guides:'''
* [[Essentials Series/Porting a GameCube level to Xbox|Porting a GameCube level to Xbox]]
* [[Asset porting]]
* [[Adding Vertex Color To Models]]
* [[How To Rip Rigged Models from a CSN Asset]]
'''Miscellaneous guides:'''
* [[IDA Pro Setup Guide]]
* [[Basic asset editing]] (deprecated)
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! style="width: 33%; background:#fdd" | Documentation
! style="width: 33%; background:#fdd" | Links
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'''Tools'''
* [[Industrial Park (Level Editor)|Industrial Park]] - Level viewer and editor for HIP/HOP archives
* [[HipHopTool]] - Used to extract, edit and create new HIP/HOP archives
* [[BFBB Patch Tool]] - Patch file creator and applier for mods
* [[BFBBAnimTools]] - Allows creation and applying of patches for modified content in BFBB; used for distribution of mods
* [[Hans (tool)|Hans]] - Save file editor
* [https://github.com/PenneyMarie1901/TextureTool TextureTool] - Used to quickly resize an image you wish to use as a texture for BFBB, as well as extra useful features.
* [[Heavy Iron Bik Converter]] - Automatically converts video files into a .bik file that is already formatted to work in almost every Heavy Iron Renderware game.
* [[Tools|All Tools]]
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'''File Formats'''
* [[Data Types]]
* [[Asset|Assets]]
* [[Sound Format]]
'''Game/Disc Filesystem:'''
* [[Filesystem (Scooby-Doo: Night Of 100 Frights)|Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights]]
* [[Filesystem (Battle for Bikini Bottom)|SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom]]
* [[Filesystem (The Incredibles)|The Incredibles]]
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'''Links'''
* [https://discord.gg/9eAE6UB Heavy Iron Modding Discord]
* [https://gamebanana.com/games/7324 BFBB GameBanana]
* [https://bfbbdecomp.github.io/bfbb/progress BFBB Decompilation Project]
* [https://gamebananawww.reddit.com/gamesr/modthecrapoutofbfbb/7324 BFBB GameBananaModding Subreddit]
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== Welcome to {{SITENAME}}! ==
This wiki is exclusive to modding Heavy Iron games on the RenderWare engine. Here, you will find useful technical information about 5 Heavy Iron games from the RenderWare era:
* Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights
* SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom
* The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
* The Incredibles
* The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer
== Mods ==
Check the [[Mods]] page for all community made mods you can play yourself.
== Modding guides ==
* [[Setting up Dolphin for modding]] - explains how to set up Dolphin so you can play a modded copy of the game.
* [[Randomizer]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrfzuz7Y9bXaxsjSVPF0ocihHd4SUiQwf Playlist of video tutorials covering various subjects]
=== Essentials series ===
This series of modding tutorials is meant to introduce modding of Battle for Bikini Bottom, and the other games, to beginners, in addition to covering other in-depth topics.
==== Introductory series ====
Read all of these pages before starting modding, as they contain the most basic info.
# [[Introduction To Modding|Introduction]]
# [[Industrial Park basics]]
# [[Editing Assets]]
# [[Asset Templates|Templates]]
# [[Links]]
# [[Dispatchers]]
# [[Tikis and Enemies]]
==== In-Depth guides ====
Creating custom levels or exporting/importing other custom content in the game.
* [[Sound and Music]]
* [[Extracting Models]]
* [[Custom Models]]
* [[Custom Animations]]
==== Asset guides ====
Information on specific in-game items and controllers.
* [[Boulders]]
* [[Buttons]]
* [[Cameras]]
* [[Counters]]
* [[Conditionals]]
* [[Duplicatotron Tutorial|Duplicatotron]]
* [[Particles]]
* [[Platforms]]
* [[Portals]]
* [[SIMPs|SIMPs (Simple Objects)]]
* [[Slides]]
* [[Springboard Tutorial|Springboards]]
* [[Stage Controllers]]
* [[Talk Boxes]]
* [[Timers]]
* [[Triggers]]
* [[User Interfaces]]
=== Other guides ===
* [[Porting a GameCube level to Xbox]]
* [[Asset porting]]
* [[Adding Vertex Color To Models]]
* [[How To Rip Rigged Models from a CSN Asset]]
* [[IDA Pro Setup Guide]]
* [[Basic asset editing]] (deprecated)
== Formats ==
* [[Data Types]]
* [[Asset|Assets]]
* [[Events]]
* [[HIP (File Format)|HIP/HOP Format]]
* [[SDF (File Format)|SDF Format]]
* [[Sound Format]]
===Game/Disc Filesystem===
* [[Filesystem (Battle for Bikini Bottom)]]
* [[Filesystem (The Spongebob Squarepants Movie Game)]]
* [[Filesystem (Scooby-Doo: Night Of 100 Frights)]]
* [[Filesystem (The Incredibles)]]
== Tools ==
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| [[Industrial Park (Level Editor)|Industrial Park]]
|| [[User:igorseabra4|igorseabra4]]
|| Preview 57.1
|| Viewer and editor for HIP/HOP archives
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| [[HipHopTool]]
|| [[User:igorseabra4|igorseabra4]]
|| 0.5
|| Used to extract, edit and create new HIP/HOP archives
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| [[BFBB Patch Tool]]
|| [[User:Seil|Seil]]
|| 0.5
|| Allows creation and applying of patches for modified content in BFBB; used for distribution of mods
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| [[BFBBAnimTools]]
|| [[User:Seil|Seil]]
|| 1.0.1
|| Script for importing and exporting [[ANIM]] assets in 3ds Max.
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| [[Hans (tool)|Hans]]
|| [[User:igorseabra4|igorseabra4]]
|| 0.1
|| Save file editor
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| [[QuickBMS]]
|| '''Luigi Auriemma'''
|| 0.9.0
|| Previous tool for HIP/HOP, did not allow complex editing of the files
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| [https://www.gta-modding.com/area/file-33-rw-analyze.html RW Analyze]
|| '''Steve M.'''
|| 0.4b
|| Used to view the tree structure of RenderWare files (models)
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| [https://gtaforums.com/topic/838479-dff-importer-and-exporter-for-3ds-max/ rwio]
|| '''The Hero'''
|| 3.1d
|| Plugin for [https://www.autodesk.com/products/3ds-max/overview 3ds Max] which allows importing and exporting of [[MODL|RenderWare DFFs]].
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| [https://www.gtagarage.com/mods/show.php?id=27862 Magic.TXD]
|| '''The_GTA'''
|| 1.1
|| Editor for RenderWare textures
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| [https://github.com/soopercool101/BrawlCrate BrawlCrate]
|| ''Various''
|| 0.30
|| Allows editing GC icons stored in tpl format.
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| [https://github.com/PenneyMarie1901/TextureTool TextureTool]
|| [[User:PenneyAMarie|Penney16]]
|| 2.0
|| Used to quickly resize an image you wish to use as a texture for BFBB, as well as extra useful features.
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| [[BFBB JSP Tool]]
|| [[User:igorseabra4|igorseabra4]]
|| 0.2
|| Converts [[JSP]] and [[MODL|DFF]] files from the XBOX version of Battle For Bikini Bottom to OBJ. '''Deprecated in favor of Industrial Park's internal exporter.'''
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| [[Heavy Iron Bik Converter]]
|| [[User:Nova|Suprnova]]
|| 1.1
|| Automatically converts video files into a .bik file that is already formatted to work in almost every Heavy Iron Renderware game.
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== Other Projects ==
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! Author
! Version
! Description
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| [https://bfbbdecomp.github.io/bfbb/progress BFBB Decompilation]
|| BFBB Decomp Team
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|| Disassembly of BFBB, useful for seeing the game's internals. Currently focuses on the GameCube disc.
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