Tools
This page contains a list of tools developed by the community for modding purposes, as well as tools developed outside the community which are also useful for modding.
Tool | Author | Description |
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Heavy Mod Manager | igorseabra4 | A mod manager for Heavy Iron games |
Industrial Park | igorseabra4 | Viewer and editor for HIP/HOP archives |
HipHopTool | igorseabra4 | Used to extract, edit and create new HIP/HOP archives |
BFBB Patch Tool | Seil | Allows creation and applying of patches for modified content in BFBB; used for distribution of mods |
BFBBAnimTools | Seil | Script for importing and exporting ANIM assets in 3ds Max. |
Hans | igorseabra4 | Save file editor |
QuickBMS | Luigi Auriemma | Previous tool for HIP/HOP, did not allow complex editing of the files |
RW Analyze | Steve M. | Used to view the tree structure of RenderWare files (models) |
rwio | The Hero | Plugin for 3ds Max which allows importing and exporting of RenderWare DFFs. |
Magic.TXD | The_GTA | Editor for RenderWare textures |
BrawlCrate | Various | Allows editing GC icons stored in tpl format. |
TextureTool | Penney16 | Used to quickly resize an image you wish to use as a texture for BFBB, as well as extra useful features. |
BFBB JSP Tool | igorseabra4 | Converts JSP and DFF files from the XBOX version of Battle For Bikini Bottom to OBJ. Deprecated in favor of Industrial Park's internal exporter. |
Heavy Iron Bik Converter | Suprnova | Automatically converts video files into a .bik file that is already formatted to work in almost every Heavy Iron Renderware game. |
The GoodEditor-2 | Penney16 | Used to edit .ho parcels and can (for now) edit SimpleObject & Platform assets' Position Rotation and Scale X, Y and Z and edit the Collision Flag and Visibility Flag of a SimpleObjects. |
HiHoTool | igorseabra4 | Used to extract and edit assets from .ho parcels. |
Collin | Mem | Spongebob's Truth or Square & Wall-E modding tool |
Plankton | Mem | .HO archive editor (all games) |
DynamicGeometry | Mem | A "Spongebobs Truth or Square" (2009) StaticGeometry editor |
Assets/Resources
This section contains assets to be freely used for modding provided by users in the Heavy Iron Modding discord
Assets | Author | Description |
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BfBB Simple Level Template | Double H | Contains a flat plain, tikis, blocks, button & gate, springboard, hovering platform, collectables, and some robots. A blank version with just a plain is included as well. |
CB02 Models | Penney16 | Some custom models and textures of Spongebob's house, Patrick's, and Squidward's used in CB02. |
CB Sounds | Penney16 | 2 custom sounds that were used in some of Penney16's mods. |
BfBB Taskbox Template | Olaia | Taskbox template for bfbb with cameras. |
Lighthouse Model | Pepperpot | Lighthouse Model (Includes .blend, .obj., .mtl) Requires: bubble_buddy (gl01), building_grey3 (gl01), building_red (gl01) |