igArchiveExtractor

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igArchiveExtractor IS DISCONTINUED, THIS REPO WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL A GOOD ALTERNATIVE ARRIVES, NO NEW FEATURES WILL BE ADDED

A GUI tool for extracting files from .arc/.bld/.pak files from various games made with the Vicarious Visions Alchemy game engine

Usage

Start the program
Load a file using the "File > Load File", then select the game and platform you wish to open
Navigate to the file you want to extract and click "Extract File" or just click "Extract All"
Select an output folder
Wait

Once a file is laoded, extract all to the same folder the IGA is in.
Navigate to File > Build.
From the build window you can save the settings as a CSV, once you save you can close IGAE.
Edit the extracted files with your desired changes.
Once happy with your edits, reopen IGAE, navigate to File > Build, and load the CSV.
Click Build, select your destination, and you'll have an IGA file.

Once a file is loaded, find a texture or level.bld and double click it, alternatively, open an igz/level.bld directly.
You'll be presented with the igz viewer, find an object of type igImage2 and you'll see a preview and an option to extract.

Once a file is loaded, find a texture or level.bld and double click it, alternatively, open an igz/level.bld directly.
You'll be presented with the igz viewer, find an object of type igImage2 and you'll see a preview and an option to replace.
If you opened an iga initially, save the igz and replace the original level.bld and rebuild.
If you opened an igz directly, your changes save automatically.

If you're on mac or linux use wine but idk if that works

Game	Platform	Extracting IGA Files	Rebuilding IGA Files	Texture Extraction	Texture Replacement
Skylanders Spyro's Adventure	3DS	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Wii	✅	❌	✅	✅
	Wii U	✅	✅	✅	✅
Skylanders Giants	3DS	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Wii	✅	✅	✅	✅
	Wii U	✅	✅	✅	✅
	PS3	✅	✅	✅	✅
	Xbox 360	✅	✅	❓	❓
Skylanders Swap Force	3DS	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Wii	✅	❓	✅	✅
	Wii U	✅	✅	✅	✅
	PS3	✅	✅	✅	✅
	PS4	✅	❓	❓	❓
	Xbox 360	❌	❌	❓	❓
Skylanders Trap Team	3DS	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Wii	✅	✅	✅	✅
	Wii U	✅	✅	✅	✅
	PS3	✅	✅	✅	✅
	PS4	✅	✅	❓	❓
	Xbox 360	✅	✅	❓	❓
Skylanders Superchargers	Wii U	✅	✅	✅	✅
	PS3	✅	✅	✅	✅
	PS4	✅	✅	❓	❓
	Xbox 360	❌	❌	❓	❓
	32 bit iOS	✅	❓	❓	❓
	64 bit iOS	✅	❓	❌	❌
Skylanders Imaginators	PS4	✅	❌	❌	❌
	PS3	✅	✅	✅	✅
	Xbox 360	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Wii U	✅	✅	✅	✅
	Switch	✅	❌	❌	❌

select Trap Team Home Console for SSC iOS and select Imaginators PS4 for Imaginators Switch

Open the sln file in visual studio, and press ctrl + b to build, alternatively press f5 to build (if neccessary) and run

DTZxPorter: Figured out the HashSearch and CalculateSlop functions
AdventureT: Texture Extraction code adapted from IGZModelConverter. Figured out that the games use FNV1A32 on their hashes
LG-RZ: Explained certain aspects of IGA + IGZ files. Provided final RVTB ReadPackedInt code
Drawdler: Drew the logo :)
KillzXGaming: Referenced IGA_PAK.cs when making this
SixLabours: ImageSharp library was used for texture previews and also texture importing
Nominom: BCnEncoder was used for texture previews and also texture importing