File Tool CLI

Available operations

TDU Banks (.bnk)

• bankinfo: gives information about a BNK file
• unpack: extracts all contents from BNK file, respecting embedded hierarchy
• repack: puts extracted contents back to BNK file.

Generic

• jsonify: converts a supported TDU file to JSON file, allowing it to be edited
• applyjson: writes a json back to TDU file.

Note about structures

Both operations above need a file structure, respectively to understand binary file format or to generate binary file.

Structure is provided via JSON file :

• when executing operation, by specifying -s <xxxxxx-map.json file> argument
• when executing operation without argument, thus telling FileTool to use default structure:
  • either by picking for you the right file in structures directory of TDUF install (the ones you may modify)
  • or by using internal structures, which are embedded into TDUF library (intented to always be read-only).

To learn more about structures, head to Reverse Engineering Structure article.

Special ops

• encrypt: transform file contents with XTEA algorithm - used by some (db, btrq, playersave...)
• decrypt: make XTEA encrypted TDU file readable again.

Dedicated tutorials

• Working with TDU Banks (BNK)
• Reverse Engineering