How to read data from a scene ?

[AlbertFaubrein]

Hi there, I need help to understand a difficult topic:
I want to know how can I read data from a .sco file.
A project already do this (SCO Wrapper) but I don't understand C languages...

All help is welcome.

 

[Eärendil Ardamírë]

Let's see what I have here for you:

One more project similar to the one of DoDoCat, by Janycz

ScoTools/ScoUtils at master · cuellius/ScoTools

Tools for externally editing Mount&Blade scenes with image editing programs. - cuellius/ScoTools

github.com

GitHub - cuellius/ScoTools: Tools for externally editing Mount&Blade scenes with image editing programs.

Tools for externally editing Mount&Blade scenes with image editing programs. - cuellius/ScoTools

github.com

Swyter also worked once at some similar tool but it was directly for the mod SWC if I recall correctly:

GitHub - Swyter/scotools: Tools for externally editing Mount&Blade scenes with image editing programs.

Tools for externally editing Mount&Blade scenes with image editing programs. - Swyter/scotools

github.com

Info thread about reading sco files by cmpxchg8b:

https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/reading-sceneobj-sco-files.184470/

@Swyter mentioned in the discord that he will look into creating a template for reading sco files, not sure about his progress at it.

I'll probably finish the SCO one in the future, I wanted to do the reversing from scratch, cleanly.

 

[AlbertFaubrein]

Ok thank you, I will look at these links.

 

[Swyter]

I have this 010 Editor template that you can apply to any SCO file to navigate and edit the different sections visually from a tree view, but right now only the scene prop part is complete, it isn't useful for disecting the terrain, yet: https://github.com/Swyter/mab-tools/blob/master/mab_sco_file.bt

Conversely, the BRF template that you can find in the same repository should be much more comprehensive and supports both games: https://github.com/Swyter/mab-tools/blob/master/mab_brf_file.bt

Your best bet is a mix of all these resources Earendil talked about to get a good idea of how it works. The ScoTools code should be relatively straightforward if you are patient. It's written in plain C.

Hope that helps.

 

[AlbertFaubrein]

Thank you both of you, your answers are helpful.

 

[Tasak]

There is also another alternative, BladeEd (https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/bladeed-warband-scene-editor.378626/). It is a tool that can read modification to terrain elevation, texture and color. Moreover, it can also read item/ prop data, such as scale, rotation, position, variable values and other elements vital to an instance of a prop or an item.

 

[AlbertFaubrein]

Yeah I've already look at it, it's a good tool.

 

[AlbertFaubrein]

And I'm done, I know how to read data from a scene file now!

For people interested, you must open the sco file with a hex editor and understand how it works.
Also, I recommend you to refer to similar project like these links above in the topic.