Falcon 4 Tools and Utils

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There are several tools to edit Falcon 4. These are as following:

• ATAP

Automatic Tile Area Placer

• Bmp2Cvs

To edit bitmap and then convert that information to CSV file.

• CATE

Configurable Auto Tiling Enhancer. This is what you use to auto tile terrains.

• csv2tdf

Converts CSV file to TDF file.

• Cockpit 2D Editor

Cockpit 2D Editor by unknown Author.

• Cockpit Editor

Cockpit editing tool.

• Dem2Terrain

Converts DEM terrain data into L2 file.

• DEM2L2

Older DEM to L2 file converter, obsolete by now.

• F4Browse

Utility to edit the database.

• F4Patch TexMan

F4Patch TexMan plugin.

• Feature Maker

Makes TDF files.

• LODEditor

Edits the 3d models.

• lstupdate

Updates the theater.lst which lists all theaters.

• LxNormalFix

Fixes the terrain normals (shading/shadows).

• NSIS Installer

Open Source installer which PMC (and RV etc) uses.

• TacEdit

Edits the campaign and tactical engagement files.

• Tac Ref Editor

Tactical Reference editor by Skyfire76.

• Terrainview

Terrain editor.

• TheaterMaker

The TheaterMaker Utility is actually a bundled package of several useful tools which include:

1. ATCUtility / edit the ATC
2. L2CMover / Moves the terrainview exported segment files (.L2C) into different coordinates.
3. LODFixer / Terrain Autotiler, 4byte converter.
4. LODInstaller / utility to change out models in the KO.LOD
5. ObjectMover / Moves objectives out of the water (I think:)
6. ObjectPlacer / Bridge place, road/river checker, many uses.
7. PathMaker / Creates “paths” to the texture.bin from tiles, edits theater.map data.
8. Tlkutil / Changes out voice fragments for the sounds folder
9. TVConverter / Converts terrainview coordinates to tacedit coordinates (or other way around).
10. Witchfix / Converts .wch files to .txt and the other way around.

• Runtiles

Batch resizes/creates H tiles into M, L and T tiles.

• Perl Scripts

Various small perls scripts to edit several things.

• SeasonSwitcher

Creates the OF and RV dds terrain tiles.

• SPTinstall/Tinstall/FFTinstall (RedViper / OpenFalcon)

Rebuilds the terrain from L2 file.

• Htti (Allied Force)

Rebuilds the terrain from L2 file for Allied Force (no old F4 registry).

• 3DS to LOD Exporter

Exports 3DS models into Falcon 4 LOD models, by WaveyDave.

• LOD to 3DS Converter

Converts Falcon 4 LOD models into 3DS models, by Cool Hand.

• Village util obsolete

Village Util is automatic objective placer, now obsolete.

• UIResTool

User Interface Res file editing and generating tool, by Khronik.

Download Note:
You can download the latest versions for all these from our PMC Tactical Falcon 4 Downloads page and join PMC Tactical Falcon 4 Theater Tools Forum Area for discussions.

Don't forget the generic editing_tools list and Tools namespace.