igArchiveExtractor

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

Join The Skylander Reverse Engineering Discord Server for help and updates!

Usage

General Use:

• 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

To Rebuild IGA Files:

• 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.

To Extract Textures:

• 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.

To Replace Textures:

• 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

Features & Games:

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

Building

Prerequisites

• Mac OS: no
• Linux: no
• Windows: dotnet 5.0 + visual studio

How to Build

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

Credits

• 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

To Do

• Improve performance by using multithreading
• Make the table green
• Bring back text viewing and maybe text editing