alice-tools

This is a collection of command-line tools for viewing and editing file formats used in AliceSoft games.

Building

First install the dependencies (corresponding Debian package in parentheses):

Then fetch the git submodules,

git submodule init
git submodule update

(Alternatively, pass --recurse-submodules when cloning this repository)

Then build the tools with meson,

mkdir build
meson build
ninja -C build

Usage

All of the tools are accessed through the single alice executable. Running alice or any command without arguments will print the relevant usage instructions. E.g.

alice
alice ain
alice ain dump

The currently implemented commands are:

alice acx     build     - Build a .acx file from a .csv
alice acx     dump      - Dump the contents of a .acx file to .csv
alice ain     compare   - Compare .ain files
alice ain     dump      - Dump various info fram a .ain file
alice ain     edit      - Edit a .ain file
alice ar      extract   - Extract an archive file
alice ar      list      - List the contents of an archive file
alice ar      pack      - Create an archive file
alice cg      convert   - Convert a CG file to another format
alice cg      thumbnail - Create a thumbnail for a CG file
alice ex      build     - Build a .ex file
alice ex      compare   - Compare .ex files
alice ex      dump      - Dump the contents of a .ex file
alice flat    build     - Build a .flat file
alice flat    extract   - Extract the contents of a .flat file
alice project build     - Build a .pje project file

Editing .ain files

See README-ain.md

Editing .ex files

See README-ex.md

Editing .acx files

See README-acx.md

Editing .flat files

See README-flat.md

Extracting archives

See README-alice-ar.md

Building projects (.pje)

See README-project.md

Known Limitations/Bugs

Source Code

The source code is available on github.

Reporting Bugs

You can report bugs on the issue tracker at github, contact me via email at nunuhara@haniwa.technology, or find me on /haniho/.

Version History

Version 0.12.1

Version 0.12.0

Version 0.11.1

Version 0.11.0

Version 0.10.2

Version 0.10.1

Version 0.10.0

Version 0.9.1

Version 0.9.0

Version 0.8.0

Version 0.7.0

Version 0.6.0

Version 0.5.1

Version 0.5.0

Version 0.4.0

Version 0.3.0

Version 0.2.1

Version 0.2.0

Version 0.1.1

Version 0.1.0