Trails-Research-Group/Doc

Documentation for modding the Trails series

Documentation for modding the Trails/Kiseki series

• Mod list
• Tutorials
• Showcases
• Cold Steel/Reverie documentation

What is currently doable

We define a difficulty scale for each item which reads like this:

☆☆☆☆☆ : straightforward, nothing difficult, takes literal minutes to be done
★☆☆☆☆ : simple manipulation, no or very little coding background required
★★☆☆☆ : a little more advanced, usually involves setting up a special environment like Python
★★★☆☆ : a bit hard but still manageable for someone who has some background in programming and can interpret binary data
★★★★☆ : pretty hard. not accessible to everyone. little to no documentation exist. A tool might exist but it is very rough
★★★★★ : either a very difficult process with many complex and time consuming steps, or no tool exists (to our knowledge), you're on your own

• Textures/Sprites
  • [Sky, Crossbell] Cradle
  • [Crossbell] https://github.com/GeofrontTeam/EDDecompiler/blob/master/Decompiler/png32toitx.py
  • [Crossbell] https://gist.github.com/Kyuuhachi/5af2b9c2036ae8e9b474e43b2854eef3
  • [Cold Steel/Reverie] https://github.com/uyjulian/ed8pkg2glb
  • [CS3/CS4/Reverie] https://github.com/eArmada8/ed8pkg2gltf
  • [Cold Steel/Reverie] Tool/Guide
  • [Sky] https://github.com/Sewer56/Kiseki-Texture-Tool
  • [Sky] https://github.com/Kaplas80/TranslationFramework2
  • [Kuro] https://github.com/nnguyen259/KuroTools
  • [Kuro] https://github.com/eArmada8/kuro_mdl_tool
• Models
  • [Sky, Crossbell] Unknown
  • [Cold Steel, Reverie] https://github.com/uyjulian/ed8pkg2glb
  • [CS3, CS4, Reverie] https://github.com/eArmada8/ed8pkg2gltf/releases
  • [CS3, CS4, Reverie] Tool (Maya), Guide
  • [Kuro] KuroTools, Guide
  • [Kuro] https://github.com/eArmada8/kuro_mdl_tool
  • [Kuro] https://gist.github.com/uyjulian/9a9d6395682dac55d113b503b1172009
• Tables (stats, items, crafts, miscellaneous data)
  • [Sky] https://github.com/Kaplas80/TranslationFramework2
  • [Crossbell] Unknown
  • [Cold Steel, Reverie] https://git.sr.ht/~quf/tocs/tree/trunk/tbled/README.md
  • [CS3, CS4, Reverie] conflict resolver for mods distributed in DLC format
  • [CS3] https://github.com/nnguyen259/ColdSteel3Tools
  • [Kuro] KuroTools, Guide
• Fonts
  • [Sky] https://github.com/ZhenjianYang/SoraTranslation-Tools
  • [Crossbell, Cold Steel, Reverie] https://github.com/TwnKey/FalcomFontCreator
  • [Kuro] https://github.com/TwnKey/ED9FontConverter
• Maps
  • [CS3, CS4, Reverie] https://github.com/eArmada8/ed8pkg2gltf
• Animations
  • [CS3, CS4, Reverie] https://github.com/eArmada8/ed8pkg2gltf
• Visual effects
  • [Cold Steel, Reverie] https://github.com/uyjulian/ed8_eff_tools
• Scenario scripts
  • [Sky, Crossbell] Aureole
  • [Sky] https://github.com/Ouroboros/EDDecompiler
  • [Crossbell] https://github.com/AGraber/EDDecompiler, Guide
  • [CS3] https://github.com/Ouroboros/Falcom/tree/master/Decompiler2/Falcom/ED83
  • [CS4] https://github.com/Ouroboros/Falcom/tree/master/Decompiler2/Falcom/ED84
  • [Reverie] https://github.com/Ouroboros/Falcom/tree/master/Decompiler2/Falcom/ED85
  • [Cold Steel, Reverie] https://github.com/TwnKey/SenScriptsDecompiler, Guide
  • [Kuro] https://github.com/nnguyen259/KuroTools, Guide
• Animation scripts
  • [FC] https://github.com/TwnKey/ED6ASDecompiler
  • [3rd] https://github.com/akatatsu27/FalcomToolsCollection/releases/tag/AS_Converter
  • [Crossbell] https://github.com/AGraber/EDDecompiler
  • [CS3] https://github.com/Ouroboros/Falcom/tree/master/Decompiler2/Falcom/ED83
  • [CS4] https://github.com/Ouroboros/Falcom/tree/master/Decompiler2/Falcom/ED84
  • [Reverie] https://github.com/Ouroboros/Falcom/tree/master/Decompiler2/Falcom/ED85
  • [Cold Steel, Reverie] https://github.com/TwnKey/SenScriptsDecompiler, Guide
• Monster/AI scripts
  • [3rd] https://github.com/akatatsu27/Falcom_Data_Formats/releases/tag/release
  • [Crossbell] Unknown
  • [Cold Steel, Reverie] https://github.com/TwnKey/SenScriptsDecompiler
  • [Kuro] https://github.com/nnguyen259/KuroTools, Guide
• Archive/Container/pkg/pka
  • [Sky, Crossbell] Factoria
  • [Sky, Crossbell] unpacker for yamaneko PSP iso and cclm
  • [Cold Steel, Reverie] pkgtool (pkg/pka read/write)
  • [Cold Steel, Reverie] https://github.com/uyjulian/unpackpkg, https://github.com/uyjulian/unpackpka
  • [CS3, CS4, Reverie] https://github.com/eArmada8/ed8pkg2gltf (model tool, includes pkg read/write)
  • [CS3, CS4, Reverie] https://github.com/uyjulian/ed8pkg2glb (model tool, includes pkg read)
• BGM
  • Extraction doesn't require tools
  • [Sky, Crossbell, Cold Steel, Reverie] BGM Insertion guide
  • [Crossbell, CS1, CS2] loop metadata editor
• Voice
  • [Crossbell, Cold Steel, Reverie] Extraction doesn't require tools

Places we recommend checking out

The Kiseki Modding Server

A fairly populated modding discord server with mod previews and notable people from the community; if you have a specific question that you can't find in any guide or FAQ, you can try to ask it here.

The Kiseki Difficulty Modding Server

A discord server mainly focused on difficulty mods. Managed by SoftBrilliant.

The Trails/Kiseki modding GBATemp thread

Contains a list of ressources and useful links. Managed by uyjulian

The "Falcom" Github Repository

Contains a list of several tools gathered over the years. Managed by Ouroboros.

Trails in the Database

Database containing the script for all the Trails games, sorted by script files, which can sometimes be of use for modding. Managed by the database.