RF:G Editing Main Page

This will serve as a landing page for all resources related to Red Faction: Guerrilla editing, including both the original Steam Edition and the Re-Mars-tered Edition.

External Links

Community

• Faction Files Community Discord - Active Red Faction series community Discord with #map-mod-development channel for community development discussion

Downloads

• FactionFiles.com - Custom mods, tools, patches, and reference material
• Nexus Mods - Custom mods

Documentation

• RF:G Map organization

Core Concepts

• Red Faction: Guerrilla's level editor is CLOE, which is not publicly available.

Red Faction: Guerrilla File Formats

• .xtbl - XML table files are used to store properties or attributes in Red Faction: Guerrilla. Overall, their function is similar to the .tbl files of Red Faction and Red Faction II.
• .scriptx - Internal script engine file, commonly used for missions and activities
• .dtodx - Weather/lighting file for maps that controls things like fog, tint, ambient colour, eye adaption, bloom, cloud color and speed
• .gtodx - Skybox file for maps that controls things like the sun texture, moon positions and if the horizon mountain texture is enabled
• .vpp_pc - Packfile
• .rigx - Rig
• .str2_pc - Texture Packfile
• .rfgzone_pc - Map zone
• .layer_pc - Map zone
• .cpeg_pc, cvbm_pc - Texture cpu file
• .gpeg_pc, gvbm_pc - Texture gpu file
• .asm_pc - Streaming index
• .csmesh_pc - Static mesh cpu file
• .gsmesh_pc - Static mesh gpu file
• .ccmesh_pc - Character mesh cpu file
• .gcmesh_pc - Character mesh gpu file
• .ccar_pc - Vehicle mesh cpu file
• .gcar_pc - Vehicle mesh gpu file
• .anim_pc - Animation
• .cchk_pc - Destructible object cpu file
• .gchk_pc - Destructible object gpu file
• .cefct_pc - Visual effect cpu file
• .gefct_pc - Visual effect gpu file
• .cfmesh_pc - Foliage mesh
• .cstch - Terrain clutter mesh cpu file
• .gstch - Terrain clutter mesh gpu file
• .cterrain_pc - Terrain zone cpu file
• .gterrain_pc - Terrain zone gpu file
• .ctmesh_pc - Terrain subzone cpu file
• .gtmesh_pc - Terrain subzone gpu file
• .fsmib - Fullscreen map data
• .fxo_kg - Shader
• .le_strings - Steam localization strings
• .rfglocatext - Localization strings
• .mat_pc - Render material
• .morph_pc - Animation Morph
• .vint_doc - UI
• .sim_pc - Cloth sim
• .xgs_pc - Sound config
• .xsb_pc - Soundbank
• .xwb_pc - Wavebank
• .aud_pc - Audio categories
• .vf3_pc - Font
• .vfdvp_pc - ?
• .rfgvp_pc - ?

Red Faction: Guerrilla File Structure

X:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Red Faction Guerrilla Re-MARS-tered\data\

• activities.vpp_pc contains textures related to singleplayer activities
• anims.vpp_pc contains animation files
• chunks.vpp_pc unknown use however contains .rfgchunkx files
• cloth_sim.vpp_pc contains cloth simulation files
• decals.vpp_pc contains decal textures
• dlc01_l0.vpp_pc singleplayer DLC map
• effects.vpp_pc contains visual effect files, some are .str2
• effects_mp.vpp_pc contains multiplayer only visual effect files, some are .str2
• humans.vpp_pc contains textures and meshes for characters
• interface.vpp_pc contains textures for loading screens and character portraits in multiplayer
• items.vpp_pc contains textures and meshes for weapons and misc objects found in singleplayer that npcs sometimes use
• items_mp.vpp_pc contains multiplayer only textures and meshes; ctf flags for example
• misc.vpp_pc contains.xtbl files and various other file types.
• missions.vpp_pc contains textures related to singleplayer missions
• mp_xxx.vpp_c multiplayer maps, excluding mp_common.vpp_pc
• skybox.vpp_pc contains textures related to the skybox like the clouds
• table.vpp_pc contains only .xtbl files and will overwrite .xtbl files in misc.vpp_pc
• terr01_l0.vpp_pc singleplayer map
• vehicles_r.vpp_pc contains textures and meshes for vehicles
• wcxxx.vpp_c wrecking crew maps
• zonescript_dlc01.vpp_pc contains .scriptx and .rfgzone_pc files for the singleplayer DLC map
• zonescript_terr01.vpp_pc contains .scriptx and .rfgzone_pc files for the singleplayer map
• xxx.bik pre-rendered custscenes

Primitive data types & limits

• Placeholder

Scriptx Functions

• .scriptx functions

Red Faction: Guerrilla Tools

• RfgUtil - Used for unpacking most file formats and updating asm_pc files
• Nanoforge C++ - Map editor, texture editor, .xtbl editor and more
• mTools - Drag and drop tool to convert .asm_pc files to XML and vice versa
• RSL - Script Loader
• AsmTool- WIP Tool for modifying asm_pc files used by Red Faction Guerrilla. This is meant to replace hand editing them, which is very error prone and tedious
• SyncFaction - WIP tool for automatically installing the Terraform Patch and eventually replacing the old mod manager

Tutorials

• Nanoforge basics - Introduction to Nanoforge and its features.
• Nanoforge xtbl editing - How to edit .xtbl files in Nanoforge.
• Nanoforge Texture Editing - How to edit textures using Nanoforge.