OpenIV

OpenIV

Current version:	1.3 (build 385) (!)
Developed by:	GooD-NTS, Chipsman
Supported games:	GTA 4, Max Payne 3
Type:	archive editor, texture importer/exporter, scripts decompiler
Website:	http://openiv.com/

OpenIV is a multi-purpose editor for GTA 4 and EFLC made by GooD-NTS. Development of this tool began shortly after the Xbox 360 release of GTA 4. The first public version was released on 28th of December, 2008. Since v1.0 OpenIV also supports another game made by Rockstar Games - Max Payne 3.

Features - Grand Theft Auto IV

• Creating and editing IMG archives (version 3)
• Creating and editing RPF archives (version 2 and 3)
• Inbuilt viewers for common GTA IV & EfLC files (text, images etc)
• Inbuilt player for GTA IV audio files
• Inbuilt SCO script decompiler (hight level code generator)
• Inbuilt WTD Texture editor (creating, editing, properties changes etc)
• Global search in all game archives and sound files
• 3D Placement Search
• 3D Viewer of models files - WDR, WDD, WFT, WPFL
• 3D Viewer of collision files - WBN, WBD
• 3D Viewer of NavMesh files - WNV
• openFormats support to Import/Export GTA IV/EfLC resources in the 3D editors (for example, 3Ds Max).
• Text based format for easy WPL editing.
• Inbuilt GXT file viewer, export to text

Features - Max Payne 3

• Creating and editing RPF archives (version 4)
• Global search in all game archives
• 3D Viewer of collision files - WBN, WBD
• 3D Viewer of NavMesh files - WNV
• Inbuilt WTD Texture viewer
• Inbuilt viewers for common Max Payne 3 files (text, images etc)
• Inbuilt GXT file viewer, export to text
• Inbuilt player for Max Payne 3 audio files - AWC
• 3D Viewer of models files - WDR, WDD

Version history

Version 1.3.0 (with openFormats)

• All supported games
  • Export GXT files to text
  • Improved DDS file loading
  • Improved camera control in 3D Viewers
• Grand Theft Auto IV
  • Added openFormats support for WFT fragments models - vehicles and destructible objects can now be imported in 3DS Max
  • Improved collisions openFormats
• Max Payne 3
  • WDR and WDD viewer for map and character models

Version 1.2.5 (with openFormats)

• All supported games
  • New user interface in file viewers
  • Improved Nav mesh WNV file viewer
  • Improved error reporting system
  • Improved OpenIV installation tool

Version 1.2.0 (with openFormats)

• All supported games
  • Audio player stability improvements
  • External files can now be opened in OpenIV tools
• Grand Theft Auto IV
  • Added openFormats support for navigation meshes (WNV)
  • Improved OPL/WPL text based format
  • Improved "Placement search" feature
  • Improved Nav mesh WNV file viewer
• Max Payne 3
  • Full editing of RPF4 archives
  • New Navigation Mesh viewer for Max Payne 3

Version 1.1.0 (with openFormats)

• All supported games
  • Big improvements for global search
  • New audio player
  • Improved texture viewer
  • Inbuilt GXT Viewer
  • Fix minor and major bugs
• Grand Theft Auto IV
  • Improved OPL/WPL format
• Max Payne 3
  • Support for audio playback and export

Version 1.0.0 (with openFormats)

• Grand Theft Auto IV
  • Full editing of RPF3 archives
  • Improved WPL Viewer
  • Improved WFT Car viewer
  • Improved ODR/ODD openFormat collisions (primitive shape collisions support)
  • Improved openFormats file structure
  • New viewer for WTD textures
  • Improve loading of DDS files wile import textures
  • New text based format for easy WPL editing - .OPL.
• Max Payne 3
  • Support for browsing RPF4 archives
  • WTD Texture viewer
  • WBD/WBN Collisions viewer
  • WPL Text based viewer
• Fix minor and major bugs

Previous versions

Version 0.9.4 "motion-3" (with openFormats)

• Add new WNV file viewer
• Add new feature - Placement Search
• Improved work with models resources and formats
• Add feature for exporting models from WPFL into openFormats
• Improved global search: Added audio search

Version 0.9.4 "motion-2" (with openFormats)

• Improved audio player (rewind ability and track names)
• Add new feature - Hash generator
• Improved core of WDR/WDD/WFT/WPFL Viewers
• Improved work with game files
• Minor bug fixes
• Extended error reports

Version 0.9.4 "motion-1" (with openFormats)

• Improved setup program
• Improved all 3D Viewers in OpenIV (WDR/WDD/WBN/WBD/WFT/WPFL)
• Improved openFormats for WDR/WDD models
• Improved work with IMG & RPF archives
• Fixed some minor and major errors

Version 0.9.3 (with openFormats)

• OpenIV now comes in a web-based installer
• Improved openFormats support
• Minor bug fixes and optimizations

Version 0.9.2 (with openFormats)

• openFormats integration
  • ODR - openFormat for WDR resources
  • ODD - openFormat for WDD resources
  • Improved OBN/OBD/OTD formats
  • Fixed minor errors in formats
• Added WPL files viewer
• Improved WTD texture editor
• Added associations with RPF and IMG archives
• Optimized start and loading
• Fixed many errors
• Minor changes

Version 0.9.1 (with openFormats)

• Support for all versions of GTA IV and EFLC
• Added 3D model viewer for WDR/WDD and WFT resources
• Added Collision viewer for WBN and WBD resources
• Improved WTD texture editor
• New SCO Decompiler
• First openFormats integration
  • OBN - openFormat for WBN resources
  • OBD - openFormat for WBD resources
  • OTD - openFormat for WTD resources
• Fixed some errors with IMG archives
• Minor changes

Version 0.9

• Added support for GTA IV v1.0.2.0 and v1.0.1.1
• Added support for the audio files
• Improved compatibility with Windows 7 Beta 1
• Improved interface in Windows XP
• Minor bug fixes
• Minor improvements in interface

Version 0.8

• Viewing of GTA IV files via function "Open Content"
• Full support of the RPF2 format. You can add, delete or replace any files
• Viewing and extracting data from RPF3 archives (file names are normal)
• Full support of the IMG3 format. You can add, delete or replace any files
• Textures replacing in any *.WTD and WHM files. The current version supports only PNG images and replacing files with the ones with same resolution. (For example, a texture 512x512 might be replaced only with another 512x512 one)
• In-built SCO scripts decompiler (Currently is very bugged)
• Ability to preview most of the GTA IV file formats
• Ability to extend program features with external tools
• Ability to extract resource (RSC) files either in original compressed or decompressed state via function "Save content". For example this function allows to save all textures from a .WTD file without opening it.
• Any file could be viewed as raw byte data via "View in Hex" function
• Ability to edit levels of texture.
• Auto-check for available updates via WebIV

openFormats

The openFormats are a set of open, text-based, intermediate file formats that allows users to export/import GTA IV/EfLC resources into different 3D modeling programs like 3DS Max. Currently you can import/export openFormats files into 3DS Max with GIMS. The formats are similar in concept to .WSO files used in The Sims Resource Workshop, being that the latter also implements an intermediate format for easier resource editing.

WebIV

A special web-service called WebIV was designed and created for OpenIV. It is intended to help to developers to collect information about program usage, get user feedbacks and also for the users to stay tune and quickly check if a newest version is out.

See also

• SparkIV

External links

• Official devblog
• Official Bug tracker
• OpenIV F.A.Q
•  GTAForums: Release topic
•  GTAForums: Old development topic