GXT Compiler/Decompiler

A tool to compile TXT files into GXT and decompile GXT back to TXT using the original syntax of TXT source files.

Usage: gxt -i [input_file(s)] -o [output_file] [[optional parameters]]

Parameters

• -i [input_file(s)]: list of TXT files which you want to compile into GXT (can be one or multiple files) or a GXT file you want to decompile into TXT
• -o [output_file]: name of a GXT/TXT file that will be generated

Optional parameters

• -t [table_file]: charset table file that is used for GXT. Syntax example is listed below. Tables for some games are contained in tables' directory
• -k (CHAR8|CHAR16|CRC32|JENKINS|CHAR8_TIME|CHAR12_TIME): type of keys used in GXT. CRC32 for SA, JENKINS for IV, CHAR8_TIME and CHAR12_TIME - MH2, CHAR8 - rest of the games. Default: CHAR8
• -w(0|1): 0 - use one byte chars, 1 - use two byte chars. Only some versions of SA and IV should have this set to 0. Rest of the games use 1. Default: 1
• -f (KEY1,KEY2,KEY3...): list of comma separated keys that would have no conversion applied to them
• -b: enable big endian. Only useful for MH2 Wii.

Compilation only

• -c (CODEPAGE): TXT codepage ID if the file isn't UTF-8 BOM, UTF-16 LE BOM or UTF-16 BE BOM. Default: 1252
• -h(0|1|2): 0 - don't write GXT header, 1 - write GXT header, 2 - write GTA 2 header. Only SA and IV should have this set to 1. Default: 0
• -s(0|1): 0 - don't sort tables, 1 - sort tables. All of the games have tables sorted except LCS and VCS. Default: 1
• -m(0|1): 0 - don't sort keys in the main table, 1 - sort keys in the main table. All games should have this enabled except IV. Default: 1
• -u(0|1): 0 - leave key case as is, 1 - turn all keys to uppercase. Should be 0 only for GTA 2. Default: 1
• -d(0|1): 0 - don't remove repeated spaces, 1 - remove repeated spaces. Default: 1. Normally you'd want to have this on, but for Korean version this was disabed.
• -~: enable highlighting ~TAGS~ with 0x8000. This is only used for non-latin languages in some games. Examples: III PS2 Japanese, III PC Japanese, IV Japanese and Russian (probably more Japanese translations too, except mobile version)
• -l (LANGUAGE): language id. Only useful for GTA 2

Decompilation only

Commands that start with --original- are used for adding untranslated text as comments to translations like this:

[CRMCANC]
{CANCEL}
ABBRECHEN

• --original-i [input_file]: GXT file of an untranslated text to have comments of the original text added to each line
• --original-t [table_file]: charset table that is used for the untranslated GXT
• --original-k (CHAR8|CHAR16|CRC32|JENKINS|CHAR8_TIME|CHAR12_TIME): type of keys used in the untranslated GXT. Default: whatever is supplied in -k
• --original-w(0|1): 0 - use one byte chars, 1 - use two byte chars. Default: whatever is supplied in -w
• --original-f (KEY1,KEY2,KEY3...): list of comma separated keys that would have no conversion applied to them
• --original-b: enable big endian
• --original-s: sort keys using order from the original untranslated GXT

Docs and examples

GXT Syntax

[KEY] {commentary}
Text
  
[KEY2:TABLE]
More Text {more comment}

Table File Syntax

Unicode_HEX_CODE=GXT_HEX_CODE

You can get Unicode Hex Codes here: https://unicode-table.com/en/

Example:

0152=008C
0153=009C
0160=008A

Compilation examples for different games

Look into bat files of this repository: https://github.com/Sergeanur/GXT