This is a fork of LibForge/ForgeTool by Maxton, with continuing work to fix bugs and add features.

Download the latest build from Appveyor or from the releases page if the artifacts have expired

Original readme follows

About This Repository

I am keeping track of my research into RB4 customs here.

I am working out the structure of the files in Rock Band 4. These are being documented in the form of 010 Editor Template files, which are in the 010 directory.

Latest Build

Can be downloaded at Appveyor

LibForge

This is a library I'm working on that handles reading, writing, and converting for formats in the Forge engine used by Rock Band 4 and Rock Band VR.

It is licensed under the GNU LGPLv3 and includes two frontends at the moment:

ForgeTool

This is a command line tool that does file conversions.

Usage: ForgeTool.exe <verb> [options]
Verbs:
  version
    - Prints the version number and exits
  rbmid2mid <input.rbmid> <output.mid>
   - converts a Forge midi to a Standard Midi File
  reprocess <input.rbmid> <output.rbmid>
   - converts a Forge midi to a Forge midi
  mid2rbmid <input.mid> <output.rbmid>
   - converts a Standard Midi File to a Forge midi
  tex2png <input.png/bmp_pc/ps4> <output.png>
   - converts a Forge texture to PNG
  mesh2obj <input.fbx...> <output.obj>
   - converts a Forge mesh to OBJ
  con2gp4 [--scee] [--id 16CHARIDENTIFIER] [--desc "Package Description"] <input_con> <output_dir>
   - converts a CON custom to a .gp4 project in the given output directory
       --scee : make an EU package
       --id <16CHARIDENTIFIER> : set the customizable part of the Package ID/Filename
       --desc "Package Description" : set the description of the package
  con2pkg [--scee] [--id 16CHARIDENTIFIER] [--desc "Package Description"] <input_con> <output_dir>
   - converts a CON custom to a PS4 PKG custom in the given output directory
       --scee : make an EU package
       --id <16CHARIDENTIFIER> : set the customizable part of the Package ID/Filename
       --desc "Package Description" : set the description of the package
  con2rbvr [--noark] [--prefix PREFIX] <input_con> <output_dir>
   - converts a CON custom to a RBVR custom in the given game directory
       --noark : creates a songs folder to be used with patchcreator in arkhelper instead of a DLC ARK
       --prefix <PREFIX> : sets a custom prefix to better organize your converted song files
  arkorder <input_hdr> <output_dta>
   - outputs the arkorder DTA of a given ARK HDR file
  arkbuild <input_dir> <input_arkorder> <output_dir> <ark_name>
   - creates an ARK file using files with the specified arkorder in the output directory
  milo2lipsync <input.milo_xbox> <output.lipsync>
   - converts an uncompressed milo archive to forge lipsync file
  csv2txt <input.csv_pc> <output.csv>
   - decodes a csv file
  dta2b <input.dta> <output.dta_dta_pc/ps4>
   - converts text dta into encoded dta

ForgeToolGUI

This has an ark/PFS/folder browser with support for previewing the following:

• Textures (.png_pc, .png_ps4, .bmp_pc, .bmp_ps4, etc)
• Models (a 3d preview with optional wireframe)
• .songdta files
• Data (.dta/.dtb/.*_dta_*/.moggsong) files
• RBmid files
• RBsong files