Tools

There are a lot of useful tools the community has created to make it possible to extract the game files, modify the game, etc. On this page you will find two lists: the first one is a selection of the most useful tools (in the eyes of the admin of the site, of course), and the second one is a more complete list that aims to list as many tools as possible.

Best tools

obscure-hvp by YouKnow: This tool can not only unpack the HVP files from ObsCure and ObsCure II, but also the Wii and PS2 versions of Alone in the Dark (which uses the same as ObsCure II) and Final Exam. And it's made in Rust so Rustaceans will be pleased with this one :P.

ObsCure Model Importer and Exporter by Hydra: It can import and export ZWO, DIC and DIP file into and from Blender.

ObsCureLngEditor by AzaamAlghamdi: A program that can read and edit LNG files, which are used in ObsCure to store all the texts in the game for a specific language.

ObsCure-Texture-Editor by HeitorSpectre, Evil Trainer and marcos_haf: A program that allows you to view and modify the textures of every version of ObsCure, ObsCure II and Final Exam.

ObsCureSaveGameManager by ELPiTiFOR: ObsCure only provides 10 slots to save the game, which is not enough for a lot of fans. This program lets you manage more than 10 savefiles, and also comes with some useful features like correcting the CRC32 checksum in case you manually modify the savefile.

ObsCureFileParser by ELPiTiFOR: The goal of this tool is being able to parse, modify and serialize a bunch of file formats ObsCure uses, like TM, IT, SAV and HOE (yes, there is a "hoe" file format). It is written in C.

ObsCureRandomizer by ELPiTiFOR: This tool aims to provide a way to randomize items and monsters in ObsCure to give the game more variety. Right now, it only randomizes items, and some bugs are still to be fixed. Before completing this tool, more researches on the game files formats must be done.

More complete list

HVFilePacker by Hydra: Can unpack and pack again ObsCure and ObsCure II HVP files. Made in python.

unhvp.exe by unknown: Can unpack at least ObsCure HVP files. It is unknown who made it. If you know, please tell me. This tool can be found on the Discord server.

ObsCureLngEditor by AzaamAlghamdi: A program that can read and edit LNG files, which are used in ObsCure to store all the texts in the game for a specific language.

Obscure-LNG-Tool by Kapie77: This tool lets you extract LNG files as TXT and CSV, and convert them again to LNG.

ObsCure-Texture-Editor by HeitorSpectre, Evil Trainer and marcos_haf: A program that allows you to view and modify the textures of every version of ObsCure, ObsCure II and Final Exam.

obscure-texture-tool by Kapie77: This CLI tool lets you extract and reconvert textures from all versions of ObsCure, ObsCure II and Final Exam.

ObsCure Texture Tool by Hydra: It can unpack and repack DIC and DIP files from ObsCure and ObsCure II.

ObsCure Model Importer and Exporter by Hydra: It can import and export ZWO, DIC and DIP file into and from Blender.

ObsCureFileParser by ELPiTiFOR: The goal of this tool is being able to parse, modify and serialize a bunch of file formats ObsCure uses, like TM, IT, SAV and HOE (yes, there is a "hoe" file format).

ObsCureFileParserCPP by ELPiTiFOR: This is a rewrite of ObsCureFileParser in C++ and is expected to be the better version once it is completed. For now it can handle less file formats than the C version.