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{{Hatnote|Not to be confused with the [[Mod Tool/OniTools addon|OniTools add-on for Mod Tool]].}} | |||
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Ian Patterson began developing OniTools in 2000 based on his reverse-engineering of Oni's demo, making it the first modding tool for Oni. The first release for which we can find evidence was [https://web.archive.org/web/20010123220300/http://oni.bungie.org/res/utilities.html#onitools v0.6] on January 20, 2001, but there were mentions of OniTools releases as early as [https://carnage.bungie.org/oniforum/oni.forum.pl?read=9992 January 2, 2001], 27 days before Oni's retail release. | |||
By releasing the source code for OniTools along with the application, Patterson shared his knowledge of the game data so others could build on it. Although OniTools was a crucial part of the early [[history of Oni modding]], it is now superseded by [[OniSplit]] and accompanying GUIs such as [[Vago]]. | |||
Info and download: http://oni.moltenstudios.com/downloads/ianpatt.php (use link at bottom of page). (Warning: This is a Classic app, so it will not run on modern Macs.) | |||
OniTools was | OniTools was ported to Windows as [http://oni.bungie.org/res/utilities.html#winoni WinOni]. | ||
An alternative program in Windows, apparently not based on the same code, was OniTools.NET: http://ssg.oni2.net/subfold/download/OniTools_NET.zip (requires .NET 2.0) | |||
[[Category:Outdated modding tools]][[Category:Mac-only modding tools]] | [[Category:Outdated modding tools]][[Category:Mac-only modding tools]] | ||