Mod Tool/Scripting

General

logmessage license
logmessage version

' examples:
' INFO : Softimage
' INFO : 13.0.114.0

' INFO : Mod Tool
' INFO : 7.5.203.0

logmessage XSIUtils.ResolvePath("$XSI_USERHOME/")
' directory to addons and exported resources
logmessage XSIUtils.ResolvePath("$XSI_HOME/")
' directory to a few imported core files that must be modified (Model.vbs, ModStartup.js, ...)

' example:
' INFO : C:\Users\Paradox-01\Autodesk\Softimage_2015\
' INFO : C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Softimage 2015\

' INFO : C:\Users\Paradox-01\Autodesk\Softimage_Mod_Tool_7.5\
' INFO : C:\Softimage\Softimage_Mod_Tool_7.5\

logmessage XSIUtils.ResolvePath("$XSI_CPU/")
' shows programm bit version

' example:
' for 64-bit
' INFO : nt-x86-64\

' for 32-bit 
' INFO : nt-x86\

Build an vbs executable

Executable, app(lication), program. Whatever you call it, sometimes it might be necessary to compile the script into an actual program.

Even though vbs is a script language and not a programming language, it can be done.

VbsEdit is an editor to fulfill such task with ease.

Just goto File > Convert into Executable. Choose output path, 32/64-bit version and hit OK.

OS bit version

if GetObject("winmgmts:root\cimv2:Win32_Processor='cpu0'").AddressWidth = 64 then
	logmessage "64"
else
	logmessage "32"
end if

faster

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
if instr(WshShell.RegRead("HKLM\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\Identifier"), "x86") = 1 then
	logmessage "32"
else
	logmessage "64"
end if

Read registry

Mod Tool (because 32-bit) fails to execute following code properly on 64-bit operation systems.

So the code must be build as 64-bit program on 64-bit OS and 32-bit program on 32-bit OS.

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
AE_path = WshShell.RegRead("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{B67333BB-1CF9-4EFD-A40B-E25B5CB4C8A7}}_is1\InstallLocation")
MsgBox AE_path

Dim fso
Set fso = CreateObject ("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
txt_location = fso.GetAbsolutePathName(".") & "\AE_path.txt"
Set wText = fso.CreateTextFile (txt_location, 1)
wText.WriteLine AE_path
wText.Close

Read file

Binary

scan_AKEV_file_table

sub scan_AKEV_file_table
	' ##############################################
	OniInputFile =  "H:\Oni\AE\GameDataFolder\level1_Final\AKEVEnvWarehouse.oni"
	' ##############################################
    
	Set OniInputFileStream = CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")
	OniInputFileStream.Type = 1
	OniInputFileStream.Open
	OniInputFileStream.LoadFromFile OniInputFile

	' ### read AKEV textures table offset and size
	ByteNum = 4
	' ##############################################
	TOffset = cLng("&H" & "28")
	' ##############################################
	OniInputFileStream.Position = TOffset
	BArr1 = OniInputFileStream.Read(ByteNum)

	ByteNum = 4
	' ##############################################
	TSize = cLng ("&H" & "2C")
	' ##############################################
	OniInputFileStream.Position = TSize
	BArr2 = OniInputFileStream.Read(ByteNum)


	' ### get AKEV textures table offset and size
	TOffsetHex = SimpleBinaryToString(BArr1)
	for i = ubound(TOffsetHex ) - 1 to 0 step -1
		newhex = newhex & hex(Asc(TOffsetHex(i)))
	next
	logmessage newhex
	logmessage "name table offset: " & cLng("&H" & newhex)
	TOffsetInt = cLng("&H" & newhex)
	newhex = ""
	
	TSizeHex = SimpleBinaryToString(BArr2)
	for i = ubound(TSizeHex) - 1 to 0 step -1
		newhex = newhex & hex(Asc(TSizeHex(i)))
	next
	logmessage newhex
	logmessage "name table size: " & cLng("&H" & newhex)
	TSizeInt = cLng("&H" & newhex) 
	
  	logmessage "------------------------------"
  	

	' ### read table content
	ByteNum = TSizeInt
	OniInputFileStream.Position = TOffsetInt
	BArr3 = OniInputFileStream.Read(ByteNum)
	TContent = SimpleBinaryToString(BArr3)
	
	' ### name grapper
	NG = ""
	for each n in TContent
		if not Asc(n) = 0 then
			NG = NG & n
		else
			'if instr(NG, "TXMP") = 1 then
				' write TXMP to array ?
				logmessage NG
			'end if
			NG = ""
		end if
	next
end sub

Function SimpleBinaryToString(Binary)
	ReDim tmpArr(LenB(Binary) - 1)
	For I = 1 To LenB(Binary)
		S = Chr(AscB(MidB(Binary, I, 1)))
		tmpArr(I - 1) = S
	Next
	SimpleBinaryToString = tmpArr
End Function

Output:

' INFO : 0E40
' INFO : name table offset: 3648
' INFO : 0A4A
' INFO : name table size: 2634
' INFO : ------------------------------
' INFO : AKEVEnvWarehouse
' INFO : AGDBEnvWarehouse
' INFO : TXMP_DOOR_FRAME
' INFO : TXMPNONE
' INFO : TXMPSUMI_1
' INFO : TXMPTC_CONTROL_01
' [...]
' INFO : TXMPWH_DCTRBND

Modify file

Binary

Before and after patching.

Change FilePath and in case of binary patching use function "StringToByteArray".

FilePath =  "C:\path_to\AKEVEnvWarehouse.oni"

' ### create stream objects
Set InputStream = CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")
InputStream.Type = 1
InputStream.Open
Set OutputStream = CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")
OutputStream.Type = 1
OutputStream.Open

' ### load input stream from file
InputStream.LoadFromFile FilePath

' ### copy first 16 signs of input stream to output stream
OutputStream.Write InputStream.Read(16)

' ### apply patch
' # ASCII patching
patch_data = "ABCD"
patch_data_length = len(patch_data)
'   patch_data_length = 4
InputStream.Position = InputStream.Position + patch_data_length
OutputStream.Write CreateObject("System.Text.ASCIIEncoding").GetBytes_4(patch_data)
' # binary patching
'OutputStream.Write StringToByteArray("41424344")

' ### re-add data that was cut off
OutputStream.Write InputStream.Read
   
' ### unloader
InputStream.Close
Set InputStream = Nothing
' ### modes: 2 = overwrite; 1 = dontoverwrite
' test: save to new file
' FilePath2 = "C:\path_to\AKEVEnvWarehouseB.oni"
OutputStream.SaveToFile FilePath, 2
OutputStream.Close
Set OutputStream = Nothing

Conversions

String -> byte array

function StringToByteArray(ThisString)
	for i = 1 To Len(ThisString) Step 2
		str = str & Chr("&h" & Mid(ThisString, i, 2))
	next

	Set stream = CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")
	With stream
		.Open
		.CharSet = "Windows-1252"
		.Type = 2
			' ### 2 = text
		.WriteText str
		.Position = 0
		.Type = 1
			' ### 1 = binary
		StringToByteArray = .Read
		.Close
	End With
end function

' ### usage
ByteArray = StringToByteArray(ThisString)

Byte array -> string

Function ByteArrayToString(Binary)
  'Antonin Foller, http://www.motobit.com
  'Optimized version of a simple BinaryToString algorithm.
  
  Dim cl1, cl2, cl3, pl1, pl2, pl3
  Dim L
  cl1 = 1
  cl2 = 1
  cl3 = 1
  L = LenB(Binary)
  
  Do While cl1<=L
    pl3 = pl3 & Chr(AscB(MidB(Binary,cl1,1)))
    cl1 = cl1 + 1
    cl3 = cl3 + 1
    If cl3>300 Then
      pl2 = pl2 & pl3
      pl3 = ""
      cl3 = 1
      cl2 = cl2 + 1
      If cl2>200 Then
        pl1 = pl1 & pl2
        pl2 = ""
        cl2 = 1
      End If
    End If
  Loop
  BinaryToString = pl1 & pl2 & pl3
End Function

' ### usage
MyString = ByteArrayToString(ByteArray)

Math

Euler rotation -> matrix

function cosn (n)
	cosn = cos(XSIMath.DegreesToRadians(n))
end function
function sinn (n)
	sinn = sin(XSIMath.DegreesToRadians(n))
end function

' ################
logmessage "input"
x = 60 : logmessage x
y = 60 : logmessage y
z = 60 : logmessage z

logmessage "##################"
logmessage "converted"

set RotMatX = XSIMath.CreateMatrix3(1, 0, 0, 0, cosn(x), sinn(x), 0, -sinn(x), cosn(x))
set RotMatY = XSIMath.CreateMatrix3(cosn(y), 0, -sinn(y), 0, 1, 0, sinn(y), 0, cosn(y))
set RotMatZ = XSIMath.CreateMatrix3(cosn(z), sinn(z), 0, -sinn(z), cosn(z), 0, 0, 0, 1)

RotMatZ.MulInPlace RotMatY
RotMatZ.MulInPlace RotMatX

for i=0 to 2
	for j=0 to 2
		logmessage RotMatZ (i, j)
	next
next 

' INFO : input
' INFO : 60
' INFO : 60
' INFO : 60
' INFO : ##################
' INFO : converted
' INFO : 0,25
' INFO : 0,808012701892219
' INFO : 0,53349364905389
' INFO : -0,433012701892219
' INFO : -0,399519052838329
' INFO : 0,808012701892219
' INFO : 0,866025403784439
' INFO : -0,433012701892219
' INFO : 0,25

Matrix -> Euler rotation

Function Atan2(y, x)
  If x > 0 Then
    Atan2 = Atn(y / x)
  ElseIf x < 0 Then
    Atan2 = Sgn(y) * (XSIMath.PI - Atn(Abs(y / x)))
  ElseIf y = 0 Then
    Atan2 = 0
  Else
    Atan2 = Sgn(y) * XSIMath.PI / 2
  End If
End Function


function ToEuler(M00, M10, M20, M21, M22)
            a = M00
            b = M10
            dim c, s, r

            if b = 0 then
                c = Sgn(a)
                s = 0
                r = Abs(a)

            elseif a = 0 then
                c = 0
                s = Sgn(b)
                r = Abs(b)
                
            elseif Abs(b) > Abs(a) then
                t = a / b
                u = Sgn(b) * Sqr(1 + t * t)
                s = 1 / u
                c = s * t
                r = b * u

            else
                t = b / a
                u = Sgn(a) * Sqr(1 + t * t)
                c = 1 / u
                s = c * t
                r = a * u

	    end if

            Z = -Atan2(s, c)
            Y = Atan2(M20, r)
            X = -Atan2(M21, M22)

	    X = XSIMath.RadiansToDegrees(X)
	    Y = XSIMath.RadiansToDegrees(Y)
	    Z = XSIMath.RadiansToDegrees(Z)

	    ToEuler = array(X, Y, Z)
end function

' ################################
set RotMat = XSIMath.CreateMatrix3( _
		0.25, 0.808012701892219, 0.53349364905389, _
		-0.433012701892219, -0.399519052838329, 0.808012701892219, _
		0.866025403784439, -0.433012701892219, 0.25 )


' convert matrix to euler rotation and store values to array
ReXYZ = ToEuler(RotMat(0,0), RotMat(1,0), RotMat(2,0), RotMat(2,1), RotMat(2,2))

logmessage "reconverted"
logmessage ReXYZ(0)
logmessage ReXYZ(1)
logmessage ReXYZ(2)

' INFO : 60
' INFO : 60
' INFO : 60

Euler rotation -> quaternion

dim x, y, z, dRotation, qRotation
x = 90
y = 0
z = 0

set dRotation = XSIMath.CreateRotation(XSIMath.DegreesToRadians(x), XSIMath.DegreesToRadians(y), XSIMath.DegreesToRadians(z)) 
set qRotation = XSIMath.CreateQuaternion() 

	dRotation.GetQuaternion (qRotation) 
	LogMessage qRotation.W
	LogMessage qRotation.X
	LogMessage qRotation.Y
	LogMessage qRotation.Z
	' INFO : 0,707106781186548
	' INFO : 0,707106781186547
	' INFO : 0
	' INFO : 0

' to calculate oni quaternions from euler rotations use this setup:
' 	LogMessage qRotation.X
'	LogMessage qRotation.Y
'	LogMessage qRotation.Z
'	LogMessage qRotation.W * -1

Quaternion -> Euler rotation

dim qW, qX, qY, qZ, qRotation, x, y, z

	qW = 0.707106781186548
	qX = 0.707106781186547
	qY = 0
	qZ = 0

set qRotation = XSIMath.CreateQuaternion (qW, qX , qY, qZ)

	qRotation.GetXYZAngleValues x, y, z
	logmessage XSIMath.RadiansToDegrees(x)
	logmessage XSIMath.RadiansToDegrees(y)
	logmessage XSIMath.RadiansToDegrees(z)
	' INFO : 89,9999999999999
	' INFO : 0
	' INFO : 0

' to calculate euler rotations from oni quaternions use this setup:
	'qX = ...
	'qY = ...
	'qZ = ...
	'qW = ... * -1
'set qRotation = XSIMath.CreateQuaternion (qW, qX, qY, qZ)

Property Page

Detect a PPG

' this check is used to decide to either build or open a PPG
set oRoot = ActiveProject.ActiveScene.Root
if typename(oRoot.Properties("my_PPG")) = "Nothing" then
	logmessage "couldn't find my_PPG"
else
	logmessage "found my_PPG"
end if

Disable PPG popups

' let's say a big amount of objects will be created and each object will open a PPG
' in that case for user convenience those PPG popups should be disabled

' disable PPG popup
Preferences.SetPreferenceValue "Interaction.autoinspect", false

' creates the cube mesh but no PPG will show up
CreatePrim "Cube", "MeshSurface"

' enable PPG popup again
Preferences.SetPreferenceValue "Interaction.autoinspect", true

Build a PPG

' general PPG setup
set oPSet = ActiveSceneRoot.AddProperty("CustomProperty", false, "my_PPG")
set oPPGLayout = oPSet.PPGLayout

' PPG content
' [...]

' open PPG
InspectObj oPSet

PPG content

Droplist

oPSet.AddParameter3 "Team", siString, 0
aListTeams = Array(	"Konoko", 0, _
					"TCTF", 1, _
					"Syndicate", 2, _
					"Neutral", 3, _
					"SecurityGuard", 4, _
					"RogueKonoko", 5, _
					"Switzerland (is melee-immune)", 6, _
					"SyndicateAccessory", 7 )
oPPGLayout.AddEnumControl "Team", aListTeams, "", siControlCombo

Radio options

oPSet.AddParameter3 "Team", siString, 0
aListTeams = Array(	"Konoko", 0, _
					"TCTF", 1, _
					"Syndicate", 2, _
					"Neutral", 3, _
					"SecurityGuard", 4, _
					"RogueKonoko", 5, _
					"Switzerland (is melee-immune)", 6, _
					"SyndicateAccessory", 7 )
oPPGLayout.AddEnumControl "Team", aListTeams, "", siControlRadio

Checkbox

' create checkbox and remove key symboles by setting parameter "Animatable" to false (after siBool)
oPSet.AddParameter3 "Check1", siBool, 0, , , false
oPPGLayout.AddItem "Check1", "Checkbox_caption"

Spacer

' AddSpacer( [Width], [Height] )
oPPGLayout.AddSpacer 25