Septerra Core Tools
Starting without parameters will lead to the launch of the game from the current folder or the path form the windows registry.
run [gameFolder] [gameArgs]
Example: run . -M
will start the game from the current directory with -M argument to disable movies.
unpack [gameFolder] [outputFolder] [-convert] [-rename]
Example: unpack . .\Data -convert
will unpack resources from the current folder to the \Data folder, convert all known resources to the user-friendly formats and rename known files.
convert type sourceFolder [sourceMask]
convert type sourceFile [targetFile]
Types: tx2txt, am2tiff, tiff2am, vssf2mp3, mp32vssf
Example: convert am2tiff .\Data\anim *.am
will convert all *.am files to TIFFs in the \Data\anim folder.
Example: convert tiff2am 08219990.tiff
will convert 08219990.tiff to 08219990.am
Example: convert tx2txt 0500000B.tx "Azziz's Temple.txt"
will convert 0500000B.tx to Azziz's Temple.txt
If the game throws a DirectDraw error when running windowed with the -W switch,
in compatibility settings for the game executable check "Reduced color mode"
and select 16-bit.