msg-tool

msg-tool is a command-line tool for exporting, importing, packing, and unpacking script files.

How to Compile

git clone https://github.com/lifegpc/msg-tool
cargo build --release  # Build with all features enabled
cargo build --release --no-default-features --features=circus  # Build with only specific features enabled. See supported types below.

Exit Codes

By default, msg-tool will always return exit code 0 unless a exit signal is received (such as Ctrl+C).
You can use the --exit-code / -x option to specify a non-zero exit code when some jobs failed.
If all jobs failed, you can use the --exit-code-all-failed / -X option to specify a different exit code.

Basic Usage

Extract messages from script files

msg-tool export <input> [output]

Some script files cannot be detected automatically. You can specify the type of script file with the --script-type / -t option.

msg-tool export -t <script-type> <input> [output]

If the script file is an image file, you can specify the output type of the image file with the --image-type / -i option.

msg-tool export -i webp <input> [output]

If the script file is an archive file, it will be unpacked and will try to extract messages/images/audio from the unpacked files. If you don't want to extract, please use the unpack command.

If the input is a directory, all script files in the directory will be processed. (The -r / --recursive option is needed if you want to process files in subdirectories.)

Import data into script files

msg-tool import <input> <output> <patched>

Pack files into an archive

msg-tool pack <input> -t <archive-type> [output]
# Pack multiple files/folders into an archive
# If output is not specified, the archive file will be named with the first input's name with the appropriate extension.
# Use --dep-file xxxx.d to generate a dep file for other build systems. (such as ninja)
msg-tool pack-v2 -t <archive-type> -o <output> <input1> <input2> ...

Unpack an archive file

msg-tool unpack <input> [output]

Some archive files cannot be detected automatically. You can specify the type of archive file with the --script-type / -t option.

Create a new script file

msg-tool create -t <script-type> <input> <output>

Supported Output Script Types

• json - GalTransl's JSON format
• m3t / m3ta - A simple text format that supports both original/llm/translated messages.
• yaml - Same as json, but in YAML format.
• po/pot - Gettext PO/POT format.

Supported Image Types

Image Type	Feature Name
png	image (enabled automatically if any image script types are enabled)
jpg	image-jpg
webp	image-webp
jxl	image-jxl

Supported Script Types

Artemis Engine

Script Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Custom Export	Custom Import	Create	Remarks
artemis	artemis	Artemis Engine AST file (.ast)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
artemis-asb	artemis	Artemis Engine ASB file (.asb/.iet)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	For .iet files, only custom export/import and create features are supported.
artemis-txt	artemis	Artemis Engine TXT (General) script	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
artemis-panmimisoft-txt	artemis-panmimisoft	Artemis Engine TXT (ぱんみみそふと) file (.txt)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

Archive Type	Feature Name	Name	Unpack	Pack	Remarks
artemis-arc/pfs	artemis-arc	Artemis Engine archive file (.pfs)	✔️	✔️
artemis-pf2/pf2	artemis-arc	Artemis Engine Archive File (.pfs) (pf2)	✔️	✔️

Buriko General Interpreter / Ethornell

Script Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Custom Export	Custom Import	Create	Remarks
bgi/ethornell	bgi	Buriko General Interpreter/Ethornell Script	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	Some old games' scripts cannot be detected automatically
bgi-bsi/ethornell-bsi	bgi	Buriko General Interpreter/Ethornell BSI Script (._bsi)	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️
bgi-bp/ethornell-bp	bgi	Buriko General Interpreter/Ethornell BP Script (._bp)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
bgi-dsc/ethornell-dsc	bgi-arc	Buriko General Interpreter/Ethornell compressed file in archive	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️

Archive Type	Feature Name	Name	Unpack	Pack	Remarks
bgi-arc-v1/ethornell-arc-v1	bgi-arc	Buriko General Interpreter/Ethornell Archive File Version 1 (.arc)	✔️	✔️
bgi-arc/bgi-arc-v2/ethornell-arc/ethornell-arc-v2	bgi-arc	Buriko General Interpreter/Ethornell Archive File Version 2 (.arc)	✔️	✔️

Audio Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Create	Remarks
bgi-audio/ethornell-audio	bgi-audio	Buriko General Interpreter/Ethornell Audio File (Ogg/Vorbis)	✔️	❌	❌

Image Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Create	Remarks
bgi-img/ethornell-img	bgi-img	Buriko General Interpreter/Ethornell Uncompressed Image File	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	Image files in sysgrp.arc
bgi-cbg/ethornell-cbg	bgi-img	Buriko General Interpreter/Ethornell Compressed Image File	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	V2 is not supported when importing/creating image

CatSystem2

Script Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Custom Export	Custom Import	Create	Remarks
cat-system	cat-system	CatSystem2 Scene Script File (.cst)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
cat-system-cstl	cat-system	CatSystem2 Scene I18N File (.cstl)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️

Archive Type	Feature Name	Name	Unpack	Pack	Remarks
cat-system-int	cat-system-arc	CatSystem2 Archive File (.int)	✔️	❌	Encrypted archives are supported too. Use --cat-system-int-encrypt-password to specify password

Image Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Create	Remarks
cat-system-hg3	cat-system-img	CatSystem2 HG3 Image File (.hg3)	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	❌

Circus

Script Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Custom Export	Custom Import	Create	Remarks
circus	circus	Circus Script File (.mes)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	Some scripts must use --circus-mes-type to specify game

Archive Type	Feature Name	Name	Unpack	Pack	Remarks
circus-crm	circus-arc	Circus Image Archive File (.crm)	✔️	❌
circus-dat	circus-arc	Circus Archive File (.dat)	✔️	❌
circus-pck	circus-arc	Circus Archive File (.pck/.dat)	✔️	✔️

Audio Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Create	Remarks
circus-pcm	circus-audio	Circus Audio File (.pcm)	✔️	❌	❌

Image Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Create	Remarks
circus-crx	circus-img	Circus Image File (.crx)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	V1 is not supported when importing/creating image
circus-crxd	circus-img	Circus Differential Image File (.crx)	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌

Emote

Script Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Custom Export	Custom Import	Create	Remarks
emote-psb/psb	emote-img	Emote PSB File	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️

Image Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Create	Remarks
emote-pimg/pimg	emote-img	Emote Multiple Image File (.pimg)	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌
emote-dref/dref	emote-img	Emote DPAK-referenced Image File (.dref)	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌

Entis GLS engine

Script Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Custom Export	Custom Import	Create	Remarks
entis-gls	entis-gls	Entis GLS engine XML Script (.srcxml)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

Escu:de

Script Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Custom Export	Custom Import	Create	Remarks
escude	escude	Escu:de Script File (.bin)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
escude-list	escude	Escu:de List File (.bin)	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️

Archive Type	Feature Name	Name	Unpack	Pack	Remarks
escude-arc	escude-arc	Escu:de Archive File (.bin)	✔️	✔️

ExHibit

Script Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Custom Export	Custom Import	Create	Remarks
ex-hibit	ex-hibit	ExHibit Script File (.rld)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	❌

Archive Type	Feature Name	Name	Unpack	Pack	Remarks
ex-hibit-grp	ex-hibit-arc	ExHibit GRP Archive File (.grp)	✔️	❌

Favorite

Script Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Custom Export	Custom Import	Create	Remarks
favorite	favorite	Favorite Hcb Script (.hcb)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌

HexenHaus

Script Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Custom Export	Custom Import	Create	Remarks
hexen-haus	hexen-haus	HexenHaus Script File (.bin)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

Archive Type	Feature Name	Name	Unpack	Pack	Remarks
hexen-haus-arcc	hexen-haus-arc	HexenHaus Arcc Archive File (.arc)	✔️	❌
hexen-haus-odio	hexen-haus-arc	HexenHaus Audio Archive File (.bin)	✔️	❌
hexen-haus-wag	hexen-haus-arc	HexenHaus Wag Archive File (.wag)	✔️	❌

Image Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Create	Remarks
hexen-haus-png	hexen-haus-img	HexenHaus PNG Image File (.png)	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌

Kirikiri

Script Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Custom Export	Custom Import	Create	Remarks
kirikiri/kr/kr-ks/kirikiri-ks	kirikiri	Kirikiri Script File (.ks)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
kirikiri-scn/kr-scn	kirikiri	Kirikiri Scene File (.scn)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	❌
kirikiri-simple-crypt/kr-simple-crypt	kirikiri	Kirikiri Simple Crypt Text File	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌
kirikiri-mdf/kr-mdf	kirikiri	Kirikiri Zlib-Compressed File	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌
kirikiri-tjs-ns0/kr-tjs-ns0	kirikiri	Kirikiri TJS NS0 binary encoded script	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️
kirikiri-tjs2/kr-tjs2	kirikiri	Kirikiri compiled TJS2 script	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	❌

Archive Type	Feature Name	Name	Unpack	Pack	Remarks
kirikiri-xp3/kr-xp3/xp3	kirikiri-arc	Kirikiri XP3 Archive File (.xp3)	✔️	✔️

Image Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Create	Remarks
kirikiri-tlg/kr-tlg	kirikiri-img	Kirikiri TLG Image File (.tlg)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	tlg6 is not supported when importing/creating image

Musica

Script Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Custom Export	Custom Import	Create	Remarks
musica	musica	Musica Script File (.sc)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

Archive Type	Feature Name	Name	Unpack	Pack	Remarks
musica-arc	musica-arc	Musica Archive Resource File (.paz)	✔️	✔️

Silky Engine

Script Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Custom Export	Custom Import	Create	Remarks
silky	silky	Silky Engine Mes Script File (.mes)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
silky-map	silky	Silky Engine Map File (.map)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️

Softpal

Script Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Custom Export	Custom Import	Create	Remarks
softpal	softpal	Softpal Script File (.src)	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌

Archive Type	Feature Name	Name	Unpack	Pack	Remarks
softpal-pac	softpal-arc	Softpal Pac Archive File (.pac)	✔️	❌
softpal-pac-amuse	softpal-arc	Softpal Amuse Pac Archive File (.pac)	✔️	❌

Image Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Create	Remarks
softpal-pgd-ge/pgd-ge/pgd	softpal-img	Softpal PGD Ge Image File (.pgd)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️
softpal-pgd3/softpal-pgd2/pgd3/pgd2	softpal-img	Softpal PGD Differential Image File (.pgd)	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌

WillPlus / AdvHD

Script Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Custom Export	Custom Import	Create	Remarks
will-plus-ws2/adv-hd-ws2	will-plus	WillPlus/AdvHD Script File (.ws2)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

Image Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Create	Remarks
will-plus-wip/adv-hd-wip	will-plus-img	WillPlus/AdvHD WIP Image File (.wip)	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	❌

Yaneurao Itufuru

Script Type	Feature Name	Name	Export	Import	Export Multiple	Import Multiple	Custom Export	Custom Import	Create	Remarks
yaneurao-itufuru/itufuru	yaneurao-itufuru	Yaneurao Itufuru Script File	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

Archive Type	Feature Name	Name	Unpack	Pack	Remarks
yaneurao-itufuru-arc/itufuru-arc	yaneurao-itufuru-arc	Yaneurao Itufuru Archive File (.scd)	✔️	✔️