X-coder

Tool to decode and encode sc files from supercell games (works only on Windows)

GUI VERSION

If you want more beautiful version with interface download it

APK

If you use android download it and if you dont know how to use it check pc gui version it is same in usage

How to use:

Put Xcoder.exe and cv2 dll in one folder and run exe

OR

Just DOWNLOAD Instaler and run it

Functions:

Decode:

1. Select _tex.sc file
2. Wait some time while textures are decoding
3. Select folder where the pngs will be saved or close select dialog to create folder automatically
4. Done! now you can edit pngs

Encode:

1. Select folder with pngs, folder must contain only those png files that will be in the final sc, and should preferably have a data.json file
2. Wait some time while textures are encoding it is quet long, but you can put false in data.json file in "UseKronos" then it'll be a lot faster
3. Select out file path or close select dialog to save file in pngs folder
4. Done! you can put your sc in game files

Below is information about the data.json file

Decode folder:

1. Select folder with tex.sc files
2. Select folder where pngs will be saved or close select dialog to Select same folder as folder with tex.sc files
3. In folder with pngs folders with names of sc will be crated and pngs will be there

Encode folder:

1. Select folder with folders with pngs
2. Select folder where tex.sc will be saved or close select dialog to Select same folder as with folders with tex.sc files
3. In this folder sc with names of folder wil be sved

Setings:

Just editor of config.json file

Data.json file:

This file stores texture information, it is recommended not to change anything except "IsKronos", but note that "IsKronos: true" only works with 50+ version of Brawl Stars. Example of data.json file:

[
 {
  "Downscaling": true,
  "Filter": 0,
  "IsKhronos": true,
  "Linear": true,
  "PixelFormat": 0
 },
 {
  "Downscaling": true,
  "Filter": 0,
  "IsKhronos": true,
  "Linear": true,
  "PixelFormat": 0
 }
]

IsKhronos:

Just a bool that says whether to use the new texture type. If used, the output file weighs much less and has a positive effect on game optimization. But encode will take many times longer. In fact it's just ktx in sc

Example with ui_highres_tex and ZSTD compresion :

IsKhronos	encode time(seconds)	save time(seconds)	file size
true	137.5	7.798	13.8 MB
false	1.112	19.605	22,8 MB

I recomend you not to use it while testing your mod and use it in release version

Config.json file:

The file is created when the script is run for the first time and stores the settings. Default config.json file:

{
 "Default Compresion": 3,
 "Skip Folder Select": false,
 "Skip Save Select": false
}

Default Compresion:

Allows you to change the compression used during encode.

Index	Compression	Description
1	LZMA	Compresses large files, like ui well enough
2	LZHAM	IDK Just dont use it
3	ZSTD	Used by default, best for most of sc, used by supercell

Skip Folder Select

If true, when decoding, skip folder select and do same as if you just close it

Skip Save Select

Same but for encoding and for out path selection

Any questions?

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