RF:G Editing Main Page

This will serve as a landing page for all resources related to Red Faction: Guerrilla editing, including both the original Steam Edition and the Re-Mars-tered Edition.

External Links

Community

• Faction Files Community Discord - Active Red Faction series community Discord with #map-mod-development channel for community development discussion

Downloads

• FactionFiles.com - Custom mods, tools, patches, and reference material
• Nexus Mods - Custom mods

Documentation

• RF:G Map organization

Core Concepts

• Red Faction: Guerrilla's level editor is CLOE, which is not publicly available.

Red Faction: Guerrilla File Formats

• .xtbl - XML table files are used to store properties or attributes in Red Faction: Guerrilla. Overall, their function is similar to the .tbl files of Red Faction and Red Faction II.
• .scriptx - Internal script engine files, commonly used for missions and activities
• .dtodx - Weather/lighting file for maps that controls things like fog, tint, ambient colour, eye adaption, bloom, cloud color and speed
• .gtodx - Skybox file for maps that controls things like the sun texture, moon positions and if the horizon mountain texture is enabled
• .vpp_pc - Packfile
• .rigx - Rig
• .str2_pc - Texture Packfile
• .rfgzone_pc - Map zone
• .layer_pc - Map zone
• .cpeg_pc, cvbm_pc - Texture cpu file
• .gpeg_pc, gvbm_pc - Texture gpu file
• .asm_pc - Streaming index
• .csmesh_pc - Static mesh cpu file
• .gsmesh_pc - Static mesh gpu file
• .ccmesh_pc - Character mesh cpu file
• .gcmesh_pc - Character mesh gpu file
• .ccar_pc - Vehicle mesh cpu file
• .gcar_pc - Vehicle mesh gpu file
• .anim_pc - Animation
• .cchk_pc - Destructible object cpu file
• .gchk_pc - Destructible object gpu file
• .cefct_pc - Visual effect cpu file
• .gefct_pc - Visual effect gpu file
• .cfmesh_pc - Foliage mesh
• .cstch - Terrain clutter mesh cpu file
• .gstch - Terrain clutter mesh gpu file
• .cterrain_pc - Terrain zone cpu file
• .gterrain_pc - Terrain zone gpu file
• .ctmesh_pc - Terrain subzone cpu file
• .gtmesh_pc - Terrain subzone gpu file
• .fsmib - Fullscreen map data
• .fxo_kg - Shader
• .le_strings - Steam localization strings
• .rfglocatext - Localization strings
• .mat_pc - Render material
• .morph_pc - Animation Morph
• .vint_doc - UI
• .sim_pc - Cloth sim
• .xgs_pc - Sound config
• .xsb_pc - Soundbank
• .xwb_pc - Wavebank
• .aud_pc - Audio categories
• .vf3_pc - Font
• .vfdvp_pc - ?
• .rfgvp_pc - ?

Red Faction: Guerrilla Tools

• gibbed RF:G Tools
• RF:G Script Loader
• Nanoforge
• RF:G Mod Manager
• RF:G Texture Editor
• ChrisCrinkle RF:G Tools

Tutorials

• Nanoforge basics - Introduction to Nanoforge and its features.
• Nanoforge xtbl editing - How to edit .xtbl files in Nanoforge.
• Nanoforge Texture Editing - How to edit textures using Nanoforge.