This is a collection of tools for Cross Racing Championship 2005. Currently, this repository only contains tools required to edit shaders.

• ishdtool requires Python 3.x.
• crc2005cmd relies on game's executable to pack/unpack LZW archives. Currently, only v1.2.4 (Build 907) is supported. Moreover, Ultimate ASI Loader (included in the archive) is required to load the plugin.

This ASI plugin for the game adds several commandline arguments to the game, effectively turning it into a CLI tool. Run the game with a --cmd argument followed by tool parameters to run the game in tool mode.

Supported features:

• Decompressing LZW files (shader.dat) - -u input_file [-o output_file]
• Compressing LZW files (shader.dat) - -p input_file [-o output_file]

DISCLAIMER: This plugin only works with a v1.2.4 (Build 907) version! This means it will not work with a Steam version. If you need this tool and you need it to work with that version, send an issue so I know at least somebody cares!

This script allows unpacking a ISHD shader archive to separate shader sources, as well as packing it back.

Supported features:

• Unpacking ISHD archive to a directory - -u input_file [output_dir]
• Packing a directory into an ISHD archive - -p input_dir [output_file]

Combining both steps allows to freely edit any shader file in game, originally packed in a shader.dat archive. Both unpacking and packing are two step processes - first, a LZW file needs to be decompressed, then a resulting ISHD archive needs to be unpacked to text files.

Assuming ishdtool.py is placed in game directory and CRC2005Cmd is installed correctly, use the following commands to extract all shaders to system\shaders directory:

crc.exe --cmd -u system\shader.dat -o system\shader.ishd
python ishdtool.py -u system\shader.ishd system\shaders

After you're done editing shaders, use the following commands to pack them back:

python ishdtool.py -p system\shaders system\shader.ishd
crc.exe --cmd -p system\shader.ishd -o system\shader.dat