[SA-Tutorial] How to make a binary IPL

06 Jul 2018, 15:11

Binary IPL

Welcome to this tutorial.I myself was working on binary ipl's for quite a while.At last found how it actually works by looking in the in game binary ipl's.It's kinda easy but saw no tut's for it.So,decided to create one myself.

If you don't know anything about ipl's I'll suggest you to read from below sites first covering the normal ipl files.
GTA Wikia

So,lets start.
Binary ipl files are normal ipls in binary form.Its only present in GTA San Andreas And GTA IV.

Before we start,I'm listing tools you'll need,

1. Text Editor (Notepad will do)
2. A IMG Editor. I suggest this one IMG Factory
3. A text to binary ipl compiler. I suggest Fastman92 processor
Its a kinda hard to operate and without any GUI. So you can also use other tools if you like.

There are few differences between a normal ipl and a binary ipl.Firstly lets look at the structure,
Normal Ipl:

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15072, PLS_carpark, 0, 2579.8796445, 645.50208432, 9.93, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1

Binary Ipl:

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15072, dummy, 0, 2579.87964, 645.50208, 9.93, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1

As you can see there is only two differences.

Firstly check the names,on normal ipls the name is the object name but when in binary form that becomes dummy.The name isn't really used.This also goes for normal ipl files as well.You can test via changing your object names to dummy or anything it's simply ignored.Game uses the object ID to spawn an object.

Secondly take a look at the decimel values,they are limited to 5 digits.So, it might change your co ordinates comparing to normal ones but that's so tiny that there's 99.9% chance that you'll never notice.One more thing about binary ipl's are only inst and cars sections are supported,others are unknown.

Next thing is where exactly are these binary ipl's located?If you have looked into game files in data folder you would differently notice normal text ipls but no binary one's.Caues they are located in img archieves(to be exact models/gta3.img).

So,now extract the fastman92 processor in a folder.After that copy your ipl files there.
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Lets take a look at our ipl file,
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Now edit the fastman92_processor.bat
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You'll find a window like this,
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Next that you'll have to do is change this line,

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fastman92_processor.exe /file_type ipl /input_type binary /input_game GAME_EXACT_BULLY_SCHOLARSHIP_EDITION_PC /input_filename "trich.ipb" /output_type text /output_game GAME_EXACT_BULLY_SCHOLARSHIP_EDITION_PC /output_filename "trich.ipl" /string_list data\bully_strings.txt

With this one below,

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fastman92_processor.exe /file_type ipl /input_type text /input_game GAME_EXACT_GTASA_PC /input_filename "bin.ipl" /output_type binary /output_game GAME_EXACT_GTASA_PC /output_filename "bin_stream.ipl"

Change your input and output file names in above code but keep the _stream extention in output file name or you'll have to add it later.

Next save it and run.

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After running you'll end up with something like this,
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after this open up your img archieve(gta3.img) using IMG Factory and import it and rebuild.Then create a new text file and rename it with your output file but without the _stream extention.
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The file preview
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You can leave this file empty but its necessary to load the binary file.Please be caution with naming.Only difference with this and the binary file should be _stream or it won't work.

After this copy this file location and goto your game directory data/ and open up the gta.dat file.Then goto ipl section paste your file location like this,
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or if you got modloader you can just paste the location in a text file and put it in mod loader directory.
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Then save it.Now run your game and check if the object is spawned or not.Done.

Thanks to fastman92 and Junior_Djjr for their help with this.
Note:I learnt all this through trial and error process.So, if I written anything wrong, please point it and I'll fix it as soon as I can.Thanks!

Last edited by Grinch_ on Jul 07 2018, 02:13, edited 8 times in total.

06 Jul 2018, 16:42

Instead of gta.dat, I think it's better to use .txt file on modloader.
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It finds the file inside any folder on modloader.

07 Jul 2018, 01:54

Junior_Djjr escreveu: ↑Instead of gta.dat, I think it's better to use .txt file on modloader.

It finds the file inside any folder on modloader.

Ok,I'll add that in.

27 Out 2019, 20:12

Anyone knows where I can obtain binary ipl dummy to model name batch renamer program?
I'm unable to import non-binary ipl (converted from binary using fastman92 processor, with dummy names in it) into 3ds Max - I suspect is cuz of dummy names Kam's/X-men scripts cannot compute. I used to be able to import maps into 3ds Max in the past (when I worked on high poly desert mod) - not anymore. I remember importing converted non-binary ipls with dummy names restored to model names with a batch rename program - worked, but I'm unable to find the program online.

edit:
never mind, found the program ( https://www.mediafire.com/file/qa52ieqo ... r.rar/file )
I suspected right. Needed to restore dummy names to model names to be able to import maps into 3ds Max.

edit 2:
I mirrored it to my google drive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jpO16k ... 56gFbb20EJ

27 Out 2019, 22:17

Zeneric escreveu: ↑
27 Out 2019, 20:12
Anyone knows where I can obtain binary ipl dummy to model name batch renamer program?
I'm unable to import non-binary ipl (converted from binary using fastman92 processor, with dummy names in it) into 3ds Max - I suspect is cuz of dummy names Kam's/X-men scripts cannot compute. I used to be able to import maps into 3ds Max in the past (when I worked on high poly desert mod) - not anymore. I remember importing converted non-binary ipls with dummy names restored to model names with a batch rename program - worked, but I'm unable to find the program online.

edit:
never mind, found the program ( https://www.mediafire.com/file/qa52ieqo ... r.rar/file )
I suspected right. Needed to restore dummy names to model names to be able to import maps into 3ds Max.

edit 2:
I mirrored it to my google drive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jpO16k ... 56gFbb20EJ

ahh, that seems like a pretty handy tool

11 Abr 2023, 21:42

To use the cars section, it is needed to create at least one object near in the X and Y axes (I put 899.0 in Z and works fine) in inst section of the binary file, otherwise will not work.

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