Big Viewer Quick Edit
      The Essential tool of any Homeworld Modder, needed to extract the info from .big archives.      A great tool for editing .shp files in an easy way.  No need to mess with code, just a simple interface.

Vers. 3 | 258.8 k

Written By Prime_8    |    Vers. 1.3

3D Explorer MEXEdit
     Use this great utility to view PEO and GEO files and convert them to and from many different formats.    The first utility made for editing MEX files.  An important and indisposable tool for the modeler.  You may need to obtain a copy of the MFC.

By X Dimension    |    Vers. 1.4 (Beta)

By the B5 Team    |    Get it | MFC

File Specs HWIE
     These are the specifications for each major file type. Relic wrote some, others are by various authors.      The Homeworld Information Exchange is a great database of Information on all the parameters of the Homeworld script, shp, and ai files  This is the empty base -- for the latest filled in version, e-mail Shadtree.

BIG | GEO | LIF | MEX | MAD

By Shadetree    |    HWIE

BTG ModMan
     The Background Tool for Geeks is Relic's official release of a background maker for HW maps.      This great tool from Tall Paul helps us all keep track and switch between mods.

By Relic    |    Get it

Written By Tall Paul    |    Vers. 3.6

LIF Editors Crook's Wavefront Converter
     For both converting LiF's to bitmaps to edit as well as for those who don't have Adobe Photoshop.      This small program can be used to convert a multi-textured, multi-object wavefront.obj file into 1 object, for use prior to .peo conversion.

Written By Shin    |    LiF Edit 0.5

By Crook    |    Vers. 1.0


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