Configuring VSCode-like Programs to Handle Game Files

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About

Here will talk about setting up VSCode similar programs to work with game files.

• This article is based on Liner's article on setting up scripts as projects in VSCode
• In this article the setup will be done in VSCodium.

warning

Not all files can be configured because there are no extensions for their viewing, reading (for example preview .dds textures and others). Some files can only be opened with third-party applications!

Step 1: Installing VSCodium

Just install VSCodium

Step 2. Configuring extension associations

In the settings.json file, in the "files.associations": { specify:

settings.json

"*.script": "lua",
"*.ps": "hlsl",
"*.cs": "hlsl",
"*.gs": "hlsl",
"*.vs": "hlsl",
"*.s": "lua",
"*.level": "ini",
"*.ltx": "ltx",
"*.seq": "ini",
"*.part": "ini",
"*.part1": "ini"

info

At the moment these are all the extensions that can be opened in VSCodium

Step 3: Installing extensions

You need to install the following extensions:

1. audio-preview by sukumo28 - provides more detailed data about the sound files. Needed for *.ogg files

2. LTX Support by AziatkaVictor - adds support for *.ltx files

   • extension can be configured, to do this in his settings need to specify the path to the scripts of the game
   • More About

3. Two extensions for Lua. Needed for .script files:

   • LUA by keyring

   • LUA by yinfei

   • You need a fully unpacked scripts folder to work. You also need to create a workspace for your project. Some files will always give error warnings (e.g. lua_help - This can be deleted or added to exceptions in the extension from yinfei)

4. Open in External App by YuTengjing - ability to open the file in other applications. Needed for *.ogf , *.object , .dm , *.omf , *.dds , .thm , *.ogm files

   • The extension can be configured by writing in settings.json in the "openInExternalApp.openMapper": [ needed programs. Example:
   settings.json

   "openInExternalApp.openMapper": [
   
       // 3D models (ogf, dm, object)
           {
               "extensionName": "ogf",
               "apps": "D:\\Needed\\Modding Tools\\OGF.Editor\\OGF tool.exe"
           },
           {
               "extensionName": "object",
               "apps": "D:\\Needed\\Modding Tools\\Object.Editor.4.35\\Object tool.exe"
           },
           {
               "extensionName": "dm",
               "apps": "D:\\Needed\\Modding Tools\\OGF.Editor\\OGF tool.exe"
           },
       // Textures (thm, dds)
           {
               "extensionName": "thm",
               "apps": "D:\\Needed\\Modding Tools\\THM_Editor_by_ValeroK\\THM Editor.exe"
           },
           {
               "extensionName": "dds",
               "apps": "C:\\Program Files\\paint.net\\paintdotnet.exe"
           },
   
       // Video
           {
               "extensionName": "ogm",
               "apps": "C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe"
           },
       // Animations
           {
               "extensionName": "omf",
               "apps": "D:\\Needed\\Modding Tools\\OMF.Editor.1.2\\OMF_Editor.exe"
           },
       ],

5. HLSL support and preview for shaders:

   • Shader languages support for VS Code by slevesque
   • HLSL preview by A2K

6. TGA Image Preview by lunarwtr - Preview *.tga files