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levi-soft/DSTS-Mod-Tool
Comprehensive GUI mod tool for Digimon Story: Time Stranger PC. Create, install, and manage mods with integrated MVGL, CPK, MBE, IMG, and TEXT processing tools.
A WPF/.NET 8 GUI tool for modding Digimon Story: Time Stranger on PC. It wraps several existing CLI tools (DSCSTools, YACpkTool, a Python MBE parser, Compressonator) behind a single interface for packing/unpacking CPK archives, editing MBE files, and managing mod installation order. Audience is strictly DSTS modders on Windows.
Bundles five otherwise separate tools into one workflow — users don't have to juggle CLI flags manually. Drag-and-drop mod ordering is a practical UX touch for managing load order. Using Compressonator for texture work is the right call; it handles DDS/BC formats that matter for game assets. Clear separation between Data and Language mod types reflects how the game actually loads assets.
The entire repo is essentially a shell around pre-built binaries (DSCSToolsCLI.exe, YACpkTool.exe, Python scripts) — there's almost no original file-format logic, so if an upstream tool breaks or the game updates, this breaks too. The MBE tool depends on a Python script at runtime, meaning users need Python installed separately, and the README doesn't mention this. License is vague: 'Open source project. Individual tool licenses may apply' is not a license — the bundled binaries have their own terms and shipping them in the repo without clarity is a problem. 14 stars and a game that wasn't released yet as of the last push suggests this may be ahead of its audience or abandoned before the game shipped.