1SSF2XML(1)                BSD General Commands Manual               SSF2XML(1)
2

NAME

4     ssf2xml — BioWare SSF to XML converter
5

SYNOPSIS

7     ssf2xml [options] input_file [output_file]
8

DESCRIPTION

10     ssf2xml converts BioWare's SSF files into human-readable XML.  SSF are
11     “sound sets”, a list of voice lines uttered at certain situations, like
12     attacking, getting hurt or picking a lock.  Each line consists of an ID
13     (denoting the position of the line within the SSF file), an optional Str‐
14     Ref (refering a textual line in a talk table) and an optional filename
15     (which is the sound file to play).  Additionally, each line may have a
16     label attached which shows what the purpose of this line is. This label
17     is purely for the benefit of the user reading the XML file and is not
18     actually stored within the SSF.
19
20     SSF files are used in Neverwinter Nights, Neverwinter Nights 2, Knights
21     of the Old Republic and Knights of the Old Republic II.  However, the
22     version of the format used in the latter two do not store any sound file‐
23     names, only StrRefs.
24

OPTIONS

26     -h
27     --help
28           Show a help text and exit.
29     --version
30           Show version information and exit.
31     input_file
32         The SSF file to convert.
33     output_file
34         The XML file will be written there.  If no output file is specified,
35         the XML data is written to stdout.  The encoding of the XML stream is
36         always UTF-8.
37

EXAMPLES

39     Convert the SSF file1.ssf into an XML file:
40
41           $ ssf2xml file1.ssf file2.xml
42
43     Convert the SSF file1.ssf into an XML file on stdout:
44
45           $ ssf2xml file1.ssf
46

SEE ALSO

48     gff2xml(1), tlk2xml(1), xml2ssf(1)
49
50     More information about the xoreos project can be found on its website:
51     https://xoreos.org/.
52

AUTHORS

54     This program is part of the xoreos-tools package, which in turn is part
55     of the xoreos project, and was written by the xoreos team.  Please see
56     the AUTHORS file for details.
57
58BSD                             April 15, 2016                             BSD
Impressum