Dedication to what should be the most important addition to the Silent Hunter series to date.:

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Alright. Here and there I've been posting some comments and every so often a screenshot of what I'm working on. One of the bigger problems in moding today as you know, is working with the native game files. There are some tools out there that help right now, but I wanted to go further.

My aim is to provide you with a tool that will allow you to edit all files that are based on the dat-structure (both SH3 and SH4). I've taken all the knowledge that others have gathered, and debugged the file format myself as well for countless hours, and am trying to create a tool that is easy to use, and combines features of several other tools, and more... Especially, the 'more' part.

While I realize the tool is similar to what has been done before (aka Pack3D, mini tweaker, etc), I do hope to add something new. Below is a list of some (not all) things I either have finished or have planned.

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