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Lord Vaako, posted Sun Nov 28, 2021 12:15 pm (67735)

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Does anyone know any tool to convert *.str files coming from Forza Horizon 5 to a text file?
Maybe there is some script for FH4 that works? I searched for one but could not find any so far.
I attach a sample *.str files from FH5.

update:

I found the script from FH3 and slightly modified it (I skip the "header").

Code:

# Forza Horizon 3 STR
quickbmsver "0.8.1"
get NAME basename
string NAME   ".txt"
savepos CHUNK_OFF
#idstring "\x00\x03\x02\x00"
goto 132
for CHUNK = 0 < 2
    # the first chunk of strings are the values, while the second one are the id/type
    if CHUNK == 0
        get DUMMY long
        get CHUNK_SIZE long
    else
        math CHUNK_SIZE = 0
        cleanexit   # you don't need the ids if you want to translate the game
    endif
    get CHUNK_DATA_SIZE long
    get DATA_SIZE long
    get STRINGS long
    savepos TMP
    xmath BASE_OFF "TMP   (STRINGS * (4   4))"
    for i = 0 < STRINGS
        get DUMMY long
        get OFFSET long
        math OFFSET   BASE_OFF
        slog NAME OFFSET -1 unicode
    next i
    math CHUNK_OFF   CHUNK_SIZE
    goto CHUNK_OFF
next CHUNK

NoobInCoding, posted Sun Nov 28, 2021 3:12 pm (67740)

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It seems that the bms script written by aluigi has a problem in importing (because of this) so ...

Forza Horizon TextTool
by swuforce(FH3 - FH2) & NoobInCoding(FH5)
Note: Based on samples. tested in game!

Supported Versions (Import & Export):

• Forza Horizon 2
• Forza Horizon 3
• Forza Horizon 5

ForzaHorizon_texttool.zip