REDUX - The RED User eXperience Toolkit

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REDUX is a lightweight, command‑line toolkit designed to convert and export Red Faction geometry and object data between different Red Faction formats, and streamline and simplify asset prep and/or migration across RF and modern pipelines involving software like Blender or 3ds Max.

Usage:

• redux.exe -input <file> -output <file> [options]

Examples:

• redux.exe -input dm02.rfl -output dm02.obj -ngons
• redux.exe -input mymesh.rfg -output mymesh.v3m
• redux.exe -input dmpc03.rfl -output dmpc03.rfg -brushes -textranslate -swapitem "Medical Kit"

Supported input formats:

• RF Group (.rfg) Brushes from non‑moving groups
• RF1/RF2 Level (.rfl) Static geometry or brushes from non‑moving groups, most object types (if output is .rfg)
• RF Static Mesh (.v3m) Mesh with submeshes, LODs, prop points, and cspheres
• Wavefront OBJ (.obj) Geometry objects with flags in object names

Supported output formats:

• RF Group (.rfg) Brushes with flags (air, portal, detail, etc.), most object types (if input is .rfl)
• RF Static Mesh (.v3m) Mesh with submeshes for each brush/geometry object (basic support)
• Wavefront OBJ (.obj) Geometry objects with flags in object names

Arguments:

• -input <file> Path to the input file
• -output <file> Path to the output file
• -swapitem <class> Overwrite all item classes in exported RFGs with the specified item class.
• -ngons <bool> Allow n-sided polygons. If false, triangulate all polygons. Default: false
• -simplenames <bool> Use simple brush name Brush_UID. If false, include brush flags in name. Default: false
• -textranslate <bool> RF2 → RF1 texture name translation. If false, keep original RF2 filenames. Default: false
• -brushes <bool> Export brush data from RFL. If false, exports static geometry. Default: false
• -geonodetail <bool> Remove detail flag from geoable brushes. Only applies for RF2 brushes. Default: false
• -portalfaces <bool> Include portal faces. Default: true
• -detailfaces <bool> Include faces from detail brushes. Default: true
• -alphafaces <bool> Include faces with alpha textures. Default: true
• -holefaces <bool> Include faces with shoot-through alpha textures. Default: true
• -liquidfaces <bool> Include liquid surfaces. Default: false
• -skyfaces <bool> Include Show Sky faces. Default: true
• -invisiblefaces <bool> Include invisible faces. Default: true
• -ver / help / -h Print version/usage/help information
• -loglevel <level> Set verbosity level (debug, dev, info, warn, error) or (0–4). Defaults to info

Notes:

• Boolean options accept true, false, 1, 0. If no value is provided, presence of the option is treated as true.
• Class options reference class names from in the corresponding .tbl file. Use quotation marks if it has spaces.

Credit:

• REDUX is developed by Chris "Goober" Parsons
• Thanks to rafalh, wardd64, natarii, and Marisa-Chan for format research.