battle-cats-game-modder 1.0.4

A battle cats tool for modifying, encrypting, and decrypting game files

Battle Cats Game Modding Tool

A python game modding tool for the mobile game The Battle Cats that can decrypt, encrypt, and modify some game files.

It is a pretty much direct port from my C# game modding tool with a few bug fixes.

Join the discord server if you want to suggest new features, report bugs or get help on how to use the modder.

PyPi: https://pypi.org/project/battle-cats-game-modder/

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Thanks to:

• EasyMoneko for the original keys for decrypting/encrypting: https://www.reddit.com/r/battlecats/comments/41e4l1/is_there_anyone_able_to_access_bc_files_your_help/

• Battle Cats Ultimate for what some of the numbers mean in various csvs. https://github.com/battlecatsultimate

• This resource for unit csvs: https://pastebin.com/JrCTPnUV

• Vi on discord for enemy csvs

How to use:

I recommed putting adb in your Path system variable. To do that do this:

1. If you are using an emulator: Go to your emulator's install directory, if using LDPlayer it will most likely be in C:/LDPlayer/LDPlayer4.0. Then find adb in that folder (other emulators might have it in the bin directory)

2. If you aren't using an emulator Download the Android SDK Platform Tools ZIP file for Windows, and unzip it.

3. Copy the path to the directory that you are in

4. Then open the start menu and search: edit the system environment variables and press enter.

5. Then click on the Environment Variables button.

6. Then in the System variables box find the variable named Path, then click on the edit button.

7. Then click New and paste the path into it.

8. Click Ok then Ok again then Ok again.

9. Relaunch powershell and maybe restart your whole pc, and try the command again. If this method is too dificult, just use a root file explorer instead and manually get the files that you want. The paths that you will need are: /data/data/jp.co.ponos.battlecatsen/files and

   /data/app/jp.co.ponos.battlecatsen-1

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How to edit game data

1. Install python (If you haven't already) https://www.python.org/downloads/

2. Enter the command: python -m pip install -U battle-cats-game-modder into cmd or another terminal to install the editor. If that doesn't work then use py instead of python in the command

3. Unpack the apk file for the game using apktool/APK Easy Tool

4. Get the .pack and .list files that contain the files you want to edit:

   • Most stats are in DataLocal

   • Most text is in resLocal

   • Sprites are in various Server files

5. Then enter the command: python -m BCGM_Python to run the tool. If that doesn't work then use py instead of python in the command

6. Select option to decrypt .pack files

7. Select .pack files that you want, they will be in /assets for local files in the extracted apk, or /data/data/jp.co.ponos.battlecatsen/files for downloaded server files

8. Once completed the files will be in /game_files in your current working directory

9. You can manually edit the data, or use the option in the tool that you want

10. Once edited, open the tool and select the encrypt option

11. Select the folder of the game files

12. Once complete the encrypted files will be /encrypted_files in your current working directory

13. Get your libnative-lib.so file for your system architecture. You can find it in:

    • /data/app/jp.co.ponos.battlecatsen-1/

    • /data/data/jp.co.ponos.battlecatsen/lib/

14. Run the tool and select the option to Set md5 hashes in libnative-lib.so file

15. Select your encrypted files in /encrypted_files in your current working directory

16. Once done you can either:

    1. Say yes to push your modified libnative-lib.so file to the game

    2. Replace the libnative file in the apk for a permanent change.

       • The apk must be signed - APK Easy Tool- for most devices to install the apk

       • Then you must re-install app or replace the apk in /data/app/jp.co.ponos.battlecats.../base.apk

    3. Manually replace the libnative file in /data/app

    4. Replace the libnative file in /data/data/jp.co.ponos.battlecatsen/lib only if you modifed server files for your device.

    I recommend doing 1 and 2 for local files. And all 3 for server files.

17. You now need to put your encrypted files either into:

    1. The apk if you modified local files

       • The apk must be signed - APK Easy Tool- for most devices to install the apk

       • Then you must re-install app or replace the apk in /data/app/jp.co.ponos.battlecats.../base.apk

    2. /data/data/jp.co.ponos.battlecatsen/files if you modified server files

18. Open the game and see if it works

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19. If you modifed server files, you will need to find the associated download.tsv file for your .pack and .list files in the apk in /assets/{language}

20. Open the file in notepad, you will see the name of the file, then a tab, then the file size in bytes, then a tab, then the md5 hash of that file.

21. You need to modify that md5 hash so that the game doesn't re-download the server data

22. Go to here: https://emn178.github.io/online-tools/md5_checksum.html and drag and drop the file in

23. Copy the hash and replace the one in the tsv with that one.

24. Replace the apk in /data/app/jp.co.ponos.battlecats.../base.apk with your apk, use apktool/APK Easy Tool to sign the app and pack it into an apk again.

25. Open the game and see if it works.

26. If it re-downloads game data maybe also try to replace the file size in bytes for the .pack file. Right click->properties->Size (not Size on disk)