pdx-tools VS cwtools

Compare pdx-tools vs cwtools and see what are their differences.

pdx-tools

View maps, graphs, and tables of your save and compete in a casual, evergreen leaderboard of EU4 achievement speed runs. Upload and share your save with the world. (by pdx-tools)

cwtools

A library for parsing, editing, and validating Paradox Interactive script files. (by cwtools)
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pdx-tools cwtools
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9.4 9.1
8 days ago 24 days ago
TypeScript F#
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 MIT License
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pdx-tools

Posts with mentions or reviews of pdx-tools. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-04.
  • Show HN: Rust nom parsing Starcraft2 Replays into Arrow for Polars data analysis
    10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Oct 2023
    Thanks for sharing, very inspiring. I love Rust for parsing video game replays / save files. I've authored a Rocket League replay parser (boxcars) and an entire suite of web visualizations (via Webassembly) for EU4 called pdx.tools https://pdx.tools

    It's not easy to work with proprietary formats, but they've both become pretty popular, so I would 100% recommend sinking more time into this project as long as it scratches your itch. Gamers are always looking for more stats and deeper insights

  • Nation Explorer - browse national ideas directly from the game files (early test release)
    3 projects | /r/eu4 | 19 Jun 2023
    I'm not sure though how many people would like to download an application just for this purpose. While this feature has indeed not been implemented by any other tool, you can find other web-based ones like https://eu4.osallek.net/wiki/1.35.3/idea-groups for ideas and https://pdx.tools for general analysis with more diverse features.
  • 1.35 trading favors bug? (question)
    2 projects | /r/eu4 | 24 Apr 2023
    I dropped one of the saves into pdx.tools & it doesnt show domination in the list of DLCs, so exiting europa somehow removed the DLC from the save. :(
    2 projects | /r/eu4 | 24 Apr 2023
    Though I think the DLCs are the most likely cause if the message contains the extra line bout DLCs. It doesn't have to be you who toggled the DLCs. Maybe your alt+f4 broke a DLC or prevented the game from properly recording the activated DLCs in the save. And for DLCs, it is very likely that the game compares the DLC list in the save with the list of active DLCs. If you get that message, you can create a new ironman save and then melt both saves(e.g. with pdx.tools) and compare the DLC list to see if they differ.
  • EU4 project development!
    4 projects | /r/eu4 | 7 Jan 2023
    Some other things which your site does are similar to the save game analyzers skanderbeg and pdx.tools. pdx tools is open source and programmed in typescript and rust. You could contribute there if you have ideas for things which require a more dynamic site which would not work on the wiki.
  • 1462 True Heir of Timur (World Record)
    2 projects | /r/eu4 | 30 Jul 2022
    Assuming you downloaded from pdx.tools (the site I linked in my r5), you should be able to open it through EU4 by moving it in your eu4 save folder.
    2 projects | /r/eu4 | 30 Jul 2022
    yes, I downloaded it for pdx.tools but it doesn't seem to show in EU4 saved games.
  • Broken savegame, all subjects are gone, game crashes after a few ingame days
    2 projects | /r/eu4 | 26 Jul 2022
    The tools that I know about are: pdx.tools (formerly rakaly. to de-ironman, select your ironman save, let it be analyzed and then click on the "i" icon on the right and then on "Melt" in the top-right corner), Pdx-Unlimiter, skanderbeg, paperman (give it your eu4.exe to update the converter for your game version), a trick to make eu4 convert the save game, ironmelt(defunct). They are somewhat ordered by how good they work with the current game version.
  • You CAN unironman a save file and cheat
    2 projects | /r/eu4 | 12 Jun 2022
    And for a few years, there have been tools which can melt the eu4 versions which they support without losing any data: pdx.tools (formerly rakaly. to de-ironman, select your ironman save, let it be analyzed and then click on the "i" icon on the right and then on "Melt" in the top-right corner), Pdx-Unlimiter, skanderbeg and paperman (give it your eu4.exe to update the converter for your game version)
  • Marocco to Andalusia. Great colonizer, and great for blobbing.
    2 projects | /r/eu4 | 11 Jun 2022

cwtools

Posts with mentions or reviews of cwtools. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-16.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pdx-tools and cwtools you can also consider the following projects:

pdx_unlimiter - A smart savegame manager, editor, and toolbox for all current major Paradox Grand Strategy games.

LayaAir - LayaAir is a fully platform rendering engine with rich 2D/3D rendering capabilities and a mature integrated development platform

IronyModManager - Mod Manager for Paradox Games. Official Discord: https://discord.gg/t9JmY8KFrV

redcube - JS renderer based on GLTF to WebGPU or WebGL backends.

wasm4 - Build retro games using WebAssembly for a fantasy console.

newton-fractal - Drawing Newton's fractal using pure js, rust-wasm, SIMDs, threads and GPU

nation-explorer - Nation explorer utility for EU4

tfjs - A WebGL accelerated JavaScript library for training and deploying ML models.

webgl-dunes - WebGL dunes demo

hunspell-asm - WebAssembly based Javascript bindings for hunspell spellchecker

typesl - Typescript to GLSL transpiler