Useful Links

This page collects external tools and references commonly useful for X-Ray and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. modding.

X-Ray Engine and Modding

• OpenXRay: open-source X-Ray engine fork used by XRF.
• Anomaly modding book: community documentation for Anomaly-style modding concepts.
• STALKER Anomaly modded exes: useful reference for engine-side ideas and DLTX-related behavior.

Asset Tools

• AXRToolset: utilities for unpacking and working with gamedata.
• NVIDIA Texture Tools Exporter: DDS texture import/export tooling.
• xray-skls-file-browser: animation-related file browser and converter.

Development Tools

• Windows Terminal: terminal for running build, CLI, and validation commands on Windows.
• TypeScriptToLua: TypeScript-to-Lua compiler used by the XRF script build.
• Tauri: framework used by the XRF tools desktop app.