# ffxii-tza-tools

> ffxii-tza-tools documents and processes FINAL FANTASY XII The Zodiac Age character formats, including .ca animations, .cm models and .phyre assets. Its Python tools decode chunk structures, export models and animations to glTF, edit curves and repack @FRP containers from files extracted from the user’s game copy.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: Game
- Category: Game analysis tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-06
- Original resource: <https://github.com/StyuDEV/ffxii-tza-tools>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/StyuDEV/ffxii-tza-tools/blob/537fb89be76a19176014d414bf3e58d1170a0198/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ffxii-tza-tools/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ffxii-tza-tools/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ffxii-tza-tools/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Python 3.9 or newer and game files extracted from the user’s copy of FFXII_TZA.vbf; Pillow is needed for PNG output.
- **Testing evidence:** The author reports checking the documented .ca and .cm formats across the matching game files.
- **Limits:** Blender round-trip editing and embedded .efx effect images are outside the current scope.
- **License:** MIT licence.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/StyuDEV/ffxii-tza-tools/blob/537fb89be76a19176014d414bf3e58d1170a0198/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/StyuDEV/ffxii-tza-tools/blob/537fb89be76a19176014d414bf3e58d1170a0198/docs/formats/INDEX.md>

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