Neo2DA

Neo2DA v1.1.0 is a standalone C++17 editor for BioWare 2DA tables and Dragon Age GDA / G2DA tables. It includes a command-line tool and an optional wxWidgets desktop GUI.

Compatible Games:

Neverwinter Nights 
Neverwinter Nights Enhanced Edition
Neverwinter Nights 2
Neverwinter Nights 2 Enhanced Edition
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords
Jade Empire
The Witcher 1
The Witcher 1 Enhanced Edition
Jade Empire
Dragon Age: Origins
Dragon Age

Format support

• Binary 2DA V2.b.
• Text 2DA V2.0, including tab-delimited and whitespace/fixed-width variants.
• Dragon Age GDA / G2DA files stored as GFF V4.0PC with G2DA V0.1 or G2DA V0.2 data.
• Native save preserves the physical format: text 2DAs save as text, binary 2DAs save as binary, and GDAs save as GFF4/G2DA.
• CSV and TSV import/export for spreadsheet workflows.
• TSLPatcher/HoloPatcher diff output for representable 2DA/GDA changes.

Requirements

CLI-only builds require:

• CMake 3.16 or newer.
• A C++17 compiler.

GUI builds also require wxWidgets with core, base, and adv components.

On Debian/Ubuntu-style Linux systems:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y build-essential cmake ninja-build
sudo apt install -y pkg-config libwxgtk3.2-dev   # GUI builds only

On Windows, use Visual Studio 2022 Build Tools or newer. For the GUI, install wxWidgets yourself or through vcpkg, for example:

C:\vcpkg\vcpkg.exe install wxwidgets:x64-windows-static

Build on Linux

From the Neo2DA directory:

./scripts/build.sh --wx OFF --jobs "$(nproc)"

Build the GUI when wxWidgets is installed:

./scripts/build.sh --wx ON --require-wx ON --jobs "$(nproc)"

Clean and rebuild:

./scripts/build.sh --clean --wx OFF --jobs "$(nproc)"

The default output directory is:

build/

Build on Windows

From the Neo2DA directory:

.\scripts\build.ps1 -Wx OFF -Parallel ([Environment]::ProcessorCount)

Build the GUI with vcpkg wxWidgets:

.\scripts\build.ps1 `
  -Wx ON `
  -RequireWx ON `
  -VcpkgRoot C:\vcpkg `
  -VcpkgTriplet x64-windows-static `
  -Parallel ([Environment]::ProcessorCount)

Clean and rebuild:

.\scripts\build.ps1 -Clean -Wx OFF -Parallel ([Environment]::ProcessorCount)

Common CLI commands

neo2da-cli --version
neo2da-cli info appearance.2da
neo2da-cli dump appearance.2da
neo2da-cli export appearance.2da csv appearance.csv
neo2da-cli import appearance.csv csv appearance.2da
neo2da-cli set-cell appearance.2da appearance.2da row:0 col:label Soldier

Dragon Age GDA examples:

neo2da-cli info table.gda
neo2da-cli dump table.gda

Dragon Age GDA column-name hashes

Dragon Age G2DA V0.2 tables often store column labels as 32-bit hashes instead of readable strings. Neo2DA resolves labels in this order:

1. Names embedded directly in G2DA V0.1 columns.
2. Built-in common labels.
3. Dictionary files named gda_column_names.tsv or gda_column_names.csv beside the .gda.
4. Dictionary files in the current working directory, resources/gda_column_names.tsv, or paths listed in NEO2DA_GDA_COLUMN_NAMES separated by semicolons.
5. A stable fallback label such as hash_0F642429.

Dictionary file entries can use tabs, commas, or whitespace:

0x66FBC936    ID
hash_F333FE09 script
B22D0123      name

Generate entries from known column names:

neo2da-cli gda-hash ID COUNT script label worksheet

Neo2DA preserves unresolved column hashes on save unless the user explicitly renames the column.