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BrawlCrate vs UE Viewer

Both stand on game asset extractors. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

BrawlCrate

Paid Windows

BrawlCrate provides file editing, asset handling, and scripting features for its stated modding use case. Check the supported formats and release limitations against your Windows setup and workflow.

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Choose UE Viewer if you need to view or extract resources from supported Unreal Engine games, especially meshes, animations and textures. Look elsewhere if your work depends on unsupported material types, additive animations, games using other engines or a graphical Linux interface.

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The facts

	BrawlCrate	UE Viewer
Free plan	Not published	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Windows	Linux, Mac, Windows
Lowest paid plan	Not published	Not published
Plans published	None	None
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	github.com	gildor.org
On game asset extractors	#23 of 24	#19 of 24

BrawlCrate: what it does well

Free and open source under LGPL-3.0.
Supports batch extraction and archive repacking.
BrawlAPI adds IronPython automation and plugin functionality.
Supports a range of game, model, and texture formats.

What to know first

The API is disabled on Windows 7 and earlier.
Support for internal BrawlManagers was discontinued.
The listed platform is Windows only.

UE Viewer: what it does well

Loads packages from more than 300 Unreal Engine games.
Displays skeletal, vertex and static meshes.
Exports meshes, animations, textures, sounds, ScaleForm and FaceFX.
Supports command-line viewing and exporting.
Free and open source, with source code on GitHub.

What to know first

The Linux version has no graphical interface.
macOS support is a command-line exporter without visualization or multithreading.
Some material types are unsupported.
Additive animations do not work.

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