Game Tools and Modifications

This article holds info about existing tools to extract or modify the data of the Touhou Project games.

All of the tools are built for Windows only, however some have source code included and therefore it might be possible to get them to work on other platforms.

If your computer has trouble recognizing Japanese words related to Touhou, see the Input Method Dictionary.

For more information on the inner workings of the games, see the Technical Information pages.

Localisation Patches

Main article: English patches

General Utilities

Brightmoon Download, w/ source code
Purpose	Generic GUI tool for extracting data of various game archives.	Screenshot
Supports	Main series: TH02 TH03 TH04 TH05 TH06 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH10 alcostg TH11 TH12 TH125 TH128 TH13 Fighters: TH075 TH105 TH123 Other games: SH01 SH02 PatchCon
Latest version	2011-04-20
Author	unknown

Touhou Toolkit Download, w/ source code
Purpose	Command-line toolkit for extracting, modifying, and repacking the data of the Team Shanghai Alice games.
Features	Supports the following formats: th*.dat - Game archives (Extraction and repacking). *.anm - Image archives and animation data (Extraction, conversion to PNG and repacking). *.ecl - Stage scripts (Containing enemy layout and danmaku patterns) (Dumping and recompiling). *.msg or msg*.dat - Dialogues (Dumping and recompiling). *.std - Background scripts (Dumping and recompiling).
Supports	DAT unpacking and repacking TH01 TH02 TH03 TH04 TH05 TH06 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH10 alcostg (Specify version 103) TH11 TH12 TH125 TH128 TH13 TH14 TH143 TH15 TH16 TH17 TH105 TH123 ECL dumping and recompiling TH06 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH10 alcostg TH11 TH12 TH125 TH128 TH13 TH14 TH143 TH15 TH16 TH165 TH17 ANM extraction, conversion and repacking TH06 (Cannot extract) TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH10 alcostg TH11 TH12 TH125 TH128 TH13 TH14 TH143 TH15 TH16 TH165 TH17 MSG dumping and recompiling TH06 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH10 TH11 TH12 TH125 TH128 TH13 TH14 TH143 TH15 TH16 TH165 TH17 STD dumping and recompiling TH06 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH10 TH11 TH12 TH125 TH128 TH13 TH14 TH143 TH15 TH16 TH165 TH17
Latest version	Release 12 (2019-10-28)
Author	xarnonymous (Releases 1-5) Touhou Patch Center (Release 6-)

Touhou Toolkit GUI Download, w/ source code
Purpose	GUI for Touhou Toolkit version 9 or earlier (officially version 6 is the last supported version).	Screenshot
Supports	TH06 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH10 TH11 TH12 TH125 TH128 TH13 TH14 TH143
Latest version	1.1 (2015-02-23)
Author	dobro

Mystic Square Toolkit Download
Purpose	Collection of command-line tools to decompile and recompile the data of Mystic Square.
Features	Supports the following formats: *.std - Stage scripts (Containing enemy layout, danmaku patterns, background section layout and scroll speeds) (Decompile/Recompile). *.map - Background section definitions (A section is 5 rows of 24 tiles) (Decompile/Recompile). *.mpn - MPTN Background tile bitmaps and palettes (Decompile/Recompile). *.tx2 - Dialogues (Decompile/Recompile).
Supports	TH05
Latest version	Beta
Author	Tom

anm2png Download, w/ source code
Purpose	Console application to convert anm files in Touhou dat files to png images.
Author	Rarity

Touhou Vorbis Compressor Download, w/ source code
Purpose	Compresses the original lossless BGM used by the main series games to Ogg Vorbis. Saves (depending on the selected quality) up to 80% of a game's disk space without a noticeable impact on game performance or music quality (for most people).	Screenshot
Features	Proxy DLL implementation, no game files are modified. Compatible with every present and, most likely, future version of the supported games. Fixes the crash on the in-game pause menu caused by a non-existing BGM file. This bug appears in every Team Shanghai Alice game from Perfect Cherry Blossom on. This fix can also be used to play uncompressed games without a BGM file.
Supports	Main series: TH06 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH10 alcostg TH11 TH12 TH125 TH128 TH13 (trial only) Fighters: TH075 (unstable) Other games: SH02
Latest version	1.0 (2011-05-22)
Author	NamelessLegacy

Touhou Launcher Download
Purpose	Puts all of your Touhou games in one program for convenience.	Screenshot
Features	(Alternative download link) Run any official Touhou game. Download and manage replays. Add fan-made games and mods. Read some manga whenever you want. Open any game's folder and AppData folder. Run PC-98 emulator to play older Touhou games.
Supports	TH01 TH02 TH03 TH04 TH05 TH06 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH10 TH11 TH12 TH125 TH128 TH13 TH14 TH143 TH15 TH16 TH165 TH17 TH18 TH185 TH19 TH075 TH105 TH123 TH135 TH145 TH155 TH175
Latest version	5.6.0 (2025-05-05)
Author	A Digital Project

ThScoreFileConverter Download, w/ source code
Purpose	Tool for generating text and HTML summaries of score files.	Screenshot
Supports	TH06 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH10 TH11 TH12 TH125 TH128 TH13 TH14 TH143 TH15 TH16 TH165 TH17 TH075 TH105 TH123 TH135 TH145 TH155
Latest version	2.4.0 (2019-12-22)
Author	Iihoshi Yoshinori

TouhouSuperExtractor Download, w/ source code
Purpose	Generic tool for extracting data of various game archives, including some fangames, as well as DxLib format archives.
Supports	TH11 TH12 TH125 TH128 TH13 TH14 TH143 TH15 TH16 TH165 TH17 TH075 TH105 TH123 TH135 TH145 TH155
Latest version	1.25 (2018-05-20)
Author	sweetie

135tk Download, w/ source code
Purpose	Set of command-line tools to view, extract and edit the files of recent Tasofro games.
Supports	TH135 TH145 TH155 TH175
Latest version	2021-12-09
Author	brliron

arc_unpacker Download, w/ source code
Purpose	Command-line tool for extracting images and sounds from visual novels and some other Japanese games.
Supports	TH06 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH10 TH11 TH12 TH125 TH128 TH13 TH14 TH143 TH15 TH075 TH105 TH123 TH135 TH145 TH155
Latest version	0.11 (2016-07-30)
Author	rr-

Music-Related Utilities

Extractors

Touhou Music Room Download
Purpose	Easily understandable GUI tool for game BGM playing, extracting and tagging.	Screenshot
Features	Supports all official games released on Windows! Basic song playback and music room comment display Customizable loop count and fade duration Automatic track name and comment translation downloading from this Wiki Built-in Ogg Vorbis encoding. Can create chained bitstream output files. Exclusive support for games compressed with the Touhou Vorbis Compressor. External flac/mp3 encoding with the possibility to add other command-line encoders Tagging in Japanese and English Masstagging support for PC-98 soundtrack extractions, Shuusou Gyoku and every single one of ZUN's Music CDs Support for new games can be added by downloading BGM files created by others or yourself, instructions on the folder "bgminfo" are included. Newer games are linked here. Known issues: Does not work if it is opened in a directory containing non-English characters (Japanese, accented characters, etc.) Original source code link is offline. Source code can be found here
Supports	Main series: TH06 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH10 alcostg TH11 TH12 TH125 TH128 TH13 TH14 TH143 TH15 TH16 TH165 TH17 TH18 TH185 TH19 Fighters: TH075 TH105 TH123 TH135 TH145 TH155 Other games: SH02 SH03 MegaMari PatchCon TH175
Latest version	2.6.0 (2024-09-18)
Author	DTM (2.2.2 - 2.6.0) Alunral (2.2.1) NamelessLegacy (until 2.2)

thbgmextractor Download
Purpose	GUI extraction tool with lots of customization options	Screenshot
Features	Loop count and fade-out curves customisable on a per-track basis Waveform display Automatic tagging Configurable hooks for external encoders Support for new games can be added using title files
Supports	Built-in: TH06 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH10 alcostg TH11 TH12 Also supports additional games (all present and most likely future Windows-era Touhou games since 1.5.0 beta 2 / 1.4.6) via title files. The download page includes a collection of links to title files. TH125 TH128 TH13 TH14 TH143 TH15 TH16 TH17 TH075 SH02
Usage	Drag a BGM file (usually thbgm.dat) onto the ThbgmExtractor.exe file. The program will ask you for the output directory and then start the extraction process.
Latest version	1.6.7 (2020-05-21)
Author	smdn

THxxBGM Download
Purpose	Music player and extractor (Tutorial)	Screenshot
Features	Minimalist music player interface Extraction into WAV format
Supports	Built-in: TH06 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH10 alcostg TH11 TH12 TH125 TH128 TH13 TH075 TH105 TH123 Also supports additional games (all present and most likely future Windows-era Touhou games since 2.0.3) via title files. A patch is available to make it support TH13.5, TH14.5 and TH15.5 as well. Simply put the provided winmm.dll file in the same directory as THxxBGM.
Latest version	2.08 (2018-08-12)
Author	うり

Changers

Touhou BGM Changer Download, w/ source code
Purpose	Tool for replacing BGM tracks in Touhou games	Screenshot
Features	Ability to import music files in WAV format Ability to set loop points
Supports	Built-in: TH06 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH10 alcostg TH11
Latest version	2.02 (2008-09-08)
Author	りょうちん

Players

• thplay - 東方蓄音機 (Touhou Gramophone) (Japanese)

• bgmforall - BGM For All Version 1.1 By 野风信子 (Chinese)

• FBPLAY - A player that supports a wide range of games including TH06-TH11. Unofficial versions support up to TH13.

Title files

There is a common format for files that store information about BGM names and their positions in thbgm.dat files. The usual naming convention is titles_thXX.txt. Note that older versions of software may not fully support TH13 title files due to the reduced sample rate for spirit world versions in that game.

Here are some sources of these files:

• The download page for Thbgmextractor includes a collection of links to title files.
• 東方シリーズ用ツール has th06, th07, th07.5, th08, th09, th09.5, th10, th11, th12, th125, th128, th13, th14, th11 trial, th12 trial and th13 trial. (Some of those may have incorrect looping offsets)
• 東方シリーズ曲入れ替えツール has an alternative list for individual wav bgm files, extracted from data file using a ripping tool (th06 to th10).
• あま茶の多アカ的思考 has files for th13 trial, th13.
• 迷い家の白猫 Blog has files for th14 trial, th14, th143, th15 trial, th15, th16 trial, th16, and releases new title files shortly after the corresponding game release.
• Title file for TH13 (alternate source)
• Title file for TH14 trial (alternate source)
• Title file for TH14.3 (alternate source)
• Title file for Kioh Gyoku

Bgm files

These files are for use in Touhou Music Room / Touhou Vorbis Compressor:

• BGM file for th14
• BGM file for th14.3
• BGM file for th15
• BGM file for th16
• BGM file for th17
• BGM file for th18
• BGM file for th18.5
• BGM file for th19
• BGM file for th20 trial version
• BGM file for mcd06
• BGM file for mcd07

Gameplay-Related Utilities

Supporting multiple games

d3d8to9 Download
Purpose	Various essential Windows 10 fixes. Touhou 6 EoSD unlimited FPS fix, Touhou 7.5 IaMP crashing fix, and more. Download "d3d8.dll" into game directory.
Features	A modern, open-source DX8 to DX9 converter. Enables exclusive fullscreen instead of (borderless) windowed fullscreen on Windows 10. Reduces input delay when used with the Vsync Patches. Enables compatibility with various screen recording and streaming software (e.g. Open Broadcaster Software). Enables compatibility with various third-party graphics tools (e.g. MSI Afterburner, ReShade). Bugfixes compared to the older DX8 to DX9 converter (e.g. non-blurry Touhou 7.5 sprites)
Supports	TH06 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH075
Author	crosire

DX8 to DX9 converter Download
Purpose	Obsolete DX8 to DX9 converter. Recommend using d3d8to9 instead.
Author	Boris Vorontsov (ENBDev)

Vsync Patches Download
Purpose	Reduces input delay (game responds more quickly when a button is pressed). For EoSD, please remember to install (and run!) the game in Japanese locale, or the filenames will be gibberish and the patch won't be able to find the main program. Failing that, you can use vpatch_th06_unicode.dll instead of vpatch_th06.dll, and rename the program to 東方紅魔郷.exe. Download: https://maribelhearn.com/mirror/VsyncPatch.zip Old version: http://ux.getuploader.com/swmplv75e/
Features	Additional features include: Enabling use of Ctrl to fast-forward replays, in older games that did not already have this feature Fixing the display glitches for PCB cherry values above 1 million and UFO scores above 231 An option to select full-screen or windowed mode upon game startup, in older games that did not already have this feature The ability to resize the game's window to any dimensions and/or remove the title bar in windowed mode The ability to increase the game speed above 60fps (but not decrease it) Optional MoF MarisaB 3.xx power fix
Supports	TH06 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH10 alcostg TH11 TH12 TH125 TH128 TH13 TH15 Danmakufu
Author	swmpLV/75E (English instructions by Drake)

dgVoodoo2 Download
Purpose	An advanced DX8 converter that enables optional high-resolution rendering (e.g. native 1080p) and other graphical enhancements, but has notable known issues.
Features	Similar features to the DX8 to DX9 converter (Windows 10 fixes, etc), but converts to DX11 (feature level 10.1). Enable high-resolution rendering, anti-aliasing, and anisotropic filtering. Alt-Enter shortcut to toggle fullscreen. Known issues: Additional input lag and higher graphical requirements compared to the DX8 to DX9 converter. When playing at high resolutions, graphical artifacts are visible throughout the interface and around some in-game sprites. Incorrect graphics in some games (e.g. invisible trees in EoSD stage 3).
Supports	TH06 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH075
Author	Dege

Vertical Play Download
Purpose	Allows games to be played in an arcade-style vertical-oriented resolution. See the Vertical Play page for a detailed usage description.	Screenshot
Supports	TH10 TH11 TH12 TH13
Latest version	Version 2.4 (2011-09-24)
Author	niisaka

THRotator Download
Purpose	Another tool allowing games to be played in a vertical-oriented resolution, with more games supported and customisable positioning for HUD elements.
Supports	TH06 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH10 alcostg TH11 TH12 TH125 TH128 TH13 TH14 TH143 TH15 TH16 TH165
Latest version	2.1.0
Author	massanoori

Touhou Ultra Download, w/ source code
Purpose	This mod will make the bullets go faster or in higher amounts, making the Touhou games harder. It is not a selectable option in the menu, and every difficulty will be affected.
Features	Compatible with every present and, most likely, future version of the supported games.
Supports	Main series: TH06 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH10 alcostg TH11 TH12 TH125 TH128 TH13
Author	niL

Touhou Input Display Download
Purpose	Reads the memory of Touhou games and gives a display of the game's inputs.
Features	Displays the inputs of replays as well. Auto-detects the running game Does not depend on input device or setup. Somewhat configurable, will likely support future games.
Supports	TH06 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH10 alcostg TH11 TH12 TH125 TH128 TH13 TH14 TH143 TH15 TH16 TH165 TH17
Author	Drake

No Hitbox DATs Download
Purpose	Removes the visible hitbox.
Supports	TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH10 TH11 TH12 TH125 TH128 TH13
Author	Emarrel

Real Hitbox Patches Download
Purpose	Changes the sizes of bullets to approximately match their hitboxes.
Supports	TH06 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH10 TH11 TH12 TH125 TH128 TH13 TH14 TH143
Author	sibgamer

Voice Mod Download
Purpose	Allows characters to have a voice. See the Voice Mod page for a detailed usage description.
Supports	TH105 TH123
Author	unknown

thprac Download
Purpose	Advanced practice tool for Touhou shmups allowing you to change settings and skip to any pattern	Screenshot
Supports	TH06 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH10 alcostg TH11 TH12 TH125 TH128 TH13 TH14 TH143 TH15 TH16 TH165 TH17 TH18 TH185 TH19
Latest version	v2.2.1.7 (2023-03-28)
Author	Ack (til v2.0.8.3) 32th System (v2.1.0.0 onward)

ThMouse Download
Purpose	Enables mouse control in Touhou danmaku games, allowing the player character to move towards wherever the cursor points.
Supports	TH10 TH11 TH12 TH125 TH128 TH13 TH14
Latest version	v0.31 (2013-08-27)
Author	hwei

TouhouKeymap Download
Purpose	Thcrap plugin which adds configurable keyboard controls to all supported games	Screenshot
Supports	TH06 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH095 TH10 alcostg TH11 TH12 TH125 TH128 TH13 TH14 TH143 TH15 TH16 TH165 TH17 TH18
Latest version	0.1.4 (2021-07-24)
Author	devinacker

Supporting single games

Embodiment of Scarlet Devil

Retexture Patch Download
Purpose	Replaces all the images in EoSD with cleaner, higher resolution images. The sprites have also been updated with those from the newer games. Read the readme before installing, as it contains some important information. This patch is packaged with the English translation patch as well.
Latest version	0.3
Author	Emarrel

Hitbox Patch Download
Purpose	Displays a visible hitbox on the character sprite when the Shift key is pressed. Hitbox is invisible when Shift is not pressed.
Author	jisakujien

Practice Mode Replay Patch Download
Purpose	Allows players to save replays from Practice Mode stages, a feature that was first officially introduced in PCB.
Author	unknown chinese people (Redone by Wriggle)

Imperishable Night

th08bgm_patch Download, w/ source code
Purpose	Binary patcher to fix several audio glitches in Imperishable Night's BGM file.
Author	unknown

noflashmyon Download, w/ source code
Purpose	DLL patch that makes Youmu's ghost half transparent when focused, so that it no longer obscures her hitbox
Author	jisakujien

Subterranean Animism

SA Boss Rush Download
Purpose	A boss rush modification to TH11. Removes stages, bombs and continues, and every player faces Satori's entire arsenal, along with other quirks. Created as a challenge mode and a means to boss practice.
Author	Drake

Undefined Fantastic Object

Score counter bugfix Download, w/ source code
Purpose	Binary patch to fix the score display glitch that occurs when score exceeds about 2.14 billion.
Author	Nereid

UFO Boss Rush Download
Purpose	A boss rush modification to TH12. Removes stages, bombs and continues, along with other little quirks. Created as a challenge mode and a means to boss practice.
Author	Drake

Ten Desires

th13 Download, w/ source code
Purpose	(Only for Windows Vista and Windows 7) Adds a code to the th13.exe so the game can play on Windows Aero. It does no affect to the game whatsoever. Simply replace th13.exe with the one in the download link.
Latest version	2011-08-14
Author	雷鸣

Banshiryuu

PBG6 Data Extractor Download, w/ source code
Purpose	Command-line tool to extract data from the *.ac6 files.
Latest version	2011/01/13 (Initial release)
Author	NamelessLegacy

See Also

• Len'en Wiki's entry for Game Tools and Modifications

External Links

• Touhou Tools Wiki (Japanese)
  • Based on salvaged data of old Touhou Tools Wiki.
• Touhou Tools Wiki (Japanese) (dead)
  • Partial page archive (ZIP)
• AppLocale (download, utilities, instructions) (web archive)