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Finally found the usages for the key and value prefixes (at least for sounds) Key Prefixes: Reduce Prefix: '!' This tells the game that the sound (and presumably any other resource) will be removed with `-reduce____` command-line arguments. This has been tested on sound effects using `-reducesamples`. This will eliminate a large number of tooltip and interface sounds we all known and love. !SurfaceSFX_Medium Sounds\Voices\Surfaces\looserock !SurfaceSFX_Rubble Sounds\Voices\Surfaces\rubble Other spotted uses of this prefix: Probably for `-reduceflics`: Flics { !Score Avi\Capt.flh|121|153|234|327 } Probably for `-reduceanimation`: !MenuWipe Interface\FrontEnd\Rock_Wipe\RockWipe Value Prefixes: I've only researched usages of this for sound at the moment. Though again, the config file states other areas where this should be supported. Multiple Instance Prefix: '*' States a sound can have multiple instances playing at once. If this prefix is not present, and a new sound needs to play, it will cut off any currently playing instance of the sound and start a new one. SFX_Drill *Sounds\drtdrillc Streamed Prefix: '@' Sound is streamed (and it will sound a bit louder). Cannot be used with '*' to play multiple instances at once. When this prefix is not specified. The sound file will be fully loaded in memory, supposedly on boot. Stream_Objective_Levels::Level01 @Sounds\Streamed\Objectiv\MisObj01 BUG: When defining a Sound Group (with ','), the Streamed flag will be applied to all future sounds in a group after the first-listed sound with '@'. (Note: It hasn't exactly been tested if Streaming functionality is even supported with Sound Groups) Reduce Volume Prefix: '#' Reduces the volume of a sound. This one follows a format: #number# Where number should be a whole number between -10000 and 0 (anything else is set to 0). The lowest number will make it silent, while the highest (0), will keep it at the original volume. (this prefix is never used) !SurfaceSFX_Immovable #-100#Sounds\Voices\Surfaces\solidrock Combinations with '#' This prefix can be combined with '*' or '@', however note that the order is important: The Multiple Instance prefix must come before the Reduced Volume prefix: !SurfaceSFX_Immovable *#-100#Sounds\Voices\Surfaces\solidrock Meanwhile the Steamed prefix must come *after* the Reduced Volume prefix: !SurfaceSFX_Immovable #-100#@Sounds\Voices\Surfaces\solidrock POSSIBLE BUG (technical): When parsing the this prefix, it seems the program doesn't properly terminate the number string, which can potentially allow for garbage data to be included in the number. Worst-case-scenario is the volume would be quieter, but it entirely depends on what data was previously in this location. Miscellaneous: Sound Group: ',' This is used a lot in the samples Block to define multiple sound effects that can randomly be selected from a single type of sound: !SFX_Drip Sounds\drip1,Sounds\drip2,Sounds\drip3,Sounds\dripsA,Sounds\dripsB,Sounds\dripsC Different Value Prefixes listed above should supposedly work with each individual sound (the prefixes are parsed individually for each sound in a group). LIMITATION: The game engine only has room for 200 total extra sounds defined in groups. (1 slot is used for each sound defined after the first comma ','). BUG: When defining a second sound (turning it into a group), the first sound's information is overwritten with that of the second sound (which also makes the second sound twice-as-likely to play when more than 2 sounds are listed. You may notice a lot of first-listed sounds that you've never heard before in-game. Listen to groan1.wav or slip1.wav for good examples: !SND_Slipup Sounds\Minifigure\slip1,Sounds\Minifigure\slip2 SND_Groan Sounds\Minifigure\groan1,Sounds\Minifigure\groan2

A really simple but very useful mod that gives you access to every car chassis and piece in the builder at any given time (even ones you can't normally use): In GAME DATA/OBJECTS/BRICKS, there's a file called UNIQUEBRICKS.TXT, which contains "All the bricks that can go in the game ever". Now, see UNIQUEBRICKSGENERIC.TXT? It lists "The generic bricks - available in all worlds". Simply overwrite it with a copy of UNIQUEBRICKS.TXT, and boom, every chassis and piece is accessible everywhere. Edit - There seem to be quite a few newcomers who don't know you have to unpack the game's GTC before doing any modding, so here's a link for that: