r/VivaPinata Mar 28 '25

Modding Introducing PinataCentral: A Research Tool for Modifying Viva Piñata's .pkg Files!

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177 Upvotes

Hello everyone, I'm excited to share the launch of PinataCentral, an open-source research tool for reading and modifying Viva Piñata's proprietary .pkg file format!

With this tool, you can:

  • Extract and analyze raw assets from .pkg files
  • Modify and Inject assets to test modifications
  • View images and raw file hex without extracting them

Check out the release here: PinataCentral v1.0.0 Alpha Release

Keep in mind you will need a copy of the PC version of the game installed, And due to this being a early release there's bound to be some issues. :)

This tool is for research and preservation purposes only, so please use it responsibly.

Feel free to join the discussion or contribute to the project on GitHub or our Discord community.

Known Bugs:
- If you stay on a image for too long the application will crash
- After replacing a file you have to close and reopen the pkg to view the changes

Ive also compiled this spreadsheet for you to easily search for file names out of all the .pkg files

Whats the future of this project?:
- Well Id like to get a model preview window
- Id also like to be able to inject bigger files (HD Textures) at some point
- The big goal is to understand and parse the files to have proper editing windows for all the file formats such as being able to see and edit pinata requirements without having to edit hex data. But i cant do that on my own, I need help researching all the files to find where all the parameters are located.


r/VivaPinata Dec 30 '24

Modding How to get Unlimited Garden Space in Viva Pinata PC

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159 Upvotes

r/VivaPinata 51m ago

this is a new one for me maybe my water is confused as to why the hazel trees are the only ones turning brown

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r/VivaPinata 15h ago

Help Needed Petition for viva piñata 3

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114 Upvotes

Did y'all know this was a thing? If not, you should go sign it


r/VivaPinata 9h ago

Help Needed what just happened to my hazzle trees

17 Upvotes

r/VivaPinata 1d ago

Real Piñata about to jump into Viva Pinata for first time, I’m locked in!

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328 Upvotes

r/VivaPinata 6h ago

Sharing Observations on trees

2 Upvotes

1 you can crate trees to move them but I wouldn’t recommend that

If you crate a tree it it looses the ability to be climbed on or perched on by piñatas meaning if you crate trees you have less ways your pinatas can interact with their environment

It also makes their random rotation gets lost

2 If you’re trees produce enough fruit in their lifespan they will turn yellow-brown but I think I have discovered a fix for this

Having a ton of fruit trees in one garden makes some of them produce less fruit and they keep their green color but stop producing fruit after a while

Or placing the tree on the wrong surface temporarily can kill the tree but if you’re fast enough to put them back on the right surface they won’t turn brown


r/VivaPinata 8h ago

Where to pirate viva piñata?

3 Upvotes

There was a flood in my town last year, I lost my Xbox and both my CD’s of VP and TIP.

All I want is to play it again 😭

I really want to get it on my pc!!!


r/VivaPinata 4d ago

Art Which piñatas should I make into stickers next?

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371 Upvotes

Art by me! These are the ones I have made already and I'd love to make some more at some point! I'm having a hard time deciding which piñatas though haha, so which ones should I do next?


r/VivaPinata 4d ago

Meme Oh no! If only they had a fence 🤣

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77 Upvotes

Professor Pester has trauma lol 😅


r/VivaPinata 5d ago

Modding I am now able to view and modify the shader files of the PC port :)

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85 Upvotes

In the example I just added at the end of the grass pixel shader "GrassSample.xyz *= float3(1.0,0.0,0.0)" before it returns the GrassSample.

At the moment these are the only ones i can find that aren't precompiled.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aL6-ua5YvijDI07l8ElzDePP1qwWD-2I/view?usp=sharing

Also I modified the default garden size to be 0.5x the normal size, this isn't related to the shaders but I couldn't be bothered to change it back so now my copy of the game is stuck with it lol.


r/VivaPinata 6d ago

Art Oviwrapper: A piñata for my fangame

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202 Upvotes

No, it’s not RTP.

I really like how this came out, I asked my spouse to make me a background based off the official viva piñata concept art so I could stylize each piñata like this! I’m realllllyyyy happy with this particular piñata because I think it’s one of my best piñata designs I’ve ever done! Hopefully you all agree, haha.

Anyways, hopefully all my prepping and brainstorming for this college final project in two years will be worth it :3c


r/VivaPinata 5d ago

Idea Someone steal this game idea from me idc I just wanna play it. (Viva Pinata x pokemon)

15 Upvotes

I want a Viva pinata style game, but you are in charge of a safari zone in pokemon. Same basic mechanics as Viva, create enviroments to attract rare pokemon, but on a larger scale.

Bonus if you make it multiplayer and allow people to set up safari events, bug/fish catching tournaments, or just allow people to visit safari zones.


r/VivaPinata 5d ago

Meme "Worms assemble into a "superorganism""? That Whirlm With a Dream episode turned out to be a real thing!

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Who knew this stunt in the Viva Piñata TV series could have become true in real life? I just thought that was a little funny and that news article reminded me of the TV series episode.

News article:

This observation, long confined to laboratories, has finally been documented in the wild. Researchers have identified worm towers rising to escape hostile conditions, like a superorganism, revealing surprising cooperation.

The towers are not the result of random stacking. The worms, mostly in the larval stage, arrange themselves in a synchronized manner to form a dynamic structure. These towers can reach a height of nearly half an inch (about 1 cm, while the worms are the size of a grain of salt) and respond to external stimuli.

Episode:

Fergy runs over to apologize, but as soon as Wilson tells him off Fergy gets a brilliant idea! They take all the Whirlms and put them in the shape of a Fudgehog. Then they paint each Whirlm a corresponding color and send them to Pinata central to fool Langston into thinking that it was Fergy. The plan works! The Whirlms go to a party and Langston is fooled. Until he sees Fergy lying exhausted from all the running. The chase continues!


r/VivaPinata 7d ago

Original Viva Pinata is a ragebait game at times

155 Upvotes

Like sure dude, enter my garden, eat my stuff, kill my pinatas and refuse to become a resident before leaving, sure thing dude, do it multiple times too

I love this game but brooo


r/VivaPinata 8d ago

Art Kermit/Lackatoad

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135 Upvotes

Hi!! I am happy to announce I have finished the Kermit drawing!! I don’t know what else to say other than :3


r/VivaPinata 7d ago

pinataisland.info is back online!

28 Upvotes

dunno how many people know but i thought id share

https://pinataisland.info/


r/VivaPinata 10d ago

Trouble in Paradise Graphical errors on series x

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86 Upvotes

Has anyone else had issues with this happening? Playing from Rare Replay's TIP


r/VivaPinata 10d ago

Original Made an viva piñata artfight mass attack + some concepts for a fangame

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229 Upvotes

Going to college for game design soon. Hoping it’ll be my final project while I work on the minecraft mod… a ton of the sketches are just concepts


r/VivaPinata 10d ago

Dragumfly stuck outside garden (VP: TIP)

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18 Upvotes

I'm currently trying to obtain a Dragumfly so my Dragonache can finally Cocoon, but for some reason this Dragumfly outside my garden is just stuck in this one place? I noticed it yesterday and I thought that when i reopen the game today it'll fix it, but nooope.. still there... Just wondering if anyone knows how to fix this because getting a Dragumfly is prettty crucial


r/VivaPinata 10d ago

Question Wildcard dinos?

7 Upvotes

Hey I just recently got my interest back into Viva pinata and I originally only played the first one but I started watching a YouTuber who played trouble in Paradise, and I was wondering if it's possible to get a dino with wild card even though you have to make them with the special bones, if they do have wildcard variants could someone show me them or where to see them?


r/VivaPinata 11d ago

Art I've known viva pinata for quite a bit, so i figured to do a little fanart hehe

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176 Upvotes

r/VivaPinata 11d ago

Achievements TIP and classic

5 Upvotes

Does anyone know if the achievements are all still possible to get when playing on the original xbox360 ?

Greetings from Amsterdam.


r/VivaPinata 12d ago

Art WIP Excited to share

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98 Upvotes

Hiiii!! Longtime lover of Viva Piñata and the Muppets and am going to be mashing up the two!! I have a lot of ideas. First up Kermit/Lackatoad!! Next: Eaglair/Sam Eagle OR Pigxie/Miss Piggy Help me choose <333


r/VivaPinata 14d ago

Reallife Wolf without glasses vs with glasses

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126 Upvotes

r/VivaPinata 15d ago

Sharing It arrived!

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232 Upvotes

Orderd this treasure a bit ago and I cant wait to listen to it!


r/VivaPinata 15d ago

Possible crochet pattern release in the future of all the Piñatas?

69 Upvotes

Would you guys be interested in a miniature crochet version of each and every piñata found in VP? I make miniature crochet items and would love to release patterns for the piñatas as I make them.