Go to Options > Select extract pak files folder menu and search for the directory where we want to leave those pak files. In addition to that, also exists the option to specify the where we want to leave the pak files after the compilation process. The program will show all messages and warning at Extract log and pushing on Move pak files, we'll get the list of extracted files. The process is the same as before: we select the pak file or files pushing on Open and then we click on Do Extract. That was one of the reasons for using this format, to keep the copyright, although now the sources of some paksets are available via SVN or. Quote Note: It's not possible to extract the dat and png files form a pak file Theoretically, it should allow you to extract the content of the pak file, but the pa file format is not reversible Quote Note: It just list the content, it does not extract any information or image from the pak file.įinally, the Extract tab allows you to extract pak files from other pak files. When you have finished, click on Do list and you'll get a list of objects contained in those pak files. You can repeait it as many times as you want, in order to add more pak files. Click on Open and select the pak file, the program will add it to Pak file list. The List tab allows you to get a list of objects contained in a pak file, in case there's more than one. Us (site down, do not visit) ]/image/show/7iKXLj64ku/pakhelper-rest-tabs-big.jpg] Then, type the single file name at Merge pak file name field and click on Do merge. You will see a list of pak files ready to be merged below Select pak files text field. Repeat it as many times as pak files you want to merge. At Merge tab you can join several pak files into a single one, just click on Open and search for the pak file. The rest of tabs give you access to the advanced options of makeobj. You should take a look at it in case there's any problem ( it can't access to the images, typos, outdated attributes, etc.) In that directory also exists a file called pak.log where Pakhelper stores all warnings and error messages generated during the compilation process. The pak file is created in the same directory where the Pakhelper binary is located. If you want to merge them and get a single pak file, you just have to specify the single file name at Merge pak file name text field. Then, we push the Do pak button and voila! In case the dat file contains the definition of several objects, you'll get several pak files. Another option is to push the Open button and search for it. Then, we go to the Select dat file text field and we type the path of the dat file we want to compile. If we want error warnings, we just check the Error check option. Notice that we can specify any size of graphics. 0.112.Us (site down, do not visit) ]/image/show/S_fr9tvDkw/pakhelper-frontpage.jpg]įirst, we select the pakset we're going to create the object for: pak64, pak126, pak96, etc. The wildcard * has to be used such that the new file (here: ) does not match. It is recommended to use the following directory structure: Then MakeObject writes all occuring errors into the file 'error.txt' for further debugging purposes. You can append ' >error.txt' to the command line. Makeobj EXTRACT extracts file created by the MERGE command Makeobj DUMP testing of the pak-files (version 0.40 or newer) Makeobj MERGE merges all the pak-files into a new (larger) pak-file Makeobj LIST lists the objects contained in the pak-files Only the sizes PAK32, 64, 96, 128 are tested and in current use. Sizes form PAK16 up to PAK255 are supported. Instead of PAK128 one can use different formats. Makeobj PAK128 reads all dat-files in the current directory and creates pak128-files for all objects in the directory Makeobj PAK128 creates a pak128-file with the object taken from the assigned dat-files Makeobj PAK reads all dat-files in the current directory and creates pak64-files for all objects in the directory Makeobj PAK creates a pak64-file with the object taken from the assigned dat-files MakeObject command line arguments makeobj CAPABILITIES lists supported object types The program MakeObject (Windows makeobj.exe Linux/BeOS makeobj) can be found at the Graphics and parameter files describing your object. Pak-files are created with the help of the program MakeObject. The pak-files store data and graphics for visible objects. Pak-files (naming convention: ) are a special file type that is used by Simutrans to store different kinds of objects as for instance user made graphics and content. 0.112.3 and older )Ĭreation of pak-files see also Creating graphics Development Index Creating Simutrans objects
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