Are new tools for OA out?

[xy20032004 0]

Want to unpack new pbo files, so are new tools out?

[sbsmac 0]

The old tools should work fine for pbos.

[Toasticuss 10]

PBO View has been working perfectly fine since launch.

[xy20032004 0]

Really?

I used cpbo.exe to unpack new oa pbos, yet, everytime it extracts out only 2 small files, no other things.

I used ' PBO View ' tool in ofp times, ok, I'll try it.

[sbsmac 0]

Hmm - I have also heard cpbo is broken from someone else.

[cole 0]

Quoting myself seems weird..

OA Compatible pbo opening tools:

Either use Eliteness from here:

http://dev-heaven.net/projects/mikero-pbodll/files

(after extracting Eliteness, download dePbo and put the files in Eliteness directory)

or Kegetys' ArmA Tools (for opening pbo's, you'll need cpbo from the tools package), which have been updated to work with latest .pbo format:

http://www.kegetys.net/arma/

or you can use PboView. Personally I used it for a long time, but it kept crashing from time to time..

Edited July 6, 2010 by Cole

[roberthammer 582]

PboView is not OA Compatible - i have tryed all versions from old to new one

I thought PboView newest version is 0.8 , but theres newer one 0.9 for opening OA pbo's yay

Edited July 6, 2010 by RobertHammer

[Shadow NX 1]

Quoting myself seems weird..

OA Compatible pbo opening tools:

or you can use PboView. Personally I used it for a long time, but it kept crashing from time to time..

Bit offtopic but anyone ever found out why cpbo sometimes wont give any optiosn in the right click menue?

On my old install it worked or ebtter said it didnt work at first but then suddently unpack and pack options where there one day.

On my fresh install i can try whatever i want i dont get the pack / unpack options at all.

Any windows setting that could prevent cpbo from adding it?

[xy20032004 0]

Thanks everyone. I now can unpack and pack oa pbo files with those updated tools.

But.............another problem comes up................ OA dose not use modified pbos!!!!!!!!

For example:

I unpacked ' desert_e.pbo ' and unbined its ' config.bin' to ' config.cpp', then made some changes in cpp file. All changes are right, no mistake, I have done such things before in aa1,aa2. I then packed it back to pbo file and replaced the original one. But, in editor menu, I can not find 'desert' island to load. OA ignores it.

So in OA, do we must use ' config.bin ', not ' config.cpp ', before pack it again? Or, is there something else that prevents modification in OA?

[cole 0]

Thanks everyone. I now can unpack and pack oa pbo files with those updated tools.

But.............another problem comes up................ OA dose not use modified pbos!!!!!!!!

For example:

I unpacked ' desert_e.pbo ' and unbined its ' config.bin' to ' config.cpp', then made some changes in cpp file. All changes are right, no mistake, I have done such things before in aa1,aa2. I then packed it back to pbo file and replaced the original one. But, in editor menu, I can not find 'desert' island to load. OA ignores it.

So in OA, do we must use ' config.bin ', not ' config.cpp ', before pack it again? Or, is there something else that prevents modification in OA?

>>I then packed it back to pbo file and replaced the original one.

Replacing the original pbo's is not a good idea.. not at all.

And yeah, try binarizing it again, afaik since some arma2 betapatch, unbinarized stuff causes problems.

[xy20032004 0]

Shadow NX, try to use a removing pbo assosiation registry tweak in one post. When you install AA2 or OA, the game will assosiate pbo extension to its own exe file and remove cpbo.exe assosiation. Use that registry tweak to get rid of the problem, then use cpbo.exe or other tools to assosiate pbo files again. You will see 'extract' command in right mouse click menu.

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Cole, thanks for your advice. I have a full backup of those pbos in my second hd, so I can always restore any file.

To convert 'cpp' back to 'bin', is there a good tool that you can show me? I only used such tools a long time ago in ofp times. From AA1, I always use 'cpp' in mods, long time not touched any cpp to bin converter. Are those old tools useful in AA2OA?

[Shadow NX 1]

Thanks but where would i find that?

Looked at this thread again and didnt see anything related to that.

[Laertes 10]

Thanks but where would i find that?

Looked at this thread again and didnt see anything related to that.

I use a registry file with this in it:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pbo\AppsTable]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PBO_auto_file]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\PBO_auto_file]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pbo]

Save it as a .reg file and run it and it should work.

[cole 0]

Cole, thanks for your advice. I have a full backup of those pbos in my second hd, so I can always restore any file.

To convert 'cpp' back to 'bin', is there a good tool that you can show me? I only used such tools a long time ago in ofp times. From AA1, I always use 'cpp' in mods, long time not touched any cpp to bin converter. Are those old tools useful in AA2OA?

Well if you know what you're doing (and keeping backups), then it's okay I suppose.. :)

Binarizing should be a feature inside Eliteness:

try looking at the options tab,

under "When creating a pbo" should be a button called "AutoRapify". Try using that and then create a pbo with it.

Alternatively, you could use official BI Tools 2 (armaholic link).

Install BinPBO and Tools for converting (you don't need BI's Drive, although it is listed as required).

Then start up BinPBO, navigate it to the folder where you have the opened pbo (such as D:\work\myaddon - you should have the config.cpp in this folder), set the destination directory ( D:\work ) and tick the binarize checkbox. Then Click pack and BinPBO will create a pbo with binarized content inside.

Now, my tutorial is probably unnecessarily difficult, but it's the only way I know how to do it. :o

[xy20032004 0]

Cole, thanks a lot!

I have tried those tools and now I have modified some files successfully. :-)

OA only reads 'bin' format, different from AA1/2.

Edited July 6, 2010 by xy20032004

[Laertes 10]

Cole, thanks a lot!

I have tried those tools and now I have modified some files successfully. :-)

OA only reads 'bin' format, different from AA1/2.

OA reads .cpp fine. I've got several addons running with .cpp configs and they work fine.

[KidDynamite 0]

I thought PboView newest version is 0.8 , but theres newer one 0.9 for opening OA pbo's yay

And where can i get this tool?:confused:

[nuggetz 0]

I use a registry file with this in it:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pbo\AppsTable]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PBO_auto_file]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\PBO_auto_file]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pbo]

Save it as a .reg file and run it and it should work.

If it doesn't, make sure you log out and log back in. I had to do that.