scs_extractor not working

[Henrik]

I made a folder for the scs_extractor, and i dragged the base.scs file on top of scs_extractor and nothing happens. I have tried giving the scs_extractor adminstator permission, i also saw someone else do this on their video, but it worked for him...

Edit: The issues was solved by going from the oculus branch back to the original version

[The Pitts]

Glad it was that simple. Not sure why the SCS supplied extractor doesn't work with the Oculus branch, but I guess that that isn't too important right now.

[伽羅さん]

I was into the same symptoms.
Base.scs could not be expanded in D&D. Even re-downloading extractor didn't work.
Finally, as shown in this post, create a folder on the desktop and place Base.scs and Extoractor.exe again in it.
Copy Base.scs and paste it on Extractor
Finally, it's work.

[Underscore_101_3]

If you're trying to extract 1.50, it requires a new version of the extractor.

[arira183672]

The Pitts a écrit :

Glad it was that simple. Not sure why the SCS supplied extractor doesn't work with the Oculus branch, but I guess that that isn't too important right now.

How to change from oculus branch to original version?

[Madkine]

Change your beta selection in steam to None

[SOTONATO]

Please share the version for 1.50, the link https://modding.scssoft.com/download/scs_extractor_1_50.zip is error 404

[The Pitts]

The beta version and that particular link have been removed from the modding wiki but tjhe v.150 compatible version is now the one on the end of the only link on this page:

https://modding.scssoft.com/wiki/Documentation/Tools/Game_Archive_Extractor#Download

I had not encountered skzk's extractor before yesterday but for anyone struggling to extract from locale.scs this works perfectly for me:

skzk_extractor.exe "c:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Euro Truck Simulator 2\locale.scs" -d d:\ETS2\extracts\v1_50_test\ -p=/locale

NOTE that I've renamed extractor.exe to skzk_extractor.exe, that it is on my path (so you may need to qualify the executable name if that isn't the case for you), that if you have ETS2 installed in other than the default Steam library location then you may need to change the path to locale.scs and that you need to replace the d:\ETS2\extracts\v1_50_test\ with where you'd like the output to be written.

[bcac77]

The Pitts a écrit :

The beta version and that particular link have been removed from the modding wiki but tjhe v.150 compatible version is now the one on the end of the only link on this page:

https://modding.scssoft.com/wiki/Documentation/Tools/Game_Archive_Extractor#Download

I had not encountered skzk's extractor before yesterday but for anyone struggling to extract from locale.scs this works perfectly for me:

skzk_extractor.exe "c:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Euro Truck Simulator 2\locale.scs" -d d:\ETS2\extracts\v1_50_test\ -p=/locale

NOTE that I've renamed extractor.exe to skzk_extractor.exe, that it is on my path (so you may need to qualify the executable name if that isn't the case for you), that if you have ETS2 installed in other than the default Steam library location then you may need to change the path to locale.scs and that you need to replace the d:\ETS2\extracts\v1_50_test\ with where you'd like the output to be written.

Can I ask for your help? I have the same symptoms as the author. I don't know how to use skzk among what you said. Can you tell me easily?

[The Pitts]

You don't need the skzk extractor unless you are after the contents of locale.scs so if you are simply having trouble extracting from base.scs using the SCS supplied extractor from the wiki page by dragging and dropping then I suggest you re-read the page carefully and then figure out where the expanded contents have been written on your system (the most likely scenario, others are possible). I have never used that method and prefer to do everything from the command line, not in the least so that I can see any error message(s) that get generated.

[Reese]

As of 1.50, a new tool was made. Basically the same but a bit more helpful.

https://modding.scssoft.com/wiki/Documentation/Tools/Game_Archive_Packer
Download the packer tool. It can both extract and pack *.scs archives.

Open Notepad, enter the following and save it as extract.bat while "Save as type" is set to "All files (*.*)."

.\scs_packer.exe extract <archive>.scs -root <foldername>

Change <archive> to the name of the scs archive and <foldername> to the name of the folder you want to extract into. For example, def.scs will look like this:

.\scs_packer.exe extract def.scs -root mynewdeffolder

Ensure the scs_packer.exe is in the same folder as the extract.bat you've just saved and the archive you want to extract is in there as well.

[lukawa]

Reese a écrit :

As of 1.50, a new tool was made. Basically the same but a bit more helpful.

https://modding.scssoft.com/wiki/Documentation/Tools/Game_Archive_Packer
Download the packer tool. It can both extract and pack *.scs archives.

Open Notepad, enter the following and save it as extract.bat while "Save as type" is set to "All files (*.*)."

.\scs_packer.exe extract <archive>.scs -root <foldername>

Change <archive> to the name of the scs archive and <foldername> to the name of the folder you want to extract into. For example, def.scs will look like this:

.\scs_packer.exe extract def.scs -root mynewdeffolder

Ensure the scs_packer.exe is in the same folder as the extract.bat you've just saved and the archive you want to extract is in there as well.

How to repack after that?