DbgPack

A python utility library for reading .pack and .pack2 files as used in Planetside 2.

Pack 1

The original .pack format was used in PS2 until the DX11 update in April 2019.

Usage:

from glob import glob
from DbgPack import AssetManager

test_server = r"C:\Users\Public\Daybreak Game Company\Installed Games\PlanetSide 2 Test\Resources\Assets"

print("Loading packs")
current_manager = AssetManager(glob(test_server + "/*.pack"))
nc_helmet_male_look011 = current_manager['Helmet_NC_Male_All_Look011_LOD0_LODAuto.dme']
print(nc_helmet_look011)

After loading the .pack files, any asset can be loaded with asset_manager['file_name'] Read the binary contents of an Asset via the .data property:

binary_data = asset.data

Pack 2

Introduced with the DX11 update in April 2019, the pack2 format includes far more robust support for detecting modified game files. The interface is the same, but the names of the files are no longer included in the .pack2 file, so it is necessary to supply your own via the namelist= parameter.