Black Desert Online File Formats (PAB, PAC, PAA)

[Drawing]

Doesn't blender script work with all models of just the newest one?
Try it with the first folder of monster ( should be the older one ) and let me know.

They updated the graphic engine but it's unlikely they converted all the models .

[Bruno89dh]

Does anyone know how to open the new Pac and Pab files, I can only open the old files

[yang4228907]

please help~~
PEARLABYSS paa animation

what is this? A request? How do you think anyone could know what your problem is?

How to open and what are the steps

Thank you very very very much！

In blender 2.49b: with the suiting blend file open (yes, there are several .blend file versions, which version/date are you talking about?)

with the mouse cursor in blender's script window:
- press alt-p, load pac (the mesh)
- press alt-p, load pab (the skeleton)
- press alt-p, load paa (the animation)

result:
.
m0001_07_goblin_boss_armor_0001.png
console output:
Compiled with Python version 2.6.2.
Checking for installed Python... got it!
M0001_07_Goblin_Boss_Armor_0001
WARNING: no log
WARNING: no log
WARNING: no log
...

very thanks

[yang4228907]

HI masters

blender249 Is the script updated? The latest action model can't be opened, if you know, please help us to see it, thank you very much 。

The error is as follows：

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "BlackDesert.py", line 136, in openFile
file.close()
File "BlackDesert.py", line 122, in Parser
g=BinaryReader(file)
File "BlackDesert.py", line 70, in pabParser
bone.matrix=Matrix4x4(g.f(16))
File "F:\参考资料\黑沙参考\Blender\.blender\scripts\newGameLib\myLibraries\binaresLib.py", line 212, in f
data=struct.unpack(self.endian+n*'f',self.inputFile.read(n*4))
struct.error: unpack requires a string argument of length 12

[lujieshen]

Hi all,

I just struggled to fix newer fileformats and here are modified 010 Templates. In a word: when `flag==256` in Bone, additional 9 float3 (maybe Mat3x3) is provided in the file. I can't figure out what it means but we can still get the right data from it.

[fre3e]

I have an answer to the ppl wanting to import newer PAC models.

All you have to do is change two things below def pacParser:
1) g.seek(0x10) -> g.seek(0x14)
2) if parVer == 259: -> if parVer == 515 or parVer == 771:

I also have a question:
The dds files always have two versions for the textures for example pem_00_cloak_0002 and pem_00_cloak_0002_dm.
Does anyone know what the "_dm" means?

[shakotay2]

Don't have those textures but might stand for "diffuse map" (or dark mage, whatever ).

[fre3e]

Don't have those textures but might stand for "diffuse map" (or dark mage, whatever ).

Actually I found it out.
There are two versions of the same texture, the un-damaged version (e.g. "pem_00_sho_0002.dds") and a damaged version (e.g. "pem_00_sho_0002_dm.dds").

Man this took me a few hours but I finally managed to have a decent workflow to export everything I need. Wish there was better documentation but what helped was piecing together info from the chrrox and this thread.

As it stands now, I have to tweak my script a bit depending on the pac version and also have to manually change the output of the paz browser, to get the right textures. I dont have the time to fix the paz_browser (but maybe this import script, as the problem here is not that complex).
Is anyone interested in a small tutorial from start-finish (from paz_browser to blender2.90 with working model/texture/animations ?) if there is enough interest, I might write it down.

The only thing thats left, just to have a bit more convenience:
Does anyone have a working python3 version of this script for Blender 2.90 ?
I tried with the simple 2to3 Python script but that didnt work. Most likely too much has changed from 2.49b to 2.90 Blender.

[PeterZ]

Don't have those textures but might stand for "diffuse map" (or dark mage, whatever ).

Actually I found it out.
There are two versions of the same texture, the un-damaged version (e.g. "pem_00_sho_0002.dds") and a damaged version (e.g. "pem_00_sho_0002_dm.dds").

Man this took me a few hours but I finally managed to have a decent workflow to export everything I need. Wish there was better documentation but what helped was piecing together info from the chrrox and this thread.

As it stands now, I have to tweak my script a bit depending on the pac version and also have to manually change the output of the paz browser, to get the right textures. I dont have the time to fix the paz_browser (but maybe this import script, as the problem here is not that complex).
Is anyone interested in a small tutorial from start-finish (from paz_browser to blender2.90 with working model/texture/animations ?) if there is enough interest, I might write it down.

The only thing thats left, just to have a bit more convenience:
Does anyone have a working python3 version of this script for Blender 2.90 ?
I tried with the simple 2to3 Python script but that didnt work. Most likely too much has changed from 2.49b to 2.90 Blender.

Hey guy! I'm rewriting Szkaradek123's script with python 3 for blender 2.9.But when I tested pdw samples I attached below,blender goes wrong.
(parVer of pac ==771, of pab ==1025)
Have you figued out how to solve the "Bonename" problems? Maybe it use phw's skeleton?

Here are the sample files: containing .pac .pab .paa extracted from remastered version 2100.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1csZJt9 ... sp=sharing

[PeterZ]

Hi,here's the Noesis script I fixed for remastered game Version 2100.Supporting all classes nude model.
I skipped some data after flag 256&1025.But,what they mean?

[PeterZ]

Hi,here's the Noesis script I fixed for remastered game Version 2100.Supporting all classes nude model.
I skipped some data after flag 256&1025.But,what they mean?

Fix a bug.Bone name should use "euc-kr" coding instead of "ASCII".
Noesis may not display korean charset correctly. But it export to .fbx with correctly bone name.I tested on pdw_00_ub_0001.pac

BTW,You may need to extract "core321.zip" to folder "noesis\plugins\python\core321.zip\" manually. Otherwise,Noesis may have "IOError: zipimport"

[PeterZ]

Hi,here's the Noesis script I fixed for remastered game Version 2100.Supporting all classes nude model.
I skipped some data after flag 256&1025.But,what they mean?

Fix a bug.Bone name should use "euc-kr" coding instead of "ASCII".
Noesis may not display korean charset correctly. But it export to .fbx with correctly bone name.I tested on pdw_00_ub_0001.pac

BTW,You may need to extract "core321.zip" to folder "noesis\plugins\python\core321.zip\" manually. Otherwise,Noesis may have "IOError: zipimport"

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