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Unpacking Starbound Assets

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  • Press WIN (Windows) key
  • Type 'cmd' to search for command prompt. Press enter to open
  • Execute a program to unpack the .pak file to individual files

Default packed.pak Location

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Starbound\assets

The command to unpack the packed.pak file is as follows:

"<location of asset_packer.exe>" "<folder to pack>" "<location to place>filename.pak" (WITH the quotation marks)

Example:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Starbound\win32\asset_unpacker.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Starbound\assets\packed.pak" "C:\Users\gen\Desktop\unpacked_sb_assets"

Will unpack the assets to a folder called 'unpacked_sb_assets' on your Desktop. You may need to create the folder first.

This operation may take a while