e12pack

e12pack - ArmA Addon Packer

e12pack automates the process of packaging multiple folders to pbos and moving them to the mod/addons folder to get loaded by ArmA.

Usage

$ e12pack.exe -pack="C:\Users\blang\mymod"

Or better install the shell extension by executing installShellExt.bat as Administrator. After that, right-click on the mymod folder and choose E12Pack to execute the command above.

The directory structure looks like this:

mymod 
 |
 |- mymod_main/
 |   |- config.cpp
 |   |- ...
 |- mymod_events/
 |   |- config.cpp
 |   |- stringtable.xml
 |   |- ...
 |- .e12pack
 |- .e12pack_settings

Files

The .e12pack file defines which folders get packed:

mymod_main
mymod_events

The .e12pack_settings file holds user defined settings:

output = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\SteamApps\\common\\Arma 3\\@mymod\\Addons"

[packer]
name = "PBOManager"
path = "C:\\Program Files\\PBO Manager v.1.4 beta\\PBOConsole.exe"

The .e12pack_settings file should be included in your .gitignore file.

In the above sample, the command would result in mymod_main.pbo and mymod_events.pbo created in @mymod\\Addons\

Packer Section

Currently only PBOManager is supported, with further packers in mind.

Contribution

Feel free to make a pull request. For bigger changes create a issue first to discuss about it.

License

See LICENSE file.