DCS Asset Extractor tool

[112th_Rossi]

So, in an attempt to alieviate some of the stuttering I encounter during playing DCS I wrote a tool that extracts all the assets from the zip archives found in the DCS World game directories so that DCS did not have to access the zip file. For me, it has lessened the stuttering and if there is stuttering it's less likely to be more pronouced.

 

The tool works for both Release, Alpha and Beta versions. It will extract any zip it finds and put the contents in a directory named the same as the zip file itself, it will then move the zip file to a backup directory in the same folder.

 

The process can take quite some time and it will bloat your DCS installation directory substantially.

 

To restore you'll have to move the zip files back to their original positions and remove any extracted files.

 

To use:

 

Run the tool

Click Browse to find the root of your DCS World directory

Click extract

 

Source code also included if you want to mess about with it.

 

Use at your own risk. I wrote this tool for myself but I'm sharing at the request of some others.

 

Let me know if you see any improvements.

 

Edit: This is also useful if you want to edit any texture or .dds files

DCSAE.zip

DCS Asset Extractor Source.zip

[Milli]

Thanks Rossi, will have a look at this. The idea makes sense. Just noticed you're in Herefordshire - my birth place! Living close by now, in Ludlow, Shropshire.

[droopy114]

Thank you, i will give it a try and report.

[Falcon_S]

Thank you Rossi. :thumbup:

[Boss86005]

Will it now be possible to re-texture buildings such as the casinos to put the correct name on them using your tool?

[112th_Rossi]

Will it now be possible to re-texture buildings such as the casinos to put the correct name on them using your tool?

 

If you can find the appropriate texture and edit it, yes.

[Boss86005]

Thank you sir. I hope someone can make the tree textures darker as well.

[hughlb]

How have people's experiences been with the tool?

 

Any idea about the size pre and post usage?

 

How will updates to dcs affect the unzipped folders?

 

Is there a function to repackage?

 

Thanks for your hard work! Anything to help stutters is a good thing :thumbup:

[112th_Rossi]

How have people's experiences been with the tool?

 

Any idea about the size pre and post usage?

 

How will updates to dcs affect the unzipped folders?

 

Is there a function to repackage?

 

Thanks for your hard work! Anything to help stutters is a good thing :thumbup:

 

As I said in the original post, I wrote this for myself so I didn't bother with a restore option. The zip files are moved to a back up folder within the directory where the zip file lives. I don't know what the impact will be with updates but I assume that the zips will be put back when an integrity check is done by the updater.

 

Basically the DCS installation will bloat by at least the total size of all the zip files. I'm pretty sure the zip files are uncompressed (it would make no sense to have them compressed if they are being accessed constantly by the main executable).

 

The tool may help with stuttering it may not. But it's still useful if you want to make a texture mod or something and want easy access to the .dds files.

 

In every recent video users have posted up in the last few weeks since the release of the Gazelle there is significant stuttering and pausing, I was hoping this might help.

[hughlb]

Interesting, I didn't realise the updater did an integrity check, this was one feature I thought might be for the Steam version alone, so that's good to know. Thanks again for your tool, I've had my fair share of stutter issues, stuttering still remains when panning mouse/trackIR around, which I think is common.

 

It'd be interesting to hear from the Dev's about the stuttering issues being addressed and what might be causing them.