We've been working on adding some tools to the distribution. Soon (not sure if it will be next build) we'll be including papatran.exe and papadump.exe Papadump simply dumps the contents of a papa file. This can be used to dump our stuff or make sure your own files are correct. Papatran takes in different kinds of resources and creates papa files from them. This is what we use for our export pipe. There won't be much in the way of docs and there are some oddities about directory structure due to the way that we use the tools. These will also be distributed in an as-is basis.
Can't Wait to try them out! Should make it easier to open up the Models and such for me as well. Mike
It doesn't unpack. It just dumps in text format what's in there. We don't really have code to convert back.
On the topic of tools - I see remote debugging is possible Any docco on the ws json debug protocol you're using?
Remote debugging of the chrome stuff is possible. Not sure if we can ship the debugger or not but I'll check it out.
It's probably possible but not easy due to our custom build setup. I'll have to think through the implications.
Never underestimate the capacity of a sufficiently motivated modder to sort out build systems, up to and including reconstructing them from scratch. You should see what people go through to build ArmA maps! Even discarding that, code is the most accurate form of documentation and the best basis for a reimplementation even if trying to actually compile it is hopeless. But if the build issues aren't physically insurmountable, we'll all benefit from the capacity for the community to contribute not just to the content of the game but to the tools themselves.
