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The ETS2/ATS update 1.50 introduces a v2 version of HashFS format. This format allows for more efficient loading of game data by storing resource metadata in memory. While all previous formats are still supported for mods, they might cause stalls for some resource types as the engine assumes that the metadata are available immediately. This tool provides support for creating and extracting .scs pack files. The creation supports v2 only, extraction supports both v1 and v2. The previous extraction-only variant with simplified interface is still [[Documentation/Tools/Game Archive Extractor|available]].

Please note that there might be some changes to the format during the 1.50 beta.

=Archive extraction=

To extract the content into the current directory use

<pre>scs_packer extract archive.scs</pre>

To extract the content into a specific directory use

<pre>scs_packer extract archive.scs -root <directory></pre>

=Archive creation=

To create archive from content of specified directory use.

<pre>scs_packer create archive.scs -root <directory></pre>

The tool will automatically compress all compatible files. For development purposes it might be useful to disable the compression by specifying -nocompress parameter to speed up the entire process.

=Download=

Download the packer [https://download.eurotrucksimulator2.com/scs_packer_1_50.zip here].