DayZExtract

A fast alternative to DayZ Tools Extract and DayZ2P by Mikero.

Extracts and decompresses game content from DayZ PBOs with a live terminal experience.

Features

• Fast parallel PBO extraction with configurable concurrency
• Auto-detects your DayZ installation via Steam (stable and experimental)
• Self-updating checks GitHub for new releases on startup
• Rich UI live progress bars and file breakdown chart via Spectre.Console
• Smart cleanup removes stale files from previous extractions before writing new ones
• Flexible filtering include or exclude specific file extensions

Installation

Download the latest installer from the Releases page.

The installer creates a shortcut on your desktop and in the Start Menu.

Note: You can also run the .exe directly without installing.

Note: The installer and executable are not code signed. Some antivirus software may flag them as suspicious. This is a false positive, you can verify the download against the release checksums or build from source if preferred.

Usage

DayZExtract.exe [destination] [options]

Argument / Option	Short	Description
destination		Output path (defaults to %userprofile%/dayz-extract)
--unattended	-u	Skip all prompts and pauses
--experimental	-x	Extract the DayZ Experimental branch
--game-install-path	-g	Override the game installation path
--include-extensions	-i	Comma-separated list of extensions to include
--exclude-extensions	-e	Comma-separated list of extensions to exclude
--parallel	-p	Maximum number of PBOs to extract simultaneously
--flat-scripts	-f	Extract scripts without a DayZ subfolder per module
--include-unofficial-pbos	-m	Comma-separated list of mod directories or individual .pbo files to include (e.g. @CF,@Mod,path\to\file.pbo). Supports @Name (searches game install subdirectories), paths relative to the game install, and absolute paths

Examples

# interactive prompt for destination
DayZExtract.exe

# extract to a specific path, no prompts
DayZExtract.exe C:\dayz-files --unattended

# extract only scripts and configs
DayZExtract.exe --include-extensions *.cpp,*.hpp,*.xml,*.json,*.c

# exclude textures and materials
DayZExtract.exe --exclude-extensions *.paa,*.rvmat

# extract experimental with 8 parallel workers
DayZExtract.exe --experimental --parallel 8

Unicode Support (Windows)

For spinners and progress bar characters to render correctly, enable UTF-8 system locale:

1. Run intl.cpl
2. Click the Administrative tab
3. Click Change system locale
4. Check Use Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support

Building from Source

Requires .NET 10 SDK.

# debug build
dotnet build KuruExtract.slnx

# release build (x64)
dotnet build KuruExtract.slnx -c Release

# run directly
dotnet run --project src/KuruExtract/KuruExtract.csproj -- [options]

# publish AOT single-file executable
dotnet publish KuruExtract.slnx -c Release -r win-x64

Packaging with Velopack

Install the vpk CLI tool:

# pinned version, stable does not support MSI packages
dotnet tool install -g vpk --version 0.0.1535-gb21da2a

Then publish and pack:

# publish
dotnet publish KuruExtract.slnx -c Release -r win-x64

# pack app into installer
vpk pack -u DayZExtract -v 1.0.0 -o releases -p publish --mainExe DayZExtract.exe --packAuthors Wardog --msi --instLocation PerUser

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Copyright © 2022 Wardog