Aion Modding Guide

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Always wanted to mod AION but didn't know how? In this guide, I will show you how.

Things needed to get started:
~Photoshop
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Step 1:
Ok, So I'm assuming you have all the aforementioned programs and such. Now we are ready to start modding. Your going to first go to C:\Program Files\NcSoft\Aion and find the .pak you would like to extract.
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Step 2:
Alright, Now, You have found the .pak file you would like to open? Good, Now your going to click on the .pak and drag it on top of the .bat file downloaded earlier. It will open a cmd prompt, and unzip everything. It will then make a .zip file with the .pak contents in it. I recommend using 7zip because WinRar was giving me some weird errors. As seen in the picture below, That is the .zip I was talking about. Now on to step 3! :D
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Step 3:
So you finaly unpacked the .pak file, And are now left with the .zip. Now your going to right click the now made .zip, And click Extract to Blah blah. It will now make a folder with ALL the contents of the .zip into a folder. Now your going to open the folder and view the goodies inside. Notice they are .dds? Good thing we downloaded the viewer! Now you can just click on the .dds and see a preview of it before you open in PS. Look at the image below to see what I mean. :P Now onward to step 4!
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Step 4:
Ok, Now that you have chosen which .dds you wanna edit. We can start by opening it. Thanks to the plugin we downloaded earlier. Right click the .dd and choose open with... Then PhotoShop. You will now see your image pop up in photoshop. You can continue to edit with the paint brush, Color Replacement tool etc..Go nuts. When your done, Just save and the Nvidia save thingy will pop up. Always save using this setting shown in the picture below. Now we will move on to step5, Which will be repacking the .pak.
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Step 5:
Now that you've had your little fun, It's now time to turn your creation back into a .pak file for you to use. Your going to highlight all the files you edited, Then drag them back into the .zip you created earlier.
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Now last, But not least, The .zip where you just dragged your files to, Your going to rename from .zip to .pak. MAKE SURE YOU BACK UP YOUR OLD .PAK FIRST! To do this, Rename your default .pak from SoandSo.pak to SoansSo.pak.bak.

There you go, Now just run Infinite AION and see if it worked!

FAQ:
Q:How come I can't see the file extensions?
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Q:How do I know which and where *insert skill effect or armor name here* is?
A:Just keep looking. I'm way too lazy to compile a list.

Guide by Justin654. Don't steal it and claim as your own. I'll be fucking pissed. >:|

Such a nice way to infect users with python botnet...of course my guess may be wrong :)

no need to use the python script, there are other tools on here that extract the PAK files

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Originally Posted by D00MR4ZR Such a nice way to infect users with python botnet...of course my guess may be wrong :)

Of course your guess is wrong. wth. Your free to use your own pak extractor, I just didn't know any at the time.

fishey07 is legitimate, he's a Global Moderator on Infinite Aion, and I've personally tried this method, and it works perfectly.

Here's some proof.
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Python Script

looks very nice

Can someone help me out with removing the DP / GK animation ? since i got no idea :/ how to create/make stuff like this :S
or a file i just can exchange with the original one pm me or just post it ^^#

allready thanks alot ^^

ps. german is okay too ^^

when i rename the .rar to .pak it makes it *name*.pak.rar

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Originally Posted by Demonology when i rename the .rar to .pak it makes it *name*.pak.rar

check ur folder settings and turn on to view all known data types
or whatever its called

I'm terribly sorry, but I don't know which pak files contain what. I'm looking for the player model files, of both factions.

It would be a tad helpful if someone could post a reference as to commonly extracted pak files and their contents. Thanks!!!
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Also, I can't extract any pak files! idk what is wrong, but I have aion installed, I have the pak2zip Python suite, nothing is extracting! :((

Very much a long shot, anyone have the pak extractor script?