Bilco 41 Report post Posted February 21, 2015 Tools you need: PBO Manager http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=16369 <---Download notepad++ http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ <---Download Extracting/Unpacking 1. Go to your control panel. 2. Scroll down until you see Customize Your Game Server. 3. Click (download) beside Mission PBO and Server PBO 4. Go to your downloads folder. 5. Right click and select extract here. 6. Make a new folder on your desktop and drag the PBO "looks like a red book" into that folder. 7. Make a new folder and name it exactly whichever PBO you are extracting i.e. dayz_server 8. Drag the PBO into that folder and open that folder. 9. Since you have PBO Manager installed you should be able to right click on the PBO and Extract to current folder. *note: It is a good idea to save, not delete that PBO you just extracted as a backup. 10. Now you can make any adjustments to files by using notepad++. Packing/Uploading 1. Hit the back button going to the folder that is named i.e. dayz_server 2. Right click to PBO Manager, pack into "dayz_server.pbo" 3. Go to your control panel and scroll down until you see the "Browse" button. 4. Find the PBO path you just edited 5. Hit the big green button labeled "Update Settings and Restart Gmae Server" *note: wait until the page refreshes or the upload will not take. Done! merlin777, Ballracer, StealthyMartian and 1 other 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladick 1 Report post Posted February 23, 2015 Nice. This should be pinned for all fresh server admins. Wish I had this when I was a fresh noob. I had to dig around on the internet for hours and used a PBO utility that didn't work before I figured out PBO Manager was the one to use. I'm still a noob but at least I know how to unpack, pack and upload my PBOs now! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Pennington 359 Report post Posted February 27, 2015 Done, thanks Bilco for the good stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin777 4 Report post Posted March 4, 2015 PBO manager has compiling issues. I would suggest cpbo. The format changes in PBO sometimes rendering a server issue when uploading and playing the newly installed mod. Lot of times I noticed the mods themselves where not compiled. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Pennington 359 Report post Posted March 4, 2015 Just to add that occasionally cPBO has unpackaging issues (header errors) where PBO Manager can successfully unpack. I would recommend having them both installed as well as Eliteness for unpacking protected PBOs. There's no universal PBO tool unfortunately. That said, cPBO is good for 90% or more of the time though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin777 4 Report post Posted March 4, 2015 Yes Eliteness is a great one. Thanks I almost forgot to use that this time around. lot of work was put into that one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladick 1 Report post Posted March 4, 2015 As mentioned above, PBO manager was the tool that worked for me. cPBO was the tool giving me compiling issues. Haven't tried Eliteness. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin777 4 Report post Posted March 4, 2015 As mentioned above, PBO manager was the tool that worked for me. cPBO was the tool giving me compiling issues. Haven't tried Eliteness. Really?> that is crazy. I always had it the opposite. PBO always gave me issues. I loved using it but was just terrible. Idk than. Well whatever works I suppose Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEX7 2 Report post Posted May 20, 2016 When I try to download my .pbo they are only 1KB? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Pennington 359 Report post Posted May 20, 2016 Submit a ticket and we'll check it out. TEX7 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmon 0 Report post Posted July 29, 2016 when i tried this it worked perfectly for the server pbo but when i try this same thing for the missions pbo it says " before you can extract files, you must copy files to this compressed (zipped) folder" any help would be greatly appreciated Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowOTW 0 Report post Posted May 8, 2017 If you had your server up and operational, and then decided to make some additions/changes to the Server PBO you might find that you have a waiting for server authorization error and cannot join. Try this as it has worked for me: With some PBO Viewers it does not save the prefix after you have unpacked it, edited, and repack. Pack the dayz_server into a PBO file. Right click the dayz_server.pbo, and then Open with PBO Manager. Click on the PBO but do not unpack. Click the Gear Icon above. Right Click in the empty box and Click Add. Add "prefix" as the property, and "z\addons\dayz_server" both without the quotations. Good luck! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally 0 Report post Posted October 21, 2017 I've been trying to unpack my PBO, every time I try to extract it I get the error, "server-XXXXX.zip: The archive is either in unknown format or damaged. I've downloaded it numerous times. Any Ideas? Thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overlord 42 Report post Posted October 23, 2017 You need to extract the pbo from the zip file first then use your pbo tool to extract the pbo contents. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally 0 Report post Posted October 24, 2017 That's the problem. When I try to unzip it, it says it's either empty or corrupted. The mission pbo works fine, but the server pbo doesn't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overlord 42 Report post Posted October 24, 2017 Have you tried downloading it through FTP? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally 0 Report post Posted October 24, 2017 I looked for it, but I'm not sure the path. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overlord 42 Report post Posted October 25, 2017 What kind of Arma 2 server you running? For Epoch related servers it is located in @DayZ_Epoch_Server/addons/ and is named dayz_server.pbo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally 0 Report post Posted October 25, 2017 it's vanilla. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overlord 42 Report post Posted October 25, 2017 You are going to be looking for dayz_server.pbo. I am not sure where it is placed in vanilla Dayz but you should be able to navigate through the folders until you find it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhodes 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2018 My mission PBO doesn't seem to be uploading. It worked a couple of times but since then I haven't been able to get an update uploaded. I've packed it with both cPBO but and it goes thru the motions, select file, hit the big green button But the mission pbo remains unchanged using Chrome browser Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthyMartian 64 Report post Posted January 10, 2018 My mission PBO doesn't seem to be uploading. It worked a couple of times but since then I haven't been able to get an update uploaded. I've packed it with both cPBO but and it goes thru the motions, select file, hit the big green button But the mission pbo remains unchanged using Chrome browser Ryan is looking into it. You might try again and see if you are still having this issue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gargmukul121 0 Report post Posted November 12, 2020 On 10/24/2017 at 1:13 PM, Sally said: That's the problem. When I try to unzip it, it says it's either empty or corrupted. The mission pbo works fine, but the server pbo doesn't. Damm even I am having a similar kind of issue, I have searched all over the internet and even have posted on number of threads on different forum, no solution seems to work. I am really frustrated, can anyone of you here help me resolve this issue, I am very much tired now. mx player Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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