While some modders who wish to save disk space will simply unpack specific files, it is preferable to unpack all of the game's archives for now. paks' content).ĭifferent PAK files contain different files for the game. exe it may initially appear dysfunctional, but this is because you first need go to Setup-> Settings and configure the paths to the PCBANKS folder and a folder for where you want to unpack its contents (i.e. However, you may also continue reading and this will guide you on how to use it. exe and readme anywhere you like, and follow the instructions.
NMS Modding Station is easy to use, simply download it, unzip the folder and extract the. In order to extract assets from the archives, you may use the NMS Modding Station. All these archives can be found under No Man's Sky/GAMEDATA/PCBANKS/ and have the extension *.pak.
No Man's Sky stores all of its assets, from textures to models, shader code to entity behaviors, in the PSARC archive format used in general for PlayStation games.