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Unpacking X4 .dat game files

  1. Register in the official forums
  2. Register your game in your account (also possible by linking your Steam account there)
  3. Download the CAT tool (more details)
  4. Go into the game folder
  5. Create the subfolder unpack-cat-files
  6. Extract the CAT tool into this folder
  7. Create the subfolder output in this folder (the extracted files will go here)
  8. Create the unpack.bat file in the folder, with the code shown below
  9. Run the batch file

Extraction batch file

cd ..
unpack-cat-files\XRCatTool.exe -in 01.cat -in 02.cat -in 03.cat -in 04.cat -in 05.cat -in 06.cat -in 07.cat -in 08.cat -in 09.cat -out "unpack-cat-files\output"
pause