Working with .PAZ Files: Tutorials and Tips

Ledie · Jul 3, 2021

Hello everyone, I know there is no tutorial on how to work with .PAZ files, I have never done a tutorial because I spent 1 whole month just studying something you will love.

Remembering that all tutorials will be added in this thread, it will basically be a thread for .PAZ file tutorials, only.

How to inject extracted/modified files into .PAZ file again

Let's go, you will need the Meta Injector, to transform the extracted files into .PAZ files again

Download the Meta Injector from

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After downloading the Meta Injector you will have the compressed file as shown in the image below.

After you extract the file you will have a folder called "Files_to_Patch" and the "Meta Injector.exe"

Inside the folder "Files_To_Patch" you will put the modified files that were extracted, yes, you must put the files with the original patch from where you extracted it.

In case you don't understand, follow the example below.

Let's suppose I want to extract only the file: #gt#login_bi_02.dds

As shown in the image with the PAZ_Unpacker tool.

When I select this single file to be extracted, automatically the folders that show in the image will come: ui_texture/new_ui_common_for_lua/window/lobby and inside the "lobby" folder will have the file "#gt#login_bi_02.dds"

So I after modifying the file: #gt#login_bi_02.dds

I will just replace the original you extracted with it, you should keep the original folders I mentioned above and drag the folder into the "Files to patch" folder.

As show on image below

So far so good, now let's mess with the Meta Injector.exe tool.You will need to copy your .pad fileWhich is located in your PAZ folder at the root of your game, you will only copy pad00000.meta

After you have copied your: pad00000.meta.You will paste it in the same folder where your Meta Injector.exe is located, as shown in the photo below.

After you have copied your pad00000.meta file into the same folder as your Meta Injector.exe, you will start your Meta Injector with double click and a tab like this will appear

The following options will appear above, here I will explain them before we take the next step

1 - Run Injector: It will continue to inject the files you put in the "files to patch" folder.

2 - Undo last changes: As he already says, he will redo the changes that occurred in the pad00000.meta file, but it won't be completely, it will be since the last backup file.

3 - Restore Backup: As the name implies, it will restore the backup so that it is clean as if it was the first time it was created, thus removing all modifications.

4 - List patched files: It will show you the list of all files that have been modified in this pad00000.meta file

5 - Prevent file Recheck: Unfortunately I have never used this option, if I find out which server I will change this description for.

Well, now let's go back to the tutorial, you will select option 1 (run injector and press ENTER key

And wait for the injection process.

How to extract .PAZ files

Well, the tutorial to extract the file will be very easy, you will have to first download Paz Unpacker by
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.

It will come in a winrar file, extract it to any folder you want

After extracting, you will see a file called: PAZ-Unpacker.exeAs shown in the image below

Double click on the file to open (PAZ-Unpacker.exe) and when it opens you will see this window.

You will click on: OPEN

In the upper right corner and you will find the root of your client and it will select the Paz folder, after selecting the Paz folder as shown in the image below, you will click on OK button

After you click OK, it will load the folders and will appear these following files shown in the image below.

You will select a folder you want and click on extract, or you will simply search for a specific file within a folder.

Some folders cannot be extracted using paz unpacker, for example dbss files.

Tomorrow I will do the video tutorial.

Until then this is a simple tutorial, if you have questions you can ask me in the thread I will answer, in the future I will add new tutorials on how to change specific things.

Archgeus · Jul 4, 2021

Thanks for the guide.

The first time i use the meta inyector, it ask me for a BDO Tool Kit to be installed

I did some research, it's

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Ledie · Jul 4, 2021

argeus99 said:
Thanks for the guide.

The first time i use the meta inyector, it ask me for a BDO Tool Kit to be installed

I did some research, it's
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Thanks, i've forgot about that bdo tool kit, maybe because i've installed it 2 years ago xD

jessstar · Jul 5, 2021

Ledie said:
Hello everyone, I know there is no tutorial on how to work with .PAZ files, I have never done a tutorial because I spent 1 whole month just studying something you will love.

Remembering that all tutorials will be added in this thread, it will basically be a thread for .PAZ file tutorials, only.

How to inject extracted/modified files into .PAZ file again

Download the Meta Injector from
You must be registered to see links

When i tried running this on a clean client i got this as a error in the log:
21-07-05 11:51:18 0x4714-00-5 --(--): 패키지 압축해제시 오류 발생했습니다: f:/new226client/Paz/PAD61337.PAZ(f:/new226client/ui_movie/CI_Play_NoSound.html), (0/1380)

Any ideas on why? I didn't change anything that has to do with the UI, Just some models of armor.

Ledie · Jul 5, 2021

jessstar said:
When i tried running this on a clean client i got this as a error in the log:
21-07-05 11:51:18 0x4714-00-5 --(--): 패키지 압축해제시 오류 발생했습니다: f:/new226client/Paz/PAD61337.PAZ(f:/new226client/ui_movie/CI_Play_NoSound.html), (0/1380)

Any ideas on why? I didn't change anything that has to do with the UI, Just some models of armor.

Maybe you will need use a clean pad00000.meta, you can find one

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by argeus99

jessstar · Jul 5, 2021

Ledie said:
Maybe you will need use a clean pad00000.meta, you can find one
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by @argeus99

Still getting the same thing. When i first run the metainjector with these or the original in the client they say that 148 files are patched. The file that fails is the first in the list. If you even take it out with a paz browser and patch it in it gets past the video then after that it crashes at the login.

So do i need to take out all 148 files that are "already patched" and patch them all with the ones i want to patch?

Edit: So i fixed it by doing exactly that. I extracted anything that had to do with the UI or other system files and repatched them with what i wanted to patch. I'm gonna leave the files i had to extract and patch in in case someone else has this issue.

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I hope this link works, first time uploading to anything and sharing it lol

TacosV · Jul 25, 2021

jessstar said:
Edit: So i fixed it by doing exactly that. I extracted anything that had to do with the UI or other system files and repatched them with what i wanted to patch. I'm gonna leave the files i had to extract and patch in in case someone else has this issue.

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I hope this link works, first time uploading to anything and sharing it lol

OMG, I was having the exact same issue, and your file totally fixed it! Thank you so much for sharing! XD

ckdtjqtbvj · Jul 31, 2021

link doesn't work

Ledie · Jul 31, 2021

ckdtjqtbvj said:
link doesn't work

Links work super fine, i've tested already.

noexp · Jun 16, 2022

this program replace files in existing .paz or make new .paz?

Shredder911 · Sep 26, 2022

{"Date":"2022-09-26 21:00:20","ThreadId":"0x26E8","LogType":"00","ServiceLogLevel":"0","LogLevel":"5", "ErrorNo":"eErrNoErrorHappen","ErrorString":"Error!","Log":"Error unpacking package: c:/users/administrator/desktop/client/Paz/PAD04606.PAZ(c:/ users/administrator/desktop/client/gamecommondata/binary/itemexchangesource.bss), (0/1543434)" }

I'm getting this error when trying to run the client after I update the paz files... I tried the solution @jessstar gave but it didn't seem to work for me, any advice?

Vantuz · Sep 27, 2022

Shredder911 said:
I'm getting this error when trying to run the client after I update the paz files...

If you are packing grooves for Corsair, then most likely the problem is in the standard d3d9.dll

elsy · Apr 7, 2023

Ledie said:
Hello everyone, I know there is no tutorial on how to work with .PAZ files, I have never done a tutorial because I spent 1 whole month just studying something you will love.

Remembering that all tutorials will be added in this thread, it will basically be a thread for .PAZ file tutorials, only.

How to inject extracted/modified files into .PAZ file again

Download the Meta Injector from
You must be registered to see links

How to extract .PAZ files

Tomorrow I will do the video tutorial.

Until then this is a simple tutorial, if you have questions you can ask me in the thread I will answer, in the future I will add new tutorials on how to change specific things.

I've downloaded it before, but now the link is closed. can you restore it back?

Ledie · Apr 7, 2023

elsy said:
I've downloaded it before, but now the link is closed. can you restore it back?

Offcourse!.

All links got updated!
All link all files in the thread too, if links get down, people can still download from the thread!

elsy · Apr 9, 2023

Ledie said:
Offcourse!.

All links got updated!
All link all files in the thread too, if links get down, people can still download from the thread!

Thanks a lot!

faagee · Jul 9, 2023

Is this a way to get a list of items and recipes etc too? I couldnt find something related to that in the .paz fiels

ok i found some bss/dbss files, which might help me out. Now i need to somehow decrypt them, does anyone have experience with that? I couldnt find anything anywhere. The only thin i could make out that those have a scheme you have to somehow find out.

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