scs-extract

scs-extract

scs-extract is a CLI tool to list / extract files from SCS archives used in Euro Truck Simulator 2 / American Truck Simulator.

For some SCS, the root may be missing or intentionally prevent others to extract. When you use the official SCS extractor, you may encounter

[hashfs] xxx.scs: Mounted ok, 12345 entries
*** ERROR *** : Root directory not found, can not extract this archive

This utility will try the best to extract the rootless hashfs files.

Usage

scs-extract [options] <scs_file> [dest_folder]

# scs-extract ets2/accessory.scs .

# scs-extract --help

NAME:
scs-extract - Extract SCS file to a folder

USAGE:
scs-extract [-options] scs_file dest_path [args...]

VERSION:
1.0.0

DESCRIPTION:
Try the best to extract SCS file, especially useful for some odd SCS missing roots

COMMANDS:
help, h  Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
--dump, -d                      dump raw hashfs files
--aditional-hashfs-paths, -p    additional hashfs paths
--help, -h                      show help
--version, -v                   print the version

Other workaround

This utility should be able to extract most of the files in the headless SCS. But if anything missing, you can use ConverterPIX to convert the model (.pmg/.pmd), and it should give you some warnings to indicate which files are missing. Then you can add the file paths to -p which can help the utility to extract the missing files.

Here is an example

converter_pix.exe -m /vehicle/upgrade/xx_yyy -b d:/ets2/mode/base

 ******************************************
 **        Converter PMX to PIX          **
 **       Copyright (C) 2017 mwl4        **
 ******************************************

<warning> [material] /automat/31/31d0e65efaab21fa.mat: Unable to open material!
<warning> [material] /automat/31/31d0e65efaab21fa.mat: Unable to open material!
<warning> [material] /automat/31/31d0e65efaab21fa.mat: Unable to open material!
[model] gps_tmp: pim:yes pit:yes pis:no pic:no pip:no vertices:93 indices:84 materials:3

/vehicle/truck/upgrade/xx_yyy is the hashfs path pointing to /vehicle/truck/upgrade/xx_yyy.pmg and/or /vehicle/truck/upgrade/xx_yyy.pmd

From the warning, I know /automat/31/31d0e65efaab21fa.mat is missing. So I add it to the additional paths

scs-extract.exe -d -p /automat/31/31d0e65efaab21fa.mat odd.scs e:/dest

Once it is done, you can run converter_pix.exe again, it should succeed