Tools for Yakuza PAR archives.

ParLibrary

ParLibrary is a .NET library for reading and writing Yakuza PAR archives.

It supports SLLZ compression (Including SLLZ V2 used in Yakuza Kiwami 2)

ParTool

Usage

• List mode

  ParTool.exe list <archive.par> [-r]

  Reads a PAR archive and shows it contents.

  -r parameter enables recursive mode and shows the contents of nested PAR archives.

• Extraction mode

  ParTool.exe extract <archive.par> <output_directory> [-r]

  Extracts the PAR archive contents to the specified directory.

  -r parameter enables recursive mode and extracts the contents of nested PAR archives.

• Creation mode

  ParTool.exe create <input_directory> <archive.par> [-c compression_mode] [--alternative-mode]

  Creates a new PAR archive with the contents of the specified directory.

  -c parameter sets the SLLZ compression version to use.

  • 0 Don't compress. It is faster but files will be larger.
  • 1 is the default value. It is supported in all Yakuza games.
  • 2 is only supported in Yakuza Kiwami 2.

  Set --alternative-mode if the output file will be used in Yakuza 3, 4, 5 or Kenzan.

• Delete mode

  ParTool.exe remove <original.par> <node_to_delete> <new.par>

  Reads a PAR archive and creates a new one without the specified file or folder.

• Add files mode

  ParTool.exe add <original.par> <input_directory> <new.par> [-c compression_mode]

  Reads a PAR archive and creates a new one adding the files and folders located in the specified directory.

  -c parameter sets the SLLZ compression version to use (only added files will use it).

  • 0 Don't compress. It is faster but files will be larger.
  • 1 is the default value. It is supported in all Yakuza games.
  • 2 is only supported in Yakuza Kiwami 2.

• Drag & Drop

  Since v1.2.0, you can drag & drop a file or a folder on the exe. If you drop a PAR archive, the application will extract it in the same location of the archive. If you drop a folder, the application will create a PAR archive with -c 1 parameter.

Credits

• Thanks to Pleonex for Yarhl.
• Thanks to Rick Gibbed for the SLLZ decompression algorithm.