X Rebirth Catalog Tool 1.10 (Full)

This is a great example of how the community has improved upon the official tools, saving modders significant time and effort.

| Tool | Unpack .cat | Repack .cat | GUI | CLI | Active Development | |------|-------------|-------------|-----|-----|---------------------| | | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ✅ Basic | ✅ Yes | ❌ No (abandoned) | | Egosoft XRCatTool (official) | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | | XRCatGUI (by m0rph) | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ✅ Modern | ❌ No | ❌ No |

To understand its importance, you need to know how the game stores its data. All the game's core assets—config files, scripts, the universe map, mission directives, and more—aren't left as loose folders and files. Instead, Egosoft compresses them into a few large archive files with the extensions .cat (catalog) and .dat (data). This is a common practice to keep the installation folder organized and make game loading faster.

In essence, it does what the in-game map should have done at launch. X Rebirth Catalog Tool 1.10

– Extraction speed is excellent. A full unpack of all base .cat files (≈8 GB compressed data) takes under 5 minutes on a modern SSD. Selective extraction is nearly instantaneous.

XRCatTool.exe -x "C:\Steam\steamapps\common\X Rebirth\01.cat" -d "C:\XRebirth_Extracted" Use code with caution.

"Wait," Ethan whispered. "Don't delete it, just migrate it!" This is a great example of how the

– For modders, the CLI is invaluable. Example:

Are you intending to publish your mod to the ? Share public link

Text-based indexes containing file paths, sizes, and encryption signatures. Instead, Egosoft compresses them into a few large

XRebirthCatalogTool.exe -pack "C:\XR_Modding\Extracted" -out "C:\XR_Modding\Source\ext_01.cat" Use code with caution. Workflow for Creating Your First Mod

One of the most frustrating aspects of X Rebirth is that trade data ages out quickly. The new 1.10 update includes an "Auto-Refresh" toggle that, when combined with a current save, color-codes trade offers based on how recently they were updated in your game’s radar range.

Ethan double-clicked.

The is a utility developed by Egosoft for managing and extracting game data from .cat and .dat files. While originally designed for X Rebirth , it is widely used by the modding community for X4: Foundations to unpack game assets for modification. Key Features and Usage