Follow directions to the link:
Egosoft -> Downloads -> X2 - The Threat -> Bonus Materials
Go to the bottom and click on: X²: The Threat Modder Kit (Rev. 1.4) 1.46 MB
You don't have any idea how long it took me to finally find this kit.
Unpacking works as follows: (it has a readme that tells you basically what I'm writing, but my instructions are 100% self-done a day ago.)
1. Unzip Modder Kit zip.
2. MOVE program "x2tool" to your BASE X2 installation folder (the same folder as the executable X2.exe (Default: C:\program files\Enlight\X2 - The Threat\ )
3. Press Window Key + R to open "run" (or start->run)
4. Type: "cmd" without the quotes to get to your command prompt (Vista is similar, but not the same; looking for "command" should be enough)
5. Navigate to the X2 directory with x2tool
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Command: cd
Use: changing directory
Example: "cd c:\program files\enlight\X2 - the threat\"
Alternative use: to get out of the current directory 1 level: cd.. (with the 2 periods)
Alternative use 2: cd\ (with the backslash you get to your base drive listing like from c:\program files\x2 - the threat\ to c:\)
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Example: x2tool -extract-dat 01
8. You're done
Notes on x2tool use:
1. # = number of dat file.
2. BEGIN with 01 and increment. (01 contains oldest files, and 02,03,04,05 overwrite some of them)
3. Do not put ".dat" because 01 is all it recognizes (it looks for <#> + .cat for the cat file so: "01.dat" yields "01.dat.cat," which it won't find).
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