---
name: "makeobj"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "simutrans-makeobj"
version: "124.3-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/makeobj/6"
---

# makeobj(6)

compile data sets for Simutrans

## NAME

makeobj - compile data sets for Simutrans

## SYNOPSIS

**makeobj** \[ quiet \] capabilities

**makeobj** \[ quiet \] pak \[*pak-file dat-file...*\]

**makeobj** \[ quiet \] pak128 \[*pak-file dat-file...*\]

**makeobj** \[ quiet \] list *pak-file...*

**makeobj** *\[ quiet \] dump pak-file pak-file...*

**makeobj** *\[ quiet \] merge pak-file pak-file...*

**makeobj** *\[ quiet \] extract pak-file*

## DESCRIPTION

*This manual page documents briefly the* **makeobj** *command.*

## OPTIONS

- **capabilities**

  *Gives the list of objects, this program can read.*

- **pak** *pak-file dat-file...*

  *Creates a ready to use pak file for Simutrans from the dat files.*

  *If the file names are omitted, makeobj defaults to all dat files under* *the current directory.*

- **pak128** *pak-file dat-file...*

  *Creates a special pak file for 128x128 images.*

- **list** *pak-file...*

  *Lists the contents of the given pak files.*

- **dump** *pak-file pak-file...*

  *List the internal nodes of a file.*

- **merge** *pak-file pak-file...*

  *Merges multiple pak files into one new pak file.*

- **extract** *pak-file*

  *Creates single files from multiple pak file.*

*If the* **quiet** *option is given as the first argument the copyright* *message will be omitted.*

*If a file name ends with a slash, a directory is searched rather than* *a file.*

## SEE ALSO

[**simutrans**(6)](/simutrans/6.md), *http://www.simutrans.com/*

## AUTHOR

*Simutrans was written by Hansjoerg Malthaner and the Simutrans Team.*

*This manual page was written by Ansgar Burchardt \<ansgar@debian.org\>,* *for the Debian project (but may be used by others).*