Animal Crossing Wiki:Data Extraction Project/PC

Extraction Info
This guide is for the Australian release of and assumes the user is using [//www.android.com/ Android]. The tool that will be used to extract these files is Unity Studio. Although Pocket Camp uses Unity 5.6.0p4 and Unity Studio claims to only support up to 5.5.1f1, the tool will work fine in extracting the files Pocket Camp uses.

Configuring Unity Studio

 * Under the Options tab, make sure "Display asset original name" is checked.
 * Under the Options tab, there are three options for grouping exported files. You may choose any you wish, however selecting "Do not group exported assets" will preserve the original directory information.

How to extract
The game assets for are stored in two locations: Unlike Nintendo's other mobile game Fire Emblem Heroes, no notable files are stored in the app's own directory at
 * the APK file
 * downloaded by the game on the emulated SD card.

Obtaining the APK file
Once you [//play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nintendo.zaca download and install the game from the Google Play Store], the APK file will be located at . Root access will be required to obtain the APK. Alternatively, you may download one someone else has ripped already from the internet.

Extracting from the APK file
Since the APK file is zip-aligned, you can extract the files inside using any program that opens up zip files. If you need such a program, [//www.7-zip.org/ 7-zip] is free/libre software that can be used to extract it.

Once you extract it open up Unity Studio and select File > Extract folder... then choose  from the APK extracted files. Once the process is completed, select File > Load folder... then choose the same folder. Now go to Export > All assets to extract everything from the unity files.

Downloaded files
Start up the game and download all the files required to play. Remember to continue playing until you finish the tutorial, since the game downloads a second batch of files after completing the tutorial. After completing the tutorial, all files are stored at. Open up Unity Studio and select File > Extract folder... then choose. Once the process is completed, select File > Load folder... then choose the same folder. Now go to Export > All assets to extract everything from the unity files.