Crimson Desert Mod Workbench

A standalone Rust desktop tool (egui) for editing Crimson Desert game data. Browses every parseable pabgb table, edits fields with type-aware widgets, and deploys mods as PAZ overlays.

Layout

mod-workbench/          The egui app (binary crate)
dmm-parser-rust-only/   Pure-Rust fork of dmm-parser (no PyO3, used as a
                        path dependency by mod-workbench)

Build

Requires Rust 1.78+ (edition 2021).

cd mod-workbench
cargo build --release
# binary at: mod-workbench/target/release/mod-workbench.exe

Or use mod-workbench/build_release.bat on Windows for a guided build.

Features

See mod-workbench/STATUS.md for the current feature list and architecture inventory, and mod-workbench/ROADMAP.md for historical implementation sprints.

Headlines:

• 122 pabgb tables (+ iteminfo via dedicated parser), full parse / serialize round-trip
• Async loading, virtualized 50K+ row tables, debounced search
• Catalog (game_map_complete_v4.json) integration: name resolution + cross-refs
• PALOC localization (EN + KR) with disk cache; CJK font loading for Korean rendering
• Field-level diff highlighting, undo/redo, type-aware editors
• DMM 1.3.3+ Field JSON v3 export (single self-contained .json, modinfo + targets[])
• PAZ overlay mod folder export (<name>/<group>/0.paz + 0.pamt + modinfo.json)
• Quick-test loop: Apply to Game / Remove Overlay / Start Game from the bottom bar
• Lint rules (catches the infinite-loading equip-type bug)
• Backup / snapshot system, conflict detection, profiles, templates, wizards
• 3 themes, 15 keyboard shortcuts, command palette

License

This project ships under two compatible licenses:

• Mod Workbench (everything under mod-workbench/) — Crimson Desert Mod Workbench License v1.0 (CDMWL v1.0). See mod-workbench/LICENSE.txt. Copyright © 2026 NattKh.
• dmm-parser-rust-only (everything under dmm-parser-rust-only/) — Crimson Desert Modding Tools License v1.0 (CDMTL v1.0). See dmm-parser-rust-only/LICENSE.txt. Copyright © 2026 RicePaddySoftware.

Both licenses are copyleft, source-available, and non-commercial. CDMWL v1.0 is structurally modeled on CDMTL v1.0 and is intended to operate compatibly with it; the Workbench is designated as part of the Authorized Software Suite under CDMTL v1.0 §1(g). Read both licenses before redistributing, forking publicly, or building derivative tools.

The licenses include enforceable AI-mediated-access clauses (CDMWL §4.10 / CDMTL §4.10): prompting an AI assistant or autonomous coding agent to read, summarize, refactor, port, or replicate this work constitutes acceptance of the License, and any knowledge so extracted is imputed to the human user under §4.10.3.