HOD KNIFE STUDIO
DayZ knife skin automation

Knife Import

Start by importing artwork or a .paa. Drop in a .png or .jpg and the studio composites it onto the correct knife template automatically. Then fill in the knife details and build the import.

No PAA loaded yet.

Step 2

Knife Details

Import File

Drop artwork (.png, .jpg) and the studio composites it onto the knife template automatically. Or drop a ready-made .paa to skip the art step.

Drop artwork or a .paa here .png / .jpg will be composited onto the knife template  ·  .paa is used directly

Identity

The final classname is built automatically as Knife Family + _Knife_ + Class Suffix, like Bowie_Knife_Snowman.

Step 3

Build & Import

Import Summary

Review the generated classname, route, and package name before the automation updates the mod files.

knife.json Preview

This is the package metadata that will be created automatically before the importer runs.


        

Packaging

Pack & Deploy

Idle
Pack output will appear here.

Fish Mod

Skin Catalog

All skins built into Fish's mod. Click a family to expand. Use Add to drop any skin into the Donator or Dev pool without typing classnames.

Rarity Tiers

Case Pool Editor

Edit which knife families and skins roll per case tier. Changes sync to the gen scripts automatically. Repack FishsKnifeMod to publish.

Cracked Chip

Dev Pool

Knives in this pool are awarded when a player uses a Cracked Decryption Device on any case. These are classnames from Fish's base mod — no custom texture needed. Changes sync to CrackedDecryptionChipGen.c automatically. Repack FishsKnifeMod to publish.

Distribution — Test

Config Distribution (Test Servers)

0 test servers

Push the staged FKM.xml and trader/market JSONs from Production\ to your test servers. Local copies into folders on this machine. SFTP uploads to a remote host. HOD Agent pushes over the LAN agent API. Trader JSONs go to the JSON dir; FKM.xml goes to the XML dir. Push All never touches live servers.

Distribution — LIVE

Live Server Push

0 live servers

Pushes the same staged Production\ configs to your LIVE servers. Live targets are managed in a separate window and every push requires typing a confirmation phrase — PUSH LIVE for a single server, PUSH ALL LIVE to push every configured live server in one go. They are never included in Push All Test.

Installed

Knife Library

All knives registered in source mods. Remove strips the class block, deletes PAA, and updates pool manifest — repack afterward.

Admins only

Users

Editors can import, remove, edit pools, pack and push to test servers. Admins can also push to live servers, edit deploy targets and manage users.

Add a user

Give the password to the person. They can change it with Change password at the top.