A3 mod key validator

README.md

A3 mod key validator

Installation

1. Download the latest version of bisign from https://github.com/BrettMayson/bisign/releases
2. Extract bisign.exe into a new folder
3. Add validate.bat in the same folder

How to use

1. Open the Command Prompt
2. Go to the folder with validate.bat and bisign.bat
3. Execute the following:

validate.bat "path/to/mod"

Examples

To validate CBA you simply add the full path to the mod folder

validate.bat "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\!Workshop\@CBA_A3"

Notes

• It assumes that the PBO's are present in /addons (required by Arma)
• It assumes that the public keys (.bisign) are present in /addons (required by Arma)
• It assumes that the private key (.bikey) is present in /keys (required by Arma)

validate.bat

@ECHO off

:: Get proper directories based on mod path
SET mod_dir=%1
SET addons_dir=%mod_dir%\addons
SET keys_dir=%mod_dir%\keys
SET valid=1

:: Loop over keys directory, and get the .bikey (we assume there's only one!)
FOR %%k IN (%keys_dir%\*.bikey) DO (
    SET key_file=%%k
)

:: Loop over PBO files, and validate each one of them with the .bikey
FOR %%a IN (%addons_dir%\*.pbo) DO (
    @ECHO :: %%~na
    bisign verify "%key_file%" "%%a" | findstr /N /L /C:"Verified!" >nul && (
      ECHO Valid
   ) || (
      ECHO ERROR
      SET valid=0
   )
)

ECHO.

IF %valid% EQU 0 (
  ECHO One or more PBO's have a problem...
) ELSE (
  ECHO All Valid!
)
ECHO.