I’ve had the same/similar problem trying to get these tools setup the past few weeks; they’re just very stubborn about directories. Setting the working directory to “…common/Grim Dawn/working” will extract game files there but still doesn’t show any AoM content.
The only way I’ve actually gotten it to do something was merging the two database arz files and placing it into the mod\database folder I’m working on. Doesn’t really seem correct but literally won’t work otherwise.
This is especially true for the world editor, which will not load any records or textures unless all game files are in the actual mod’s folder. Is there no way to manually point the world editor to read from a specific directory?