Fluffy Manager 5000

MOD Manager Author: FluffyQuack

Mirror download link, which always links to the latest version:

Troubleshooting Guide: If you encounter any problems, please read this article.

usage:

Extract the mod manager anywhere (if you're upgrading from an older version, just unzip it to the older version).

Before running the MOD Manager for the first time, make sure all PAK files in your RE2 installation are unmodified (to do this easily, right-click on "Game in Steam" and select "Verify Game Integrity").

Copy the MODS to "[modManager]\Games\RE2R\Mods" (please note that not all MODS are compatible with the MOD Manager, this is up to the MOD author to ensure).

Run the MOD Manager, click "ManageMods" and then click MODS to install or uninstall them.

What if RE2 is patched when you don't have mods installed? :

·Click the "re-read game archives (re-read game archives)" button. In the "manage mods" menu in the mod manager.

· Installing and uninstalling mods should work again. Please note that some mods may not be compatible with newer versions of the game.

What should I do if RE2 gets patched when installing mods? :

Try uninstalling a mod via the mod manager. You should get a different error message regarding the PAK file.

Turn on the "force uninstall" option at the top of the ManageMODS menu.

Click "uninstall all mods".

This shouldn't be necessary, but as a precaution I recommend right-clicking on the game on Steam and selecting "Verify File Integrity".

Click "re-read game archives" in the "manage mods" menu in the mod manager.

Installing and uninstalling mods should work again. Please note that some mods may not be compatible with newer versions of the game.

MOD creator information:

I've included a RE2 mod in the MOD Manager (Alternate Rebecca Photo.rar), which is a good example of how to assemble a mod for a mod manager.

Note that the modinfo.ini file is optional (as are all entries in it).

The mod manager will always check if "screenshot.jpg" or "screenshot.png" is used as the mod preview image, even if modinfo.ini does not exist.

It is highly recommended that you compress the MOD into a RAR archive, setting the "Solid Archive" option to OFF (this should be the default).

In case anyone is curious, here's how the mod manager works for RE2 in detail:

It will process the mod's filenames and try to find them in the game's PAK file (it searches for them the same way the game does, by calculating a hash based on the file path).

If it finds matching entries, it invalidates those entries in the PAK file so the game can't find them and therefore tries to load those files outside of the PAK file.

It then copies the MOD files into the game directory.

Uninstalling mods works in a very similar way (it will re-verify the entries in the PAK file using cached information about the PAK file) and automatically delete the copy of the MOD file (or restore a backup of the original file).