DS3ModEngine

Preface

In the past few days, I suddenly wanted to replay "Dark Souls 3". Mainly because I saw that one of the well-known mods of this game, the Ashes Mod, has been updated. N network address: Yesterday, I downloaded it and tried it. I found that it always pops up before entering the main menu of the game or the black screen freezes for a long time without responding (no wonder the author of this mod said that the current version no longer supports learning. Then I will make it support the learning version), so I took a look at github, and was pleasantly surprised to find that the author of ModEngine had put the project source code up, so I happily downloaded the project, refactored it, and modified it, so there was my self-made mod tool DS3ModEngine for Dark Souls 3!

Main topic

DS3ModEngine is a special Mod tool for the learning version of "Dark Souls 3" that I made. Its main functions are similar to the ModEngine of N Network. The difference is that it supports both the Steam version and the CODEX learning version.

The integrated content of "Ashes Mod1.76 Learning Integrated Edition" includes:

• Cinders v1.76 original version;

• Cinders v1.7.6 Chinese language correction patch for Brother Yun;

• Patch for missing characters in the Simplified Chinese font library of "Dark Souls 3".

The steps to install and use "Ashes Mod 1.76 Learning Integrated Edition" are as follows:

• Friends who have not downloaded and installed N Network Ashes Mod can directly unzip the file Ashes Mod1.76 Learning Integrated Version.7z to the main game directory\Dark Souls III\Game. Friends who have installed N Network Ashes Mod must first unzip the file DS3ModEngine.7z to the game main directory\Dark Souls III\Game. And overwrite (the files of ModEngine in N Net Ashes Mod must be overwritten to support the learning version), then create a new folder in the Game directory and name it Mods, and then move the Cinders directory in the Game directory to the Mods directory;

• DS3ModEngine theoretically supports all Mods that rely on ModEngine in "Dark Souls 3". For those who only have the learning version, you need to first confirm whether the CODEX unencrypted patch is installed. If not, first ensure that the game has been upgraded to the latest v1.15 version, and then just decompress the file CODEX-DS3.7z and overwrite all files in the Game directory;

• Now you can run the game to see the effect. If you find that the Mod function is invalid after entering the game, you can check whether the engine configuration file Game\modengine.ini is correct and change the configuration item showDebugLog=0 to showDebugLog=1. In this way, the DS3ModEngine run log console window will automatically pop up after restarting the game to see if the files in the Mod are loaded correctly.

Special instructions:

​ ​ DS3ModEngine was tested based on the WIN10 x64 operating system. I cannot guarantee that it will run correctly on other operating systems (such as WIN7). Therefore, it is recommended that water friends use the WIN10 x64 operating system for gaming!

Updated on May 28, 2020: Ashes Mod 1.74 learning integrated version.

Updated on May 29, 2020: Ashes Mod 1.75 learning integrated version.

Updated on June 10, 2020:

• Update Ashes Mod 1.76 learning integrated version;
• Update Ashes Mod1.76 Chinese version correction patch.

Updated on June 11, 2020:

• Update Ashes Mod 1.77 learning integrated version;
• Update Ashes Mod1.77 Chinese version correction patch.

Updated June 25, 2020:

• Update Ashes Mod 1.78 learning integrated version;
• Update Ashes Mod1.78 Chinese version correction patch.

Updated on July 12, 2020:

• Update Ashes Mod 1.79 learning integrated version;
• Update Ashes Mod 1.79 Chinese version correction patch.

Updated on July 18, 2020:

• Update Ashes Mod1.80 learning integrated version;
• Update Ashes Mod 1.80 Chinese version correction patch.

Updated on August 15, 2020:

• Update Ashes Mod1.81 le …