Play as the Vanderlinde gang

by GJGamingBro·v7.03·Updated 2025-12-01

This is a simple mod that transfers the player's traits to all members of the Van der Linde gang, giving you the best experience playing as them.

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About this mod Machine translation

This is a simple mod that transfers the player's traits to all members of the Van der Linde gang, giving you the best experience playing as them.

Can play as the Vanderlinde Gang

🎮 **Welcome to the West! ** This mod allows you to play as each member of the Van der Linde Gang in "Red Dead Redemption 2" and experience their unique lives.

✨ Core Functions

  • **Playable by all**: Transfer Arthur Morgan's characteristics to all gang members, including 23 characters including Charles, Sadie, Micah, etc.!
  • **Immersive Experience**: Each character has the correct weapon reload animation, no more getting stuck due to running out of ammo.
  • **Dynamic Interaction**: When greeting or colliding with an NPC, the corresponding voice dialogue will be triggered (although the greetings of some characters are limited by time).
  • **Exclusive Ability**: Inherit the Dead Eye (Eagle Eye) and Core Consumption (Weight) systems.

🛠️ Installation and requirements

**Required Mods:**

  • Lenny's Mod Loader
  • Lenny's Outfit Changer

**Recommended tools:**

  • It is highly recommended to use Rampage Trainer to switch characters and costumes in the game, it is more powerful and advanced than Lenny's Simple Trainer.
  • *Tip: If you encounter character death or flying bug, please delete the `LennysSimpleTrainer.dll` file in the `Lenny's Simple Trainer` folder. *

🎭 How to switch roles

Use **Rampage Trainer** to switch:

  • Open Rampage Trainer.
  • Enter `Player` -> `Wardrobe` -> `Model Changer` -> `SearchPeds`.
  • Enter the name of the character model you want to play (see list below).

**Character model name list:**

  • Charles Smith - `CS_charlessmith`
  • Simon Pearson - `CS_mrpearson`
  • John Marston (passer model) - `CS_johnmarston`
  • Micah Bell - `CS_MicahBell`
  • Dutch van der Linde - `CS_dutch`
  • Leopold Strauss - `CS_leostrauss`
  • Lenny Summers - `CS_lenny`
  • Kieran Duffy - `CS_kieran`
  • Hosea Matthews - `CS_hoseamatthews`
  • Javier Esquerra - `CS_javierescuella`
  • Sean McGuire - `CS_sean`
  • Josiah Trelawny - `CS_josiahtrelawny`
  • Bill Williamson - `CS_billwilliamson`
  • Rev. Swanson - `CS_revswanson`
  • Uncle - `cs_uncle`
  • Teenage Jack Marston - `CS_jackmarston_teen`
  • Sadie Adler - `cs_mrsadler`
  • Molly O'Shea - `CS_mollyoshea`
  • Mary-Beth Gaskell - `CS_marybeth`
  • Karen Jones - `cs_karen`
  • Susan Grimshaw - `CS_susangrimshaw`
  • Tilly Jackson - `cs_tilly`
  • Abigail Roberts - `CS_abigailroberts`

⚠️ Known issues and solutions

  • **Infinite loading screens? ** ➜ Please update Lenny's Mod Loader.
  • **Female character invisible after loading? **/**Male characters appear as broken Arthur models after loading? **
  • Use the Outfit Changer to load an outfit for the character you choose to solve the problem.
  • **Characters (in NPC form) affected by the mod will not greet you or others. **
  • **Small gender identification bias**: When playing as a female gang member, most NPCs will correctly identify you, but some script-generated random NPCs will still identify you as "Arthur Morgan" (or "John Marston"/"Mr." in the epilogue).
  • **MEN EXCLUSIVE ACTIVITY**: Cooking. Because the camp uses male animation, the game currently does not allow female characters.

💾 Archives and Tips

  • The module zip package contains **save files for all 23 characters**. Since the game can only save up to 16 archives, please choose carefully.
  • **Strongly recommend backing up your own original save! ** This way you can easily return to your game progress after uninstalling the mod.
  • You can also easily create your own character save using the save editor.

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**🎬 Proof Video**

Still doubting whether the greeting function works? Watch this video! It proves that the greeting function is working normally, although the triggering of some NPCs has a time limit (this is set by Rockstar and cannot be modified).

**🙏 Special thanks**

  • Thanks to **JamesRack** for making a version compatible with Lenny's Mod Manager.
  • Thanks to my brother **AngryWolf950** for the support.
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Install & use Install: follow the bundled instructions

  1. Unzip the archive from playbuff and read the bundled readme / instructions first.
  2. There is no universal mod manager for this game: some mods replace game files directly, some go into a game-specific Mods folder, and some need a game-specific community loader or tool first — follow the bundled readme.
  3. Place the files exactly as the readme says; mods with listed dependencies need those installed too.
  4. Launch the game to confirm it loaded; some games require enabling mods in settings or an in-game mod menu.

Install locations vary a lot between games and mods — the bundled readme is the most reliable guide.

File & checksum

Filename
Playable Van Der Linde Gang MM
File size
63.2 KiB