Windrose UE4SS
Windrose UE4SS community overlay for unreal-shimloader.
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Windrose_UE4SS
Windrose UE4SS community overlay for unreal-shimloader. Mods should depend on this package rather than-unreal_shimloader directly.
What this package does:
- Bundles an updated version of UE4SS (built 2026-03-31). The package ships ue4ss.dll, the bundled stock mods (ConsoleCommandsMod, BPModLoaderMod, etc.), and the supporting Lua helpers.
- Forces UE4SS into UE 5.6 mode and sets the right offsets. Windrose ships on Unreal Engine 5.6, which UE4SS's auto-detection fails on. Without this override UE4SS aborts at startup with Failed to find EngineVersion. The bundled UE4SS-settings.ini has [EngineVersionOverride] MajorVersion = 5 / MinorVersion = 6 and [Hooks] FExecVTableOffsetInLocalPlayer = 0x28. Windrose-specific overrides are flagged with; Windrose tweak.
- Removes the bundled CheatManagerEnablerMod. A.shim-removed tombstone file prompts shimloader to mask the directory.
Manual installation
Install an experimental build per the RE-UE4SS install guide, then copy this package's overlay/UE4SS-settings.ini, replacing the one it ships with.
How it works
Every file at relative path X is registered as an override of Win64/X, taking precedence over the standard mod-dir/pak-dir/cfg-dir mappings. A file named.shim-removed registers its parent directory as masked, which short-circuits all file detours and filters the directory out of UE4SS's Mods/* enumeration.
Layout
overlay/
├── ue4ss.dll overrides Win64/ue4ss.dll
├── UE4SS-settings.ini overrides Win64/UE4SS-settings.ini
└── Mods/
├── mods.txt overrides Win64/Mods/mods.txt
├── mods.json overrides Win64/Mods/mods.json
├── BPML_GenericFunctions/ bundled mod
├── BPModLoaderMod/ bundled mod
├── ConsoleCommandsMod/ bundled mod
├── ConsoleEnablerMod/ bundled mod
├── Keybinds/ bundled mod
├── LineTraceMod/ bundled mod
├── SplitScreenMod/ bundled mod
├── shared/UEHelpers/ shared Lua helpers
└── CheatManagerEnablerMod/
└──.shim-removed masks Win64/Mods/CheatManagerEnablerMod
Install & use Install: follow the bundled instructions
- Unzip the archive from playbuff and read the bundled readme / instructions first.
- Most mods rely on the game's mod loader — the usual route is a community mod manager (such as r2modman): pick this game, install, and it handles the loader and dependencies.
- For a manual install, put the mod files into the matching Mod / plugins folder inside the game directory.
- Launch the game to confirm it loaded; mods with listed dependencies need those installed as well.
Install locations vary a lot between mods — the bundled readme is the most reliable guide.
Install these first, or the mod will not work: