![]() The blue box isn’t critical, but it’ll save you a bit of effort: defaulting RPFM to WH2 (it’s probably on Three Kingdoms) means less clicks when we start up. Making a nice big WH2 folder under Documents or somewhere to put everything WH2-related is a good idea. You’ll need to create this and put it somewhere safe - it can be anywhere that isn’t in Program Files. exe is (as the handy tooltip demonstrates!) The second points to a fancy shmancy “MyMod” folder. ![]() The first points RPFM to WH2’s mod directory: it’s just the folder where the. It’s critically important to fill out the boxes I’ve outlined in red. Go under PackFile -> PreferencesĪnd a big box should open up! Don’t worry, we don’t need to worry about most of the stuff in here, but some stuff is very important: ![]() (though the icon in the middle of the screen might be different).īefore we start running down rabbit holes of modding, we still need to do a bit with RPFM to get it set up so Everything Works Nicely. That’s RPFM! Open it up and – for this version, in any case – it should look at least a little like: Desktop works fine – at the moment mine is in my WH2 mods folder: Select that and move it to somewhere memorable. Try running things until it works), right-click, and Create Shortcut: In earlier, or perhaps later, versions of RPFM the executable name might change. Find rpfm.exe (that’s the program – I don't know what the other ones do. It’s not truly neccessary, but we’ll make a shortcut to RPFM so we don’t have to get lost down this rabbithole of folders each time we want to open it (and you’ll want to open it a lot). In any case, 7-zip is beyond the scope of this guide.Īnyway, extract RPFM into your mod folder and you should end up with something like this: ![]() 7zip is pretty straightforward to download and install: just grab any of the ones that say "windows" and, if it doesn’t seem to work, try the next one. zip folder, which you can extract with almost anything, but previous versions were packaged into a. The buttons might move about, but they should do the same stuff.Īs for downloading it: assuming you’re on Windows, it’s the download that has ‘rpfm-something-something-windows’ in it:Īt the moment, RPFM is nicely packaged into a. RPFM will doubtlessly have more additions and changes as time goes on (the change from RPFM v1 to v2 was quite something), but the idea should still be the same: it does things with Pack Files. Which, at the moment, looks a bit like this:Īt the time of writing (which is outdated already), the current version is v2.3.2. However, you should also be able to get it from this link. Chances are the latest version is pinned in the pinned. The best place to get your hands on RPFM is by checking the #rpfm channel on Da Modding Den Discord server. Mine isĬ:\REDACTED\OtherGameStuff\Warhammer2ExceptNeat If a guide references PFM a lot it’s quite outdated and you should probably search around for a more updated one.Īlso, before you begin, I recommend setting up a folder somewhere to stash your mods, RPFM, and other stuff. It’s also possible to edit pack files with PFM (Pack File Manager) or the TW: Assembly Kit (fondly called asskit), but neither of these are recommended: the former is just old and has a habit of eating your entire mod up, and the second just doesn’t work well for modders. This guide will be aimed at WH2, but the ideas are the same for the other games. Therefore, you need to use RPFM for basically every WH2 mod you'll make. RPFM, Rusted Pack File Manager, is a tool to edit pack files. pack files which contain basically every piece of WH2 data you’ll need – models, stats, text, animations, spells, scripts, numbers. Anyway, on with the guide!īroadly speaking, mods are. To be honest, I'm surprised at how little broke and how everything's working. Subtitle: A Reasonably Lengthy And Not-At-All Short Guide to Modding with RPFM – With PicturesĪlso an introduction to Zeldrake's usage of Mediawiki.
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