[Modding] Far Cry 4 Modding, Tools, Help and Mods
I'd like to gather useful information and tools in a single thread; to help the modding community. Any suggestions for changes and new stuff, feel free to comment below. I'd also like to feature mods people have made here; anyone can suggest a mod with a link. If the modification has a page dedicated to it, no matter the site, but is created by the original author, please link the page instead of a straight download link.
I'm also willing to provide help and answers to questions asked in this thread. We've also put together a website dedicated to FC4 modding; Feel free to visit.
Installing the Mod Tools
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In order to get what you need to mod FC4, you should grab Rick's tools from his SVN, here,
Dunia 2 SVN, or from the
compiled builds archive.
Next, install the Far Cry 4 project definitions, based on the Far Cry 3 ones, that I and Janne252 have put together
provided here.
Contains a filelist of ~96000 files and updated binary definitions (though still incomplete!), read the description for guidance if you're not sure what to do.
Optionally, download the converted
Entity Archetypes Library from the last linked page to save yourself from converting ~9000 entity archetypes manually. The archetypes library contains a readme-file explaining how to use them. To further ease finding what you're looking for, there's an archetype browser utility by Janne252 provided in the tools section of the page.
Other Tools For Modding
User-Mods For Far Cry 4
Editor Mods:
Editor mods are modifications which extend the In-Game Editor of the game. These include modifications which add new textures, objects, roads, collections or change any of the things mentioned before.
Cosmetic Mods
Cosmetic mods are modifications which only alter the outlook of the game- not it's gameplay. Cosmetic mods include skins and texture packs.
Gameplay Mods:
Gameplay mods are modifications which alter the way the game is played, such changes include modified weapon balance, UI elements, changes to vehicles or the progression of the game.
Miscellaneous Mods:
Miscellaneous mods are modifications which don't fit into any of the mentioned categories, or are a mixture of many categories.