Dark Souls II Mod Loader

A tool that replaces the file loading mechanism with a custom implementation. This allows shenanigans like dumping files to disk and replacing requested files with customized ones at runtime.

Project source and latest releases are available at: https://github.com/Atvaark/Dark-Souls-II-Mod-Loader

Installation

1. Download the latest release from https://github.com/Atvaark/Dark-Souls-II-Mod-Loader/releases
2. Unpack the zip file somewhere

Configuration

General settings are stored in DarkSoulsIIModLoader.ini. The available options are:

dump_files When enabled the mod loader also saves all requested files to disk. Which files were dumped is logged to DarkSoulsIIModLoader.dump.log.

dump_directory When uncommented specifies in which directory files will be dumped. When not specified the default dump directory is in the folder that contains the mod loader.

replace_files When enabled the files specified in DarkSoulsIIModLoader.mods.ini are replaced.

mods_directory When uncommented specifies in which directory the mods will be found. When not specified the default mods directory is in the folder that contains the mod loader.

log_hashes For debugging and research purposes. When enabled logs every attempt of the game trying to hash a file name to DarkSoulsIIModLoader.hash.log.

Mod settings are stored in DarkSoulsIIModLoader.mods.ini.

Each file that should be replaced is specified using the following format: archive_file_name;replacement_file_path Valid archive_file_names can be read from the dump log. The replacement_file_path is relative to the mods_directory.

Example: text:/Text/English/TitleMenu.fmg;text\Text\English\TitleMenu.fmg

Replacements can be disabled by commenting them out with a # character.

Running

1. Run DarkSoulsIIModLoader.Injector.exe (administrative rights might be required)
2. Start Dark Souls II

Remarks

• Replacing a file with a bigger one is not supported yet

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Development

Build Requirements

• Visual Studio 2013