Introduction
Getting Started
Installing Unreal Engine
Starting the editor
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1. Custom UE4 project
External tools
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Loose file loading
Creating your mod
Mesh/Model
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1. Extracting game models
2. Importing models into Blender
3. Exporting models into UE4
4. Setting materials and outline
5. Custom materials
Texture/Colors
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1. Extracting textures
2. Previewing textures in Blender
3. Editing base
4. Editing ILM
5. Editing SSS
6. Editing detail/decal
7. Exporting textures into UE4
8. Per-game texture specifics
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9. 1. Strive
  2. DBFZ
Animations
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1. Extracting animations
2. Importing animations into Blender
3. Altering animations in Blender
4. Exporting animations into UE4
5. Checking animations in-game
6. Adding entirely new animations
Hurt & hitboxes
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1. Extracting & importing collision
2. Modifying collision
3. Adding new collision
Particles
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1. Extracting Particles
2. Simple edits with Particle Editor
3. Complex edits with UassetGUI
4. Quirks, pitfalls etc.
Movesets
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Audio
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1. Extracting audio
2. Importing audio
UI Modding
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Code Modding
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1. Setting up the Ghidra project
2. Setting up UE4SS
Distributing your mod
Creating a .pak archive
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1. Installing your mod
Unverum functionality
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1. Text patching
Uploading to Gamebanana

External tools

Besides Unreal Engine 4 itself, several key pieces of software are used for nearly every aspect of modding these games. We recommend just getting all of them.

In addition, several specialized tools were written specifically for modding Arc System Works games. However, they are specific in their functionality, so you'll find in their respective sections of this document whenever they are needed.

Arc System Works Modding Book

External tools