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

Starting the editor

Extract all of the contents from the custom UE4 archive you downloaded in the previous step. You can use tools like WinRAR or 7-Zip to do so.

Once that is complete, you can fire up the engine with .\Engine\Binaries\Win64\UE4Editor.exe

The current Guilty Gear -Strive- editor works differently. It will be booted from .\RED\Binaries\Win64\GGSTCookedEditor.exe.

You do not need the Epic Games Launcher for this.

The first boot of the UE4 editor usually takes a while to get going. If you want to check whether it's actually starting or not, open Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc) and check for high CPU usage. This usually means it's busy compiling shaders.

Once Unreal finishes initializing, you will be met with the Project Browser menu. While you could create your own project from scratch, we highly recommend starting off with one of the pre-made custom projects.