Vextiger
Content Creator
- Joined
- Feb 19, 2013
BnS Mod Manager v1.2
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- Used for quickly installing or uninstalling mods compiled of batches of .upk files for Blade & Soul that are in a .zip archive.
- Can display a preview image for the currently selected mod if the mods .zip contains a image of .jpg or .png format. (It will not be visible until the given mod has been installed at least one time.)
- Can package a mod (folder) into a .zip archive to be shared with others.
- The program also comes with Tinkers BnS Slider 0.2 which when you press the button for it then it will be running with admin rights automatically.
- 1 mod archive is included with the program but it can be removed if wanted by just deleting that .zip file from the MODS folder. (The included mod is the nude mod from CradleOfFear here.)
v1.2 changes log
v1.1 changes log
Tinkers Notes for using BnS Slider 0.1b- Now uses the newest version of Tinkers Sliders you will have to manually remove the older files for it to use the newer ones. Remove both config.xml and BnS Slider Mod.exe
- No longer is the nude mod inside the .exe of this program so now the .exe is only around 3mb total.
- Fixed Tinkers BnS Slider .xml address to the currently working one he provided.
- Obviously the program can now handle more then just 1 mod but there is not many out yet.
The program is an alternative to xml.dat for modifying slider limits. Rather than changing min/max values in xml.dat before the game loads, it modifies them in memory while the game is running.
Keep in mind that it edits the exact same values as xml.dat. It does not change the size of the corresponding body part, it simply edits the minimum and maximum limits. If your character has a slider set to 0, editing min/max won't do anything.
Reasons to use this over xml.dat:
-Editing slider limits is faster and doesn't require restarting the game and repacking xml.dat each time
-You can deal with different outfit scalings by modifying values when you change costume
-You can use the normal B&S launcher. No need for steam/.bat/alternative launch method.
-Higher chance of working across patches.
Downsides:
-You have to open the tool each time you play B&S.
Usage:
-Run as admin
-Have it open along with B&S. If you open B&S first, it should detect the process automatically. If it doesn't or you start the tool first, hit refresh to detect it.
-Select the race+gender to modify.
-Edit the values you want.
-Make the game reload that portion of your body to see the change. You can change equipment, move the corresponding slider in character creation, go to character select and back, etc.
-If you want to restart B&S, you can simply restart the game and hit refresh to detect the process again. It should update B&S with whatever values were set.
-You can save/load profiles via the file menu to skip changing values each time you run the program. -For now, if you want to load a profile automatically, go to config.xml and set <DefaultProfile> to whichever file you want it to load. I'll be adding a setting for it later.
Known issues:
-This won't work along with a modified xml.dat that has the first body record edited.
-I'm not sure it's scanning a large enough memory range. If it doesn't detect the process but B&S is open, try restarting the game.
-There may be issues using decimals for regions that use comma(,) instead of period(.). Expected behavior is for periods to work as decimals, and commas to be ignored. So 3.5=3.5 while 3,5=35. Need more info on this.
If you run into any problems/bugs, or just have suggestions let me know!
Keep in mind that it edits the exact same values as xml.dat. It does not change the size of the corresponding body part, it simply edits the minimum and maximum limits. If your character has a slider set to 0, editing min/max won't do anything.
Reasons to use this over xml.dat:
-Editing slider limits is faster and doesn't require restarting the game and repacking xml.dat each time
-You can deal with different outfit scalings by modifying values when you change costume
-You can use the normal B&S launcher. No need for steam/.bat/alternative launch method.
-Higher chance of working across patches.
Downsides:
-You have to open the tool each time you play B&S.
Usage:
-Run as admin
-Have it open along with B&S. If you open B&S first, it should detect the process automatically. If it doesn't or you start the tool first, hit refresh to detect it.
-Select the race+gender to modify.
-Edit the values you want.
-Make the game reload that portion of your body to see the change. You can change equipment, move the corresponding slider in character creation, go to character select and back, etc.
-If you want to restart B&S, you can simply restart the game and hit refresh to detect the process again. It should update B&S with whatever values were set.
-You can save/load profiles via the file menu to skip changing values each time you run the program. -For now, if you want to load a profile automatically, go to config.xml and set <DefaultProfile> to whichever file you want it to load. I'll be adding a setting for it later.
Known issues:
-This won't work along with a modified xml.dat that has the first body record edited.
-I'm not sure it's scanning a large enough memory range. If it doesn't detect the process but B&S is open, try restarting the game.
-There may be issues using decimals for regions that use comma(,) instead of period(.). Expected behavior is for periods to work as decimals, and commas to be ignored. So 3.5=3.5 while 3,5=35. Need more info on this.
If you run into any problems/bugs, or just have suggestions let me know!
Not Running Properly?
If you have any trouble with the program not functioning properly then make sure that you have this framework installed.
My Other Notes
I know there is not much mods that this can work with at the moment but I have heard that tools are in the works to make mods with the .upk files so this tool may become more useful in the near future.
If you have any ideas of features you want added or spot something that needs fixed or changed let me know.
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