Calling all modders! Let's fix/mod/tweak dead island!

oldbrokenlink · 09-07-2011, 08:38 PM

Modders' Corner (information helpful to members creating mods)

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http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...postcount=1310

Warning

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Applying any of the fixes, tweaks, mods may result in your game crashing.

Getting Started Guide

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The easiest way to apply fixes and tweaks to Dead Island is to use Cab's Dead Island Helper
http://www.theplaywrite.com/tools-an...to-edit-files/

And the easiest way to use our mods is install the Community Mod Pack
http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=2140211

If you prefer to manually apply fixes, tweaks and mods to Dead Island then it is recommended that you first watch the following youtube video showing how to make changes
http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=2109690

and read Rabrock's Beginner's Guide to Modding Dead Island.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...postcount=1651

finally, read this thread where --EUTHANASIA-- documents in easy to read english just about everything that you may possible want to change
http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=2158462

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+ We are #1 google search result for dead island modding
http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...postcount=1094

+ WOW! We are a sticky thread!

And WOW! Over 425,000 views, over 2,000 posts and almost 150 pages in just 2 short months!

A great many thanks to everyone involved in so short a time the group has made an astonishing amout of progress, just take a look at the fast growing list of fixes, the group as successfully tackled just about any issued thrown their way and are well underway at fixing a great many more things!

Finally we need members to test and give us feedback of which settings work best for them.

Latest News & Information

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VAC Ban Warning

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warning do not directly modify dead island distribution files. any changes that you make to dead island distribution files can result in you being vac banned.

while nothing is 100% sure to the best of our collective knowledge we have come up with a way that we believe to be safe for you to mod dead island.

instead of directly changing the dead island distribution files we extract the files that we would like to change to the corresponding subdirectory in C:\Users\<username>\Documents\DeadIsland\out and then edit those files.

while a bit terse and vague here is what steam support and the game's developers have posted

Steam_Support twitter post about DI mods & VAC
https://twitter.com/#!/Steam_Support...10796128243712

DeadIslandGame twitter post about DI mods & VAC
https://twitter.com/#!/deadislandgam...96399760142336

to further reduce your risk of being VAC banned disable VAC in the games settings

also only play coop with other members that are also playing with VAC disabled.

finally regardless of how you have VAC set you risk being VAC banned if you join a coop game that is VAC enabled or someone who has VAC enabled joins the game that you are playing on.

+ so there is no need to edit any dll or exe or pak files. as i and others have posted a way has been discovered that allows us to make modifications that does not require us to change the dead island distribution files. which while not 100% safe from the risk of being vac ban, sounds promising and less risky. so if you have changed any dead island distribution files please verify cache content immediately and go back to the official distribution.

+ also before doing anything you see in this thread read and understand completely each and every post for the change that you would like to make

+ if you are vac banned, it's for life, it cannot be undone, it can be for all your vac secured games, steam support will not be able to help you, nobody here will be able to help you, so beware, be very careful, you are more than warned!

+ understand completely what it mean to be vac banned
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...7849-Radz-6869

Backup your game files

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Regardless of whether you are playing an unmodded game or a modded game it is always a good idea to periodically backup your profile and single game save.

It is especially important to backup your profile and save when using mods in case the game save that is created when the game is modded is not restorable when running the regular game without the mod.

So, don't lose your progress, backup your profile and save!

saves and profiles are stored in
http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...&postcount=388

corrupt save fix
http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...68&postcount=1

Introduction

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a treasure trove of things to change can be found in in
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\dead island\DI\Data0.pak

+ unpacking dead island pak files is as easy as opening them with 7-zip and pressing Extract

http://www.7-zip.org/

Call to Arms

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we can use your help, so instead of complaining or playing the game until you puke...

help us out, let's play a new roll playing game were by we scour the pak files , it's all there, identifying where fun things are to mod

and let's get modding!

fixes and tweaks

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http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...postcount=1838

single player / friends only mods

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http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...postcount=1837

utilities

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+ dead island save keeper
http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=2168410

+ dead island helper utility
http://www.theplaywrite.com/tools-an...to-edit-files/

+ dead island save game editor
http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=2133547

+ dead island automatic save script
http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=2121796

DI Modding Community Resources

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+ DI modding irc channel
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=didev&uio=d4

+ DI modding Reddit
http://www.reddit.com/r/DeadIslandMods/

+ other DI Forums
+ http://orbsydia.com/forum/forumdispl...61-Dead-Island
+ http://www.deadislandforums.com/
+ http://www.dead-island.com/forums/

Archived Items

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http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...postcount=1820

Ywap · 09-07-2011, 08:39 PM

Anyone who could mod those things away would be my hero

SeiferLeonheart · 09-07-2011, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Ywap

Anyone who could mod those things away would be my hero

Lol, mine as well.

This,and a longer delay for holding F when you want to equip the weapon you just got.

JussiPik · 09-07-2011, 08:44 PM

excellent.

09-07-2011, 08:48 PM

What if we mod it to work...

Doctor Tiki · 09-07-2011, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by airaspect00

What if we mod it to work...

Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the technology.

oldbrokenlink · 09-07-2011, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Doctor Tiki

Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the technology.

we are also crazy enough to

09-07-2011, 09:19 PM

You need to patch one of the DLLs to load the edited files.

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Originally Posted by toxicFork

change the bytes from 0x17134E to 0x171354 in engine_x86_rwdi.dll to "E9 8F 02 00 00 90"

90068 · 09-07-2011, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by oldbrokenlink

let find out how to

change fov

Yes.

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Originally Posted by oldbrokenlink

disable bloom

YES

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Originally Posted by oldbrokenlink

disable blur

YES!

BuckarooBanzai · 09-07-2011, 08:58 PM

almost worthy of a kickstart page...

good luck.

churp · 09-07-2011, 08:58 PM

"Edit Data0.pak and then repack it.

I used winrar to extract the file, and then total commander to edit the file (F4) and finally put the edited default_levels.xml back into Data0.pak using winrar.

Code:
Data\Skills\default_levels.xml - FOV
Data\Menu\Movies\IntroMovies.scr - comment everything with // to disable intros,
Data\Scripts\varlist_blur_camera_motion.scr - change all to 0.0 to disable motion blur"

makotech222 · 09-07-2011, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by churp

"Edit Data0.pak and then repack it.

I used winrar to extract the file, and then total commander to edit the file (F4) and finally put the edited default_levels.xml back into Data0.pak using winrar.

Code:
Data\Skills\default_levels.xml - FOV
Data\Menu\Movies\IntroMovies.scr - comment everything with // to disable intros,
Data\Scripts\varlist_blur_camera_motion.scr - change all to 0.0 to disable motion blur"

Did the exact same thing, with total commander and notepad++ and it just crashes on start. Only edited the FOV

oldbrokenlink · 09-07-2011, 11:12 PM

re:

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Originally Posted by churp

"Data\Scripts\varlist_blur_camera_motion.scr - change all to 0.0 to disable motion blur"

do disable blur

does VarFloat("f_pp_blur_camera_motion_far", 1.0) in Data\Scripts\varlist_blur_camera_motion.scd

different file, need to be changed as well

Baresark · 09-08-2011, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by churp

"Edit Data0.pak and then repack it.

I used winrar to extract the file, and then total commander to edit the file (F4) and finally put the edited default_levels.xml back into Data0.pak using winrar.

Code:
Data\Skills\default_levels.xml - FOV
Data\Menu\Movies\IntroMovies.scr - comment everything with // to disable intros,
Data\Scripts\varlist_blur_camera_motion.scr - change all to 0.0 to disable motion blur"

You do not repack the file. You simply extract default_levels.xml to username/my documents/deadisland/out/data/skills folder. It will load the loose file and fix your FOV. If you repack it, it will crash every time.

danjako43 · 09-07-2011, 09:11 PM

Let's start by importing Gamebanana's super high rez weapons. Then switch up the player models to make Purna and Xian Mei less "♥♥♥♥♥"ry.

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09-07-2011, 08:39 PM	#2
Ywap Join Date: Oct 2006 Reputation: 10 Posts: 124	Anyone who could mod those things away would be my hero

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JussiPik Join Date: Apr 2011 Reputation: 6 Posts: 76	excellent.

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airaspect00 Guest Posts: n/a	What if we mod it to work...

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BuckarooBanzai Join Date: Dec 2010 Reputation: 395 Posts: 2,279	almost worthy of a kickstart page... good luck.

09-07-2011, 08:58 PM	#11
churp Join Date: Jul 2011 Reputation: 1 Posts: 140	"Edit Data0.pak and then repack it. I used winrar to extract the file, and then total commander to edit the file (F4) and finally put the edited default_levels.xml back into Data0.pak using winrar. Code: Data\Skills\default_levels.xml - FOV Data\Menu\Movies\IntroMovies.scr - comment everything with // to disable intros, Data\Scripts\varlist_blur_camera_motion.scr - change all to 0.0 to disable motion blur"

09-07-2011, 09:11 PM	#15
danjako43 Join Date: Jun 2011 Reputation: 35 Posts: 689	Let's start by importing Gamebanana's super high rez weapons. Then switch up the player models to make Purna and Xian Mei less "♥♥♥♥♥"ry.