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Lenny's Mod Loader RDR 0.6.8470.31280

Replace any game file!
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The general idea of Lenny's Mod Loader is to provide an easy way to modify the game. In its current state for RDR 2 it will allow you to replace any file in the game, whether they are streaming files such as models or data files, font files etc. It also includes full UI support akin to the GTA V version.

 

The three screenshots show replaced assets, replaced font and an altered meta file to change the police response in Valentine to Saint Denis police. These are all provided in an example download, see "Examples" further down below for more information. 

 

Installation

1.) Copy all files from "ModLoader" into your RDR 2 game root folder so that files such as vfs.asi are in the same folder as your RDR2.exe.

2.) The Mod Manager folder can be anywhere and does not need to be inside the game folder.

3.) New mods go into lml folder or use the button "Download with Mod Manager" on the mod website if it is supported (see installation video for an example).

 

Beta 11 highlights - Data file merge and manifest support

A few new exciting features are part of this update. First, support for overriding files used very early during game load has been improved significantly. While I hope that this does not cause any side-effects, please let me know if mods that worked well previously no longer function correctly. For instance, it was not possible in previous versions to override the skydome textures to change the moon. Thanks to @VideoTech for testing.

 

Second, data file loading allows you to separate your changes to certain files, such as assets_* or metapeds into individual files so that you no longer have to modify the existing one (effectively merging them). This should make it a lot easier to create mods such as custom peds since you can contain most changes to separate files. Please note that this does not magically work for all games files but only those where the internal game parser supports additions (so no catalog for instance). In addition, custom manifest files for peds and maps are supported now. The ped support has been tested extensively, but map support will only really become useful once CodeX can generate these files for you. An example for these features is provided in the download courtesy of BHmaster.

 

Beta 9 highlights

Very much a maintenance update, this version hopefully fixes the random DRM integrity crashes. Thanks a lot to @calledme.kev who spent tens of hours testing various builds to find the issue! It also adds a lot of caching for collection calls that rely on read-only data, so LML should be a little less demanding.

 

Beta 8 highlights
This version adds a few new features such as allowing you to override the _manifest.ymf and _cache.ych files found in RPFs. Support to replace hashed files has also improved and now includes ymaps among other file types. The streaming folder now loads pso files, such as ymap, as text files, too. Most data files that are forced to be loaded as pso by the game have been patched to support being loaded as text files, such as cameras.ymt or the archetype definitions. Due to heavy refactoring to improve startup performance, previous builds are still made available. See changelog for more details.

Ymap & Ytyp support (beta 7)
This version introduces experimental support for ymap and ytyp. Two very simple examples are included that move some of the blue barrels around Valentine (check behind the saloon) via a different ymap and that make the lights inside the Saloon much brighter (ytyp - thanks to Modifiver). For ymap modifications, if you unload the imap via script and modify the file on disk, the changes will be applied on reload so no need to restart the game.

Bk2 support (beta 7)
Bink files were technically already supported in previous versions but caused some problems. In the current version they still behave somewhat differently in that they need to have two '.' in their file name as the extension '.bk2' is part of the actual file name. So name your file "movie.bk2.bk2" to make sure it gets replaced correctly. An example for replace would be "replace\movies_0\movies\filename.bk2.bk2".

Settings file (beta 7)
A settings file has been added that is to be placed in the game's root folder and called lml.ini. It is mostly geared towards developers and allows for more verbose logging output (or less..) making it easier to identify files you want to replace. If you set the log level to 0 you can see most of the game's requests to load files and it should be much easier to correctly identify the path you want to replace. Please note that many files are only loaded via hash and not via their name. You can also choose to disable the streaming and replace folders if you do not use them for added performance.

 

Ymt support (beta 5)

The biggest new feature in this update is the support for ymt file editing even if the source file contains unknown hashes. In order to replace a file, export the ymt to xml with OpenIV and then either use replacement via install.xml or the replace folder to replace the original file. Since you are replacing the ymt file, make sure that your file also has the ymt extension even though it contains xml. For the replace folder method you also need to match the file name. Now you can edit the file in plaintext and the game will treat it as a ymt with all names fixed up when loading. See the included examples for more information.

 

If you do end up finding a file where you feel that it is not properly fixed up by LML (for instance when exporting the file directly from OpenIV without any changes breaks the game), please let me know. The only file I know of that will currently cause problems is weapons.ymt, but this is not due to LML but because of an export bug in OpenIV which cuts off certain weapon flags. The High-Roller revolver example has these flags manually restored and hence works fine, but this is not the case when exported directly from OpenIV. I have notified the team and trust that they will fix this export problem in the future. Until then you will have to manually inspect the ymt, gather the flags and restore them manually in the xml for weapons if you plan to use them. Please note that this requires advanced knowledge of game structures.

 

Ymt Examples

This download comes with extensive examples courtesy of @Modifiver that modify various aspects of the game. Check them out in the included examples folder and copy them to your lml folder to try them out!

 

Upgrading from earlier LML versions without install.xml support (beta 2 and earlier)

This version of Lenny's Mod Loader introduces install.xml files to instruct LML on how to load your mods. Thus, mods can be separated in folders and no longer require nested folder structures. This is a proven concept from our GTA V version and has now been ported over. You can still use the replace and stream folder under your lml folder. Please note, however, that the Mod Manager UI will only pick up mods that use the new install.xml system so it is recommended to convert your mods to the new system. Only mods using install.xml support Download with Mod Manager. Consult the examples below to learn how to use the new system.

 

Examples

You can find more examples by @Modifiver here:

https://www.rdr2mods.com/downloads/rdr2/mods/80-modifivers-six-shooter-teaser-pack/

 

More examples with detailed documentation on the new install.xml system can be found here:

https://www.rdr2mods.com/downloads/rdr2/mods/77-examples-for-lennys-mod-loader/

 

Verify your file got replaced

If you feel that your file is not being replaced properly, have a look at the log file and see if you can find any entry related to it. Perhaps the path was not correct and hence it did not work. Search for "replaced" for files in replace and "adding" for files in stream.

 

Support

Since this is the first release for RDR I expect there to be quite a few problems and certain files might not work as expected. If you have trouble replacing specific files, please do not hesitate to comment here or reach out and include your modified file and file structure so I can have a look.

 

Installation Video

 Please find a detailed installation video including a guide through our examples here (thanks to @Gan Ceann)

 

 

Detailed explanation of stream vs replace (older versions)

In the lml folder you can find two subfolders, one called "replace" and one called "stream". Both can be used for the same thing but replace is ultimately more powerful, but also more advanced. The stream folder you might recognize from Map Editor or Rampage Trainer and just loads streaming files directly.

 

Stream

As mentioned, similar to other tools available this merely loads streaming files into the game when the game is loading. For instance, model or texture files would go in there and will replace the existing assets in the game. If you do not know the name of an asset, but only its hash, simply name it 0xhash.ext (e.g. 0x9E54B506.ytd for w_melee_machete01+hi.ytd) and it will still be recognized and replace the asset correctly.

This is the most convenient way to quickly replace streaming files as you do not have to worry about where in the game files they are located but only their name.

 

Replace

This folder creates a virtual mapping of the entire game file structure and hence allows you to replace any game file, granted you know its full location. This is similar to the paths you can see in OpenIV when navigating RPFs, but not exactly the same. If you want to change the dispatch.meta file for instance, you will need to modify it in update.rpf, as the one in common.rpf is superseded by that. To do that, you would create the following structure: "replace\update\common\data\dispatch.meta". This is exactly the path you would use in OpenIV (without the .rpf ending for update). Now, whenever the game wants to access this file, it will load yours instead. It is that simple!

 

If you want to replace the font file font_lib_efigs.gfx in scaleform_frontend.rpf for instance, you would create the following structure: "replace\update\x64\patch\data\cdimages\scaleform_frontend\font_lib_efigs.gfx".

 

Word of caution: File paths do not always match their RPF names unfortunately, hence this is a bit more advanced but also allows greater control. Say you want to replace player_zero_coat_001_open.ydd which is present in both packs_1.rpf (original) and dlc.rpf (from patchpack001, an update to the file). Files DLCs follow a slightly different pathing scheme. The full path to this file would be "replace\dlc_patchPack001\x64\packs\base\models\component_models\player_zero_coat_001_open.ydd". As you can see, it does not match the file path directly, which is also why for many files using the stream folder is just simpler. This is because the game maps some files differently and when you open the dlc.rpf (in patchpack001) and its setup2.xml you will see why: the device name is dlc_patchPack001 which is the "root" of all files inside this archive. Thus the path starts at "dlc_patchPack001" and then follows the RPF structure until you arrive at "replace\dlc_patchPack001\x64\packs\base\models\component_models\player_zero_coat_001_open.ydd". Not that complicated, but certainly not as easy as the streaming folder and something to look out for.
 

 

Acknowledgements

Thanks to NTA for his work on fwEvents, hooking, fiDevice and sysAllocator
Thanks to listener for his work on fiDevice and advice over the years (hope you are well!)
Thanks to the OpenIV team for OpenIV
Thanks to dexyfex for CodeWalker

Thanks to Gan Ceann, Will and GameRoll for testing as well as Jewels, GuiCORLEONEx794, jack.sharif and Modifiver for providing example assets

What's New in Version 0.6.8470.31280   See changelog

Released

0.6.8470.31280

Add manifest loading support (thanks to BHmaster for testing)

Add data file loading support (thanks to BHmaster for testing)

Improve overriding of files at game startup (thanks to VideoTech for testing)

You only need to replace vfs.asi when upgrading

 

0.5.8262.28299

Fixed an issue where certain files were not detected correctly when using the replace folder

You only need to replace vfs.asi when upgrading

 

0.5.8154.2388

Added support for build 1436.31 - Preliminary, perhaps, but seems stable

 

0.5.7872.2247
Improved start up performance by adding pattern cache

Improved performance of many collection calls by caching read only data

Potential fix for random DRM crashes (thanks a lot to calledme_kev who spent tens of hours testing various builds!)

 

0.5.7852.27033

Added support for manifest.ymf overrides
Added support for _cache.ych overrides
Added support for hashed replacement files
Added support for files loaded from stream replacing pso variants as xml
Added general purpose hook to allow loading most pso data files as xml (cameras and archetypes among the most interesting)
Added more known file extensions for logging
Improved support for install.xml relative overrides
Improved streaming resource check
Improved startup performance

 

0.5.7837.34504

Added yld and ydd to streaming files auto detection

Added game version logging
Added support for large string replacements (up to 4kb per string up from 512bytes)
Added settings file (lml.ini) to configure log level and other features
Added experimental ymap support

Added experimental ytyp support
Added support for bk2 files

Improved string parser when dealing with special characters

Improved Mod Manager handling of protected folders (should no longer crash)
 

0.4.7818.38572

Added support for adding custom strings and replacing existing ones (see example included that renames navy revolver)

Improved ymt compatibility for certain files (fixes missing icons in catalog)

Improved support for certain ymt files such as landing_sp.ymt (thanks to Bob Ross, Gunslinger and natsu for their help)

 

0.4.7805.278

Added experimental support for editing .ymt files as raw xml with unknown tags and values

Added new ymt examples (courtesy of @Modifiver)

Added support for hashed files in nested structures using the replace folder

Improved audio overwrite logging

Improved file support for "menu"-level textures such as graphics.ytd (thanks to Gunslinger for their help)

Improved support for scenario files (thanks to Modifiver for their help)

 

0.4.7798.30656

Improved memory allocation strategy for hooking memory (which also makes it compatible with 1355)

 

0.4.7794.32766

Added new install.xml system

Added UI support

Added more examples (courtesy of @Modifiver)

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    ReflectedMantis

    Posted (edited)

    Softlock problem:

    I was playing the mission "An Honest Day's Labor." When I get to the part where Sadie is supposed to give me options on how to handle Langton's men, she simply doesn't and the game softlocks. I can't quit the mission, I can't kill myself to attempt to skip the checkpoint or I get an infinite loading screen, the only thing I can do is kill everyone in sight, and it still won't continue the mission.

    I have the Red Dead Offline, Cold Weather fix, and a couple Scripthook rdr2 mods installed. I uninstalled/disabled them all one by one, but the only thing that finally allowed me to continue was uninstalling LML, which as a consequence removes my Red Dead Offline weapons, which I did not get back when reinstalling the mod.

     

    Edit: I just realized something I should probably add. I did the optional rustling mission with Uncle in Chapter 4, and I had a similar problem there. At the time I didn't think much of it because I figured it was just a thing that happens with just about all games once in a while, just randomly softlock. The difference between this situation and the one I mentioned earlier is that I was able to kill myself and restart the checkpoint, which is why I'm not 100% sure if it had anything to do with LML, since I didn't really try too hard to get past it. I figured I would mention it anyway, just in case.

    Edited by ReflectedMantis
    Escus

    Posted

    I bought the game through Rockstar's Launcher and receive this error when installing the mod loader and trying to run the game, as others have noted if I remove vfs.asi I can launch normally... I'm not using a cracked version and am on latest version through rockstars launcher is there any fix?

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    GrailsLeSlayer

    Posted

    every time i click "view and manage mods" on the mod loader, it just crashes.

    goodiebag

    Posted

    I installed the mod loader but the mod manager isn't working. It says that I have to choose a valid game folder but the game folder that I picked isn't working as well

     

    reomarsianin

    Posted

    LMS, after testing lml for some time and looking at vfs.log files i believe the file lookup feature you have mentioned earlier is causing issues on my setup (slow drive also). I get crashes after 10 - 15 minutes of play and it is always the same last line in the log. Uninstalling lml fixes the issue. Can you please add the option to disable the lookup feature in your next update, if it's not too much to ask? 

    doylema

    Posted

    on my RDR2 after I put Lenny's mod saddle arthur's horse it's invisible what I do ????

    Escus

    Posted

    I've uploaded my Vfs log in case that will help to figure out my issue, as I said before not using a cracked version of the game I bought it through rockstars launcher. Would love to be able to use mods!

    vfs.log

    Bear62

    Posted

    This seems to cause my game to studder and loose FPS. Is there anything I can to fix this?

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    MattyReady

    Posted

    I've tried recent and current versions of this but for whatever reason having this installed causes stuttering in my game. When I remove this the stutter is gone and there's no issue, Is there any chance for a fix as a lot of mods depend on this, Thanks mate 

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    Aqarz

    Posted (edited)

    Scripthook's input8.dll causes the game to stutter, but you need it for the mods to work so...?

     

    Not sure what the problem is, let me know if there is a fix.

    Thanks

    Edited by Aqarz
    Thadajira

    Posted

    can't streaming  any ..+hidr.ytd file. What should I do?

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    Jimmyban22

    Posted

    Do you know how to replace textures for rdr2 consideriing OpenIV doesnt allow it? Also, does lml recognise .dds files?

    Thadajira

    Posted

    23 hours ago, Jimmyban22 said:

    Do you know how to replace textures for rdr2 consideriing OpenIV doesnt allow it? Also, does lml recognise .dds files?

    Take a look at this 

     

    Bear62

    Posted

    Hello,

    Is AB's Script hook required for this to work?

     

    Thank you

    Bear62

    Posted

    I know it's kinda tough to get an answer here, but I;ll try. I would like to know if LML or any of the Lenny tools will replace AB's Script Hook for loading .asi files. I'm hoping they will, as when I have both in my game, my game seems to stutter a lot.

    I have noticed that most of the newest mods require LML to install. But I do have other mods that say they require Script Hook. I want my game to run as smooth as possible and I am by no means a modder.

    Any help would be appreciated.

    Thank you in advance.

    RulerOfWorlds

    Posted

    Does this load .asi on its own or is AB Scripthook still needed?

    reomarsianin

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Bear62 said:

    I know it's kinda tough to get an answer here, but I;ll try. I would like to know if LML or any of the Lenny tools will replace AB's Script Hook for loading .asi files. I'm hoping they will, as when I have both in my game, my game seems to stutter a lot.

    I have noticed that most of the newest mods require LML to install. But I do have other mods that say they require Script Hook. I want my game to run as smooth as possible and I am by no means a modder.

    Any help would be appreciated.

    Thank you in advance.

     

    You need to install scripthook + asi loader. There are two asi loaders right now as far as I know. One comes with scripthook (dinput8.dll) and the other one comes with Lenny's Simple Trainer (version.dll). You are free to choose to run one of them or both. I had performance issues with lml and what helped me is to disable stream and replace folders in lml.ini file as I only install mods using install.xml. Also, since I am on slow HDD, I have turned off indexing on my hard drive and it also improved performance.

    There are two issues I know of with version.dll. The contracts mod by shtivi is not loading .dat file properly with version.dll loader for some reason for me and I saw something about duel random encounters not working correctly in other threads. Other than that everything works smooth.

    Bear62

    Posted

    Thank your help, I removed scripthook and Rampage which is what I was using, and installed all of the Lenny's tools such as LML, Simple Trainer. and the Outfit Changer. At that point none of the .asi mods like Dog Companions No Duel Wielding, Contracts etc... would load for me even though I had the version.dll file from Simple Trainer. Also my game began stuttering badly I know I had them installed correctly because I was able to download and use nods like Red Dead Offline and All Items Unlocked and Purchasable.

    I also checked my External HDD and indexing was already off.

    I removed all the Lenny's mods and replaced scripthook and Rampage with the .asi mods I had before and my game is back to running smooth. I don't know what it is about Lenny's but It just doesn't play well with my game but I was hoping.

     

    Any way thank you very much

    Enjoy your day

    Bear

    Bear62

    Posted

    22 hours ago, reomarsianin said:

     

    You need to install scripthook + asi loader. There are two asi loaders right now as far as I know. One comes with scripthook (dinput8.dll) and the other one comes with Lenny's Simple Trainer (version.dll). You are free to choose to run one of them or both. I had performance issues with lml and what helped me is to disable stream and replace folders in lml.ini file as I only install mods using install.xml. Also, since I am on slow HDD, I have turned off indexing on my hard drive and it also improved performance.

    There are two issues I know of with version.dll. The contracts mod by shtivi is not loading .dat file properly with version.dll loader for some reason for me and I saw something about duel random encounters not working correctly in other threads. Other than that everything works smooth.

     

    Tuberculosis Dan

    Posted

    On 5/5/2021 at 6:30 AM, m4xxxxxxxx said:

    ME2, 

    When I delete VFS.ASI, the game runs normally again

    if i Copy the vfs.asi to rdr2 file. then cant open the game, plz help me

     

    DE Lgamino

    Posted

    Does not work on steam version of the game, says "invalid game directory for game files".

    my directory is Q:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Red Dead Redemption 2.

     

    game build 1355.30

    LML ver. beta 7 and I tried beta 6

    jrouge36

    Posted

    I love your work and cannot play without !

    However i can't finish a quest, "an honest day's labors" during the epilogue, it's now impossible to talk to Sadie.

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbmZF2CgXgA&t=100s&ab_channel=TagBackTV

     

    It seems that giving money to certain hobos in St Denis is broken too.

    I hope it helps to correct !

    Thanks again for your amazing mods !

    ps : sorry for my bad english

    jrouge36

    Posted

    On 6/7/2021 at 12:17 AM, ReflectedMantis said:

    At the time I didn't think much of it because I figured it was just a thing that happens with just about all games once in a while, just randomly softlock. The difference betw

     

    On 6/7/2021 at 12:17 AM, ReflectedMantis said:

    Softlock problem:

    I was playing the mission "An Honest Day's Labor." When I get to the part where Sadie is supposed to give me options on how to handle Langton's men, she simply doesn't and the game softlocks. I can't quit the mission, I can't kill myself to attempt to skip the checkpoint or I get an infinite loading screen, the only thing I can do is kill everyone in sight, and it still won't continue the mission.

    I have the Red Dead Offline, Cold Weather fix, and a couple Scripthook rdr2 mods installed. I uninstalled/disabled them all one by one, but the only thing that finally allowed me to continue was uninstalling LML, which as a consequence removes my Red Dead Offline weapons, which I did not get back when reinstalling the mod.

     

    Edit: I just realized something I should probably add. I did the optional rustling mission with Uncle in Chapter 4, and I had a similar problem there. At the time I didn't think much of it because I figured it was just a thing that happens with just about all games once in a while, just randomly softlock. The difference between this situation and the one I mentioned earlier is that I was able to kill myself and restart the checkpoint, which is why I'm not 100% sure if it had anything to do with LML, since I didn't really try too hard to get past it. I figured I would mention it anyway, just in case.

     

     

    AnymYo

    Posted (edited)

    It seems like lml is not working as well after the update today.
    The game wont load my files from the replace folder.

    UPDATE
    So it seems to work with the install.xml method. But the result of the physicstasks.ymt seems to be different. Did anything changed in the way LML is reading edited files since the LML version which supported the exchange of .ymt files? Since the .ymt support came out, ive never updated LML, untill today. Normaly I used the replace folder but this is not working anymore.

    Edited by AnymYo
    innxcence

    Posted

    7 hours ago, AnymYo said:

    It seems like lml is not working as well after the update today.
    The game wont load my files from the replace folder.

    UPDATE
    So it seems to work with the install.xml method. But the result of the physicstasks.ymt seems to be different. Did anything changed in the way LML is reading edited files since the LML version which supported the exchange of .ymt files? Since the .ymt support came out, ive never updated LML, untill today. Normaly I used the replace folder but this is not working anymore.

    what is the install.xml method? 


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