🔗Community Guides

This page holds a list of community guides and resources all over the internet.

Summary

Last documented edit: June 22 2024 by LadyLea

Please note that some guides and resources may be outdated and/or may not work as intended as at the time of their creation - since over time, Modding Tools and the game itself received several updates and changes.

We will link these resources (outdated and new) for archiving purposes.

Having said so, you are free to check the links below and use what works best for you!

*Please make sure to always read any Terms of Use and to credit the creators - if you have any questions, seek the Original Creators first.*

A special thank you goes to everyone who spent the time creating these guides and resources! Kindly, let us know if there are wrong or missing credits assigned, and we will correct them.

If you want to contribute and/or, add links on this page - see more on The Wiki !

Modding Guides - Know-How

Introduction [Legacy]Creators

Google Document

by Halvkyrie

Published 23 February 2021 - This document contains the first comprehensive introduction to CP2077 modding - by now, this is Outdated.

RedmodCreators

Youtube Videos

by CDPR

Part 1 - Focuses on What it is, what it does, how to use

Part 2 - Focuses on - How to edit scripts (Redscript comparison)

Part 3 - Focuses on - How to install/replace animations

How to: Refit and Edit Meshes in BlenderCreators

Youtube Videos

by Hyst by BeautiDuwanger by 86maylin

(Check Recolours and Refits - R&R: Refitting (step by step), for further detailed information)

Google Document

by PinkyDude

Google Document

by PinkyDude

(Check 3d Modelling, for further detailed information)

Clothing

Adding new ClothesCreators

Google Document

by PinkyDude

Resources on NexusMods

by ManaVortex

Resources on NexusMods

by ManaVortex

Guides & Resources on Personal Website

by xbaebsae

Youtube Videos

by 86maylin

Google Document

by Grayscale

ArchiveXL item addition tutorial (010 Editor Version - Outdated)

Google Document

by RoyalGore

(Check Adding new items, for further detailed information)

Adding items/textures to ClothesCreators

Google Document

by Halkuonn

Google Document

by Halkuonn

Textures

Editing Textures with WolvenkitCreators

Edit textures with WolvenKit (Beginner Tutorial)

Youtube Video by 86maylin

Youtube Video by 86maylin

Youtube Video by Wolvenkit Devs.

Youtube Video

by Simarilius

(Check Changing materials, colors and textures, for further detailed information)

Mlsetup TexturesCreator

Youtube Video

by EzioMaverick

Google Document

by beaniebby

Resources on NexusMods & Personal Website

by NoraLee

(a MLTemplate resource which adds - 730 color options to a wide variety of materials in the game, broadening the horizons when it comes to convenient and colorful MLsetup work.)

Google Document (Requires Photoshop or Photopea)

by Halkuonn

Resources on NexusMods

by NoraLee (a collection of custom microblends that can be used when recoloring objects and clothing using mlsetups.)

(Check Textures, LUTs and Materials & Textures, Materials and Shaders, for further detailed information)

Working with PBR TexturesCreators

Google Document

by Тима (Teem)

Using custom Textures on imported Meshes

(Uses 010 Editor - Outdated)

Resources on Personal Website

by xbaebsae

Body TexturesCreators

Resources on NexusMods

by MeltingAngels

Resources on NexusMods

by MsTHunter

Google Document

by Halkuonn

Guides & Resources on Personal Website

by xbaebsae

Google Document / Resources on Nexus Mods

by Halvkyrie

Google Document (Uses 010 Editor)

by Rosza

Body

Rigging & Animations

RiggingCreators

Guides & Resources on Personal Website

by xbaebsae

Template by xbaebsae

(this template is mentioned in Transferring and Expanding Skeletons in Meshes, but the link on the guide directs to a discord server, which not everyone may have access to. Thus, the link here is a direct access to the file.)

Template by LadyLea, created based on the Female Body template above, by xbaebsae.

Resources on NexusMods for modding projects

by Johnson

Guides & Resources on Personal Website

by xbaebsae

Google Document

by PinkyDude

Youtube Video

by Hineytroll

Resources on NexusMods

by VABG

Youtube Video

by Raq

Animations - PosesCreators

Guides & Resources on Personal Website

by xbaebsae

Guides & Resources on Personal Website

by xbaebsae

Guides & Resources on Personal Website

by xbaebsae

Google Document

by PinkyDude

Google Document

by Halkuonn

Resources on NexusMods

by ManaVortex

Google Document

by Zwei

Google Document

by Deceptious & Zwei

Google Document

by Deceptious & Zwei

Guides & Resources on NexusMods

by Wolv

Guides & Resources on NexusMods

by NoraLee

(Check Animations,Creating Animations - Poses for V & NPCs, for further detailed information)

Animations - Poses - AMMCreators

Resources on NexusMods

by ManaVortex

Guides & Resources

by Wolv

(Check Creating Animations - Poses for V & NPCs, AMM: Collab anims/poses, for further detailed information)

AMM (Appearance Menu Mod)

PropsCreators

Resources on NexusMods

by ManaVortex

Resources on NexusMods

by PinkyDude

Advanced Prop Creation Kit Tutorial

(Advanced Guide - Outdated)

Google Document

by MaximiliumM, edited by beaniebby

AMM Prop Creation Kit

(Beginner's Guide - Outdated)

Google Document

by 86maylin, edited by beaniebby

(Check AMM, AMM: Custom Props, for further detailed information)

Animations / PosesCreators

Youtube Video

by PinkyDude

Google Document

by beaniebby

(Check AMM, for further detailed information)

NPCs

NPCs - ExportingCreators

Guide on Wiki-Redmodding

by Simarilius & dragonzkiller

Guide on Wiki-Redmodding

by Simarilius

NPCsCreators

Google Document

by PinkyDude

Google Document

by Halkuonn

Custom NPCs (NPVs)

Please see the corresponding sub-page for further information.

Virtual Photography

How to: Virtual PhotographyCreators

Guide on ko-fi

by fereldanwench

Guide on Tumblr

by fereldanwench

Google Document

by fereldanwench

Game Menus and Loading Screens

Character Creation MenuCreators

Resources on NexusMods for modding projects

by JSILVERHVND

Loading ScreensCreators

Adverts and Load Screens

(Wolvenkit Tutorial)

Resources on NexusMods

by xlipxtream

Quests & Scripting

QuestsCreators

Resources on Personal Website

by Bioskop

by Bioskop

(Wiki in WIP)

ScriptingCreators

Google Document

by supernova1672

Sound

Adding new SoundsCreators

Google Document

by Bioskop

Youtube Video

by Bioskop

Vehicles

Adding new VehiclesCreators

Google Document

by ctxrlsec

(Check Boe6's Guide: new car from A to Z, for further detailed information)

Collections

References

Misc. ReferencesCreators

Google Document

by Halvkyrie

(identifies the internal names of the hair colour swatches in character creator with picture references. This is outdated as of patch 1.6., due to the addition of 8 new hair profiles)

(Check Assets explained; Cheat Sheet: Hair; Hair Colour - Visual Guide, for further detailed information)

Google Document by trala#5476 -ordered by animated actor

GoogleDrive

by Meluminary

GoogleDrive

by PinkyDude

(Check Cheat sheet: Rigs and animationsCheat Sheet: Photo Mode, for further detailed information)

References: Discord Conversation

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