Cyberpunk 2077 FULL Beginners Modding Guide! (2024)

welcome back Chums to a new cyberpunk 2077 video so in this one I will be going through the basics of cyberpunk 2077 modding because every single time I upload a modding list uh video there is always a question of how do I properly install all these mods and every single time I try to put all of the prerequisite framework mods into the video but to be honest it is a lot easier that I show you how to do everything in this separate video so by the end of this you will know how to install mods and have all of the other mods which you need already in your directory so you can install pretty much anything else on top of it now before we begin do keep in mind that you should install the mods exactly as I showed them and also follow the mod order I'm using in this video in the description of the video the mod order is going to be from top to bottom and that's exactly how you should install it the reason why these framework mods work in this way is that when cyber Punk came out modders created their own Frameworks and tools so it's easier for them to create their own mods within it and also it allows other modders to use their framework to install their own mods that's why a lot of the other mods you're going to be using might be actually taking one or a few of these framework mods and also on the player side it is easier because well the mods are more compatible and easier to install and I'm going to show you how to install these mods manually because installing manually is the best way to mod any game the reason for that is compatibility it is a lot easier to work with it than working on a mod manager but at the end of this video I will show you how to install some of these mods with the Nexus mod manager as well because keep in mind not every mod is available on Nexus especially when it comes to these tooling mods most of them or some of them are only available for manual download now also in case you don't already have it you should actually install seven zip or vinar because these files which you download are going to be well zipped and you will have to unzip them now maybe you already have these files on your PC but in casee you don't have them I'm going to leave you links to it down below you can actually get TNR or just get seven zip it doesn't matter it's going to be the same thing so the first mod we're going to be downloading for the game is cyber engine tweaks the reason which I'm doing it is because cyber engine tweaks is the most important mod for the cyberpunk 2077 modding and the reason for it is because cyber engine tweaks as said by the mod aor yamashi is a framework giving moders a way to script mods using Lua with access to all of the internal scripting features it also comes with a UI to configure the different mods you are using or using the console directly this also is going to allow you to have console in cyberpunk which you can use to spawn different items and just play around with different features of the game so to download it first off make sure you do have an account on Nexus mod so just create one because it's going to be just easier for you to track all of the mods you download so we're going to click here on manual and on top of that we're going to click here slow download or fast download on if you have premium so we're going to wait this to download and once this happens in our downloads we're going to have this so we're going to unzip it we're going to go here and you see the bin file right here one of the things you can do is extract directly into the directory or what else we can do is extract to desktop first so we're going to take this bin file and put it onto desktop and once it's going to be here on your desktop we are going to go into cyberpunk main directory so there are two things you need to watch out for here first off you see this bin file right here it corresponds exactly with this file right here in the main directory now the reason we are simply dragging and dropping this like there is because it's easier instead what we can do is go to the bin file and then follow the path itself and then basically copy all of these files one by one which is a little bit annoying but instead we are just going to drag and drop this here go copy keep in mind for you it's not going to have replace because I already have these files so it's just going to copy them so once these files are in that's it you have cyber engine tweaks installed and once you go into the game as soon as you log in it's going to prompt you to select an overlay key the the one which I always use is the ti the key below the escape button so just click on this and select the Tia button and it's always going to open using that button within the game next mod after that is going to be red 4ex and red 4ex is a library that extends red Engine 4 it allows moders to add new features modify the game Behavior add new scripting functions or call existing ones in your own plugins obviously a lot of this is mumbo jumbo for moders but for you it's only important to install this so as always we're going to go manual slow download and that's it so right here we have red 4 EXT and it was the same as with cyber engine tweaks it's going to be zipped so what we're going to do is double click on this and it's going to open up two things bin and red 4ex keep in mind that you won't have red 4ex when you start modding the game first because again I have these mods installed so what am I going to do well the same as you're going to do you're going to take these two files and you're just going to drag and drop them here you can of course extract first and then copy but you can just go directly from the WinRAR or 7 zip and it's going to have the same function so we're just going to drag and drop drop this again it's not going to ask you to replace the files for you only for me and that's it we have another mod installed next up we're going to download codeware which is the script extension codeware is a library as explained by theod author and framework for creating red script and cyber engine tweak mods that's it so the process of installing this is going to be the same as with everything else so manual and then download but you can see here it says this files required it says we have to download red 4 EXT but we already downloaded that so we can freely go and install codw as always slow download or fast one depending if you have premium and you wait in your downloads you're going to have codeware like anything else so the process is again going to be the same as for everything else as you can see here in the zipped files we have R six and red 4ex now if we didn't have red 4ex installed prior to this this mod wouldn't work because it needs this so what we're going to do as we did with everything else we're going to select these two and just drag and drop here so it actually copies into the directory and of course again I will replace you won't and that's it we have another mod installed next up we're going to download amm or appearance menu mod appearance menu mod is one of those mods that is simply Irreplaceable if you're planning to mod in this game it actually allows you for various different things like Photo mode helper spawn companions change appearances decorate your house direct your actors and everything else it's a very powerful tool that a lot of people use and this tool has a lot of different add-ons on top of it which is not really a tee for this video but later on we're definitely going to cover it as you're seeing in the game play I can spawn some of the companions to either follow me in the game and fight for me regard regardless who it is you can even spawn Smasher to fight for you or you can spawn them as enemies or just as static objects which are going to be using for maybe recording some footage or something else again that's more of a advanced stuff for people who are creating cinematics and custom stuff to download this mod of course as it says here we need code Weare and cyber engine tweaks but we know we already have these mods installed so we are free to install this so once we have this downloaded the process C is going to be the same as with everything else archive bin we have archive and bin in the main directory and we just copy it and that's it next up we're going to download archive Excel now archive Excel is a modding tool that allows you to load custom resources without touching original game files thus allowing multiple mods to expand the same resources without conflicts this basically means load custom entity factories add localization text that can be used in script resources and tweak DB edit existing localization text without overriding original resources and much more obviously a lot of this is for moders not for you you just need to have this framework installed so manual and then of course download we have red 4ex already installed we open up archive we select R six and red 4 EXT and we drag and drop next up we're going to download tweak Excel another extension loader and tweak Excel again as it says here is a modding tool and framework to create mods that modify tweak DB a proprietary database of red Engine 4 containing essential information about game entities and behavior of course a lot of the other mods which you're going to use in the future or which you're going to download will require this so it's very important to download this and as always it's going to need red for EXT which we already have so right here we have tweak Excel the process is going going to be the same drag and drop and for a lot of these things well drag and drop is going to be the thing another mod we're going to download is cyber CMD now do keep in mind that cyber CMD lately has become obsolete if you are using red 4 EXT but I always kind of install this the same way because usually the mods some of the mods which I covered in the past were kind of having issues without having cyber CMD installed even though red 4ex was installed so cyber CMD in general is a command line argument loader for cyberpunk now of course it says here if you use cyber engine tweaks download and extract the Cyber CMD zip file in the location which I showed you before but if you do not use cyber engine tweaks you have to download and extract the Cyber CMD Standalone zip file into the main game directory but because we already have all of those files we're just going to download this one so we're going to go for this one and if you don't have cyber engine tweaks you go for this one but obviously this is for advanced users and the ones which are very picky at which mods are going to be getting so manual here download and slow but again keep in mind that lately if you do have red 4 EXT cyber CMD is not necessary in a sense so we have the zipped files here as always drag and drop next mod we're going to install is input loader so in inut loader looks for all of the r six input XML files in your directory and merges them with the appropriate input config file from R6 config and saves them to the R6 cache now do keep in mind again this is mostly for moders but you as a player will need this mod to run other mods so download and same process once we have the input loader only thing we have to do open it up take the red 4 EXT and and push it here that's it next up we have a very important mod red script because a lot of other mods especially the ones which are running on various scripts and everything are actually going to be running on this because this is a compiler for 2077 cyberpunk scripts now to download this the process is going to be the same as for everything else so manual download and then slow download again it doesn't require anything else on top of it we're going to open up red script here we're going to select R six and Eng and we're going to drag and drop this boom next up we're going to download mod settings mod settings adds a red Script configurable Mod settings page the main menu that any mod can add a page to so basically if there is a mod out there which has certain values you can change like for example damage multiplier and so on there is a chance it's going to be using mod settings once you go here into mod settings you will be able to configure how your mods are going to to work to download just click manual now of course it requires us to have archive Excel red 4ex and red script which we already have so let's download So once we have mod settings here we're going to just drag and drop this to the main directory and I'm going to replace because I already have these files installed you won't now next up we're going to download native settings UI now do keep in mind that native settings UI does pretty much a similar job like mod settings it basically adds a page where you can customize some of the mods which you download but the difference is native settings UI Works through cber engine tweaks and the mod settings Works through red script so you will have some mods which are going to be placed in Native settings UI and some mods are going to be placed in mod settings that's why we're going to download both and basically have native settings UI along with Mod settings mod so download here and that's it so we're going to open up native settings UI and as always drag and drop next up we're going to download equipment ex equipment e ex is the outfit manager and also adds extra slots in your wardrobe and inventory and how you're actually going to be you know putting on different outfits through transmog this mod is amazing because also it allows for various other things to work within it like for example other mods that people create which is custom clothing so this is very important if you want to install custom clothing new clothing pieces replacers and so on now in the game itself I'm showing you how this looks so once you go into the Wardrobe you can see all of these extra features you're going to get with it so very powerful tool and very important to actually have so the process is going to be the same as with everything else we're going to go manual now as you can see here it requires a lot of prerequisite mods now because we installed all of those mods previously we don't have to worry about this at all but it's always important to read because maybe there's going to be some mod in the future which is going to be using their own framework so it might require something else which we didn't cover in this video but 99% of mods are going to be working with this so just click download slow and wait for it to download so equipment ex double tap it R six and archive just drag and drop that's it next mod we're going to download is material and texture override this one enables the game to load in new materials new clothing and everything else so in case you're going to be of course using new clothing downloading all of that well it's important to have this one so manual now keep in mind there is two things here first off is the Legacy Edition which is going to work through the you know normal structure and the second of all is through red mod red mod is well it's a new feature released by CD project red I mean not a new feature but definitely the newest one which allows modders to go through their own tools to create some of these mods now honestly I prefer doing the Legacy Edition so this is the one which I'm going to get but only do keep in mind that you must use either one of these you cannot install two of these at the same time it's not going to work so one of these two I prefer the Legacy one slow download that's it open it up we have the archive here here archive here drag and drop next up we have one of the newest mods when it comes to framework in cyberpunk 2077 and that's the browser extension browser extension framework creates an easy entry point to add your custom website to the main browser page it also gathers and shows all of the vanilla sites defined as journal entries in the game's resources so again it's easier to mod with this so we're just going to download this manually as always download here and slow download we're going to open this up R six and we're just going to drag and drop I mean all of these are going to be pretty much drag and drop in general now at this point you already have a bunch of mods which are going to work on top of most mods you're going to be downloading so from now we're going to be going into Mods which are very important and very popular that a lot of people use it which are not technically only Frameworks but we're going to check them out as well now the first mod on that list is going to be virtual car dealer what it does it creates a framework which allows moders to add any vehicle to a simple virtual shop using tweak Excel so it's combining more Frameworks to work on top of this so on your PC in your computer in the apartment you're going to have a store which you can buy vehicles from so we're going to download this manually here and as you can see it requires a bunch of mods which we already have in installed so we don't have to worry about it so we're going to go download and we're going to go slow download so we have the virtual car dealer here we're going to double click this and we're going to take these two files and drag and drop them here I'm going to replace you won't now keep in mind that virtual car dealer is just a framework so it's not going to have any Vehicles unless you put them so DJ cover and e256 have created a bunch of different vehicle packs which are from the game which you can use to buy from this uh virtual car dealer so on top of this we're going to install this vehicle pack keep in mind that DJ cck actually has a bunch of other vehicle packs which you can check out but the process of installing this is going to be the same so we're going to go manual and here we have two packs we're going to download the car pack one it requires virtual car dealer which we already have this one is going to be a bit bigger so we'll have to wait on until it downloads so once this is downloaded we're going to open it up as you can see archive and R six and before that we installed virtual card dealer so only thing we're going to do is go here and transfer it and that's it when it comes to Vehicles the process is going to be the same we're going to go to the car dealer which we installed and here we can see a bunch of different uh Vehicles we have with the actual mod so if we click next we're going to be able to buy a bunch of different vehicles which are not available in the game because we have that car pack so we can just go next here check all of these cars out and pretty much buy them and that's it next up we're going to download car modification shop car modification shop is an amazing mod because it actually adds a location where you can customize the vehicle in terms of speed brakes transmission and so on now do keep in mind that this is experimental in a sense you're going to be dealing with different values for your car and for vehicles you're using in general so the result you might get once you you know boost the car with different parts doesn't mean it's going to be the most amazing ones especially with the changes that have been made after 2.0 and 2.1 so always keep in mind that this not all also works as a modification shop but also works as a framework for some car mods which we're going to install later so that's why I'm actually downloading this so we're going to go manual and we're going to go download as always so once we have that we're simply going to drag and drop open it up and drag and drop archive and Bin into the main directory and that's it next up we're going to download Vehicle Manufacturer resource because control SEC as I like to call him has a lot of different vehicle files like for example if you're going to be downloading Vehicles he's going to be one of the people you're going to be downloading vehicles from in case you like them and for that he actually decided to create his own resource for it I also saw that some other vehicle like mods have been using this you know same framework so that's why I'm actually downloading this now in case I need it for later so you should too we're going to go manual and we're just going to go slow download as always once we have this file here we're going to double click it and copy the archive into the main folder directory for cyberpunk as you have seen it's very easy like this is nothing problematic as soon as you follow like what I'm doing here most of that is going to be just dragg and drop so next one we're actually going to download and install a custom vehicle in the game we're going with the Quadra turbo KS Edition from control SEC as well because well the previous tools that we used are from him so it's going to be easier for you now this vehicle comes in various different colors you can see here you can actually uh purchase all of these little like color variants or just put them in the console and it's going to well show it for you but of course what we're going to do is install this first I'm going to show you how to get it later so manual and of course we have all of these files which we need do keep in mind that cooked apps n is not required anymore after update 2.0 it has been removed completely so you don't have to have this only if you're using somehow the version prior to 2.0 and 2.1 then you will need this but for that no so now that we have this vehicle we're going to double click this and as always we're going to drag and drop this and that's it so now we're going to find Quadra right here so we go to the car dealer and keep in mind there's going to be a bunch of different cars which we already have installed but it's also going to contain the cars which you have now we're going to find the Quadra which we need and here we go Quadra turbo legendary Customs here we can change the color as well depending on which one we want so I'm going to go for the yellow one right here so we're going to buy it next time up we're going to download the septus quest core now the core framework mod that the septus made allows for multiple Quest type mods to use a single hook he created this for his own mods because he does have some custom quests and some little missions you can do so it's always good to go to the septus page and check out his mods but in order to run his mods in general we're going to have to download this one also keep in mind that other moders are also using this framework for their own mods so in the f in case you run into this well you're going to be ready and you're going to have all of the necessary files so we're going to download this one as well and of course it's going to be very easy drag and drop this into the archive folder itself like this next mod which is very important if you're going to be including custom clothing in this game or want to have a lot of custom clothing that's virtual atellier virtual atellier is a framework for moders that allows them to add virtual stores in game for their modded clothes items so this means that sometimes you will have modders which are going to be creating their own custom clothing and that custom clothing is added obviously through the console so every single time if it's a new item in the description of the mod you're going to have a console which you can put into it but also some of the moders which create a lot of clothes are also going to have their own store and once you have that store you still need to fill in that store with it for it to work because it kind of makes things easier to buy and more lore friendly than rather just spawning it from the actual console so let's download the virtual atellier first now here we have two versions the basic one and the more advanced one which is the you know the one which we're going to download also it has says here that it has different folder names so make sure you deleted the old R6 scripts virtual atellier folder so if you were modding before well keep a lookout for this but for a new user if you never actually like did this then you don't have to worry about this so we're going to go manual download and you can see here we have all of the tools which this mod actually wants so we're just going to go download so here we have the folder we're going to open it up and we're going to drag and drop this here and we are done with it now because I didn't just want to install the virtual aier without showing you how these different stores work we're going to add one we're going to add the NC f virtual aier from Etso maveri so what we're going to do is we're going to go to the manual download and as it says here it requires virtual atellier which we already have so we're going to download this this one NC fashion we're going to double click and we're going to add it so right now when we open the virtual atellier on the computer in our apartment or anywhere else we're going to see the store now because we have virtual atellier and the actual shop we have to fill the shop with items now the shop which you're filling in for is going to be related to the mod author he's working for so the xrx helmet from ETO is going to work in his NC fashion store so that's exactly what we're going to do now it says here masculine V only so on Nexus you're going to have a bunch of outfits mods which are only related to FV or m v or so you have to very pay attention which ones you're downloading now the second thing which you can do without you know having the shop and anything else is just to get this code and place it into the console which you have with the you know cyber engine tweaks so as soon as you do this the actual game is going to add this item in your inventory and you can use it for transmog but if you want a more lore friendly you know way to buy it we're going to be going through the shop so let's download this one so once we have that up we're going to open it up and we're going to drag and drop archive and R six into it so now that we have installed virtual atellier and the shop and the item we're going to go to our computer we're going to use it and we're going to go to the atellier so as you can see in the atellier tab we have the NC fashion uh actual like store that we installed so what we're going to do is we're going to click it and here we have the xrx helmet which we installed through the mod and we can buy it and equip it like this and that's pretty much it we can also press P to add the card and we can go and buy this for 50o simple as that and that's it if you are following everything like I showed you in this video you should have all of the files necessary to download and play around with any other mod do keep in mind that whenever you're modding within this game whatever and accidentally you download a folder which has for example archive file with nothing nothing else usually those files are going to be placed here so we're going to go to Archive PC mod and here for example we can see a bunch of mods we have placed here before so what does this tell us well it tells us pretty much that uh if you have an archive file you just place it here and that's it but most the time mod authors are going to give you proper like file structure so it's just drag and drop and you don't have to worry about it but also read what people say in the description because sometimes mods might be a little bit more complicated to download and install but the mod authors always provide an actual like tutorial so if you go to Nexus mods for example and we have Toyota Supra like right here and if we click manual we're Al like going to have everything we need for this so to work correctly you also need mods like tweak Excel archive Excel material and texture override red script red 4xt cyber engine tweaks we already already have all of this so your files are going to be ready for anything which you throw it you know at it here we have the alternate phone icon for example mod which just came out we're going to click manual and we're going to download this now also it might require some files here it might not but again you are ready for everything which is thrown your way also please make sure to follow all of the mod authors and usually they have coffee links and various other donation links so if you have some extra money and you want to well give people some reward for making all of these amazing mods because the modding Community has been very very active for cyberpunk 2077 I always recommend you do it so now you ask yourself how do I remove the mods which I don't want or if there is a problem how do I get rid of it well there's a few ways to actually uninstall a mod one of the easiest things you can do is for example let's look at the mod which we downloaded right now let there be flight so in the directory of the mod which we copied if we open this thing up we can see that red 4 EXT is leading us into plugins and then into Let There Be flight so if we go to Red for EXT in our cyberpunk directory and if we go to plugins we're going to see here let there be flight along with input loader code Weare archive Excel everything which we actually installed before now input loader has its own uninstalled program but a lot of the other mods really don't have that so if you want to remove Let There Be flight mod we're going to click on it and we're going to delete it just like that now do keep in mind that for every other mod which you install only thing you have to do is open up the file which you copied from the vrar follow it where it leads you then go into your main cyberpunk delete it and that's it next up you can use the mod remover tool which also provides back up now here we can actually like do everything like for example just get this and uninstall all of the mods that we have so if you download this is going to start as a program I'm going to show you right now but do keep in mind that this one does delete a lot of mods but it's not going to solve your problems in case there is a new patch coming out for that we'll we'll talk about it so once we have this out we're going to add it into our main cyberpunk folder so we're just going to drag and drop it here from here you just double click this and that's it the reason why I don't want to do it is because I have a lot of mods which I don't want to disable right now but that's basically it it's going to create a log folder and yeah now another thing which you can do which is I think one of the easier ways if you have a lot of space on your PC so once you download cyberpunk 2077 either from steam or from goog what you can do is copy this entire folder cyberpunk which is vanilla without any mods whatsoever somewhere separately so create a new folder on a new drive or wherever just a new folder and copy it rename it from cyber Punk maybe backup or something else in case something does break in case there is a new patch coming along your way only thing which you have to do is go into your cyberpunk directory and delete this entire folder and replace it with your clean one then I mean once you go into steam or GOG you either have to just guide a PAAD to the location where you are or it's automatically going to recognize the game without any mods but when the patch comes as it was every month or so it's going to completely demolish your mods so the best thing you can do is uninstall the game delete all of the folders and reinstall the clean game again because you will have a lot of hidden files from these mods which are not going to be usually removed like manual like this so it's going to give you various script errors and people then complain then my game doesn't want to start and so on now cyberpunk 2077 also requires red mod for some mods so we're going to get this as well you can get it off of Gog if you have the game on Gog or you can get it on Steam by getting it directly off of the steam itself I'm going to leave you all of the links down below to it if you are on Steam you just have to download it and that's it same as you were on goog just add the cart download it and that's it it's going to get you into the game automatically or well it's going to install everything automatically you don't have to worry about that so once we go into cyberpunk 2077 and we go for example to manage installation we go to configure if we go to Features right here we can see that we can enable mods by clicking this the mods are going to be enabled once you get into the game same when it comes to DLC sometimes you will have some DLC here like red mod you just have to make sure it's actually like showing right here and that's it you have to just go okay and you are in the game simple as that now in case you don't want to install mods manually which again I do recommend because a lot of framework mods don't always work in Vortex they might be some issues and it's very easy that way anyway so what we're going to do if you want Vortex I'm going to leave you a link down Below open it up and we're going to go click download the latest version now so we're going to go here manual and we're going to go download of course you need some of these prerequisite files I'm pretty sure you have all of these by now now that we have this on our desktop we're going to double click it and we're going to install it the process is going to be pretty straightforward just click install and that's it so now we're going to run Vortex now keep in mind of course you will have to log in because well it works with Nexus Mod's account and it's going to be you know working here at the same so we're going to log in and you're going to go log into the Vortex so now right here we cannot have mods deployed so we're going to go and fix this so it says Vortex support different deployment methods to support a wide variety of systems and games blah blah blah so now we're going to go click next and we're going to apply this fix so it's going to give us the mod staging folder so what we're going to do is get this here apply get this here apply so right now everything which you need to do is once you are on Nexus for example and we go to cyberpunk and we go to Yamaha we can click Vortex here and it's going to add it into our Vortex itself so it's going to prompt us to open Vortex it's going to be open and as we can see it's downloading Yamaha and it's actually like putting it in and that's all you need to know that's pretty much everything when it comes to cyberpunk 2077 modding as you can see it was very easy we just had to drag and drop some items and that's pretty much it besides that you now also know how to install anything on top of that and most the mods are going to be just drag and drop the most important part is that you have all of these Frameworks because well it works on top of them and without them these mods are not going to work so just follow the tutorial as I showed you and follow it in the exact same order I installed these mods in and that's going to be all thank you so much for watching if you enjoy this video don't forget to smash that like And subscribe button for more it really does help a lot especially if you have someone who doesn't know how to mod you can send this video to them huge thanks to my current patreon supporters don't forget to check us out on Twitter and Discord SC as well and also in the comments if you have any questions whatsoever if something new popped up and you don't know how to solve it just write it down below and I'll try to answer as fast as I can this is lkm signing out Chums and I will see you in the next video [Music] bye-bye

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Length: 37min 37sec (2257 seconds)

Published: Sun Feb 04 2024