Once you've done this, you can reinstall System Shock 2 into this new folder and move any save files and mods you have from your old installation into this new installation! Here is where I keep my games when I'm gaming on Windows. If you haven't used the SS2Tool, it is HIGHLY recommended that you manually install the SS2 Blue Mod Manager [This will be doing all the mod managing for us. If you used SS2Tool, it will be installed for you in your SS2 folder and ready to use.īlue Mod Manager will be shortened to BMM for the rest of this guide. You can quickly go there by, in Steam, going into System Shock 2's properties and clicking 'Browse Local Files' on the Local Files tab.Įxtract the SS2 BMM into your SS2 folder if it isn't there and double-click SS2BMM.exe to run it (or put it in a different folder, and point the mod manager to it with the 'Select game folder.' button when you run the executable). I highly recommend the open source tool 7-Zip [SS2Mod file. SS2Mod files are ZIP files with renamed File Extensions. You can either rename it's extension back to ZIP or extract the contents of any SS2Mod file with your ZIP software. SS2MOD file out there in the wild, the mod hasn't been updated in quite a long time. Inside these files you will find one or more folders.

Fam, Mesh, Snd and Obj are just a few examples of what these files are called.īMM just created a new folder in your SS2 installation called 'DMM'. All your mods will go inside their own folders inside this new DMM folder. Mods go inside their own folder, inside the DMM folder. You can install mods in one of two ways, let BMM do it for you, or do it manually.

Both are pretty easy:Ĭurrent Version - Beta 6 (Vanilla), Beta 1-ND (NewDark Patched)įor Vanilla Shock 2 SYSTEM SHOCK 2 PORTS INSTALL This mod upgrades all of the object textures as well as fixing typos, graphical errors and continuity errors.

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