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[[Category:Dying Light 2]]
[[Category:Getting Started]]
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=== Script Editing ===

* '''[https://notepad-plus-plus.org/?utm_source=chatgpt.com Notepad++]''':  A simple but good enough Text editor 
* [https://www.sublimetext.com/ Sublime Text]: A more advanced text editor, very useful for coding, has paid and free option 
* [https://winmerge.org/?lang=en WinMerge]: Tool for comparing and merging files 
* [https://www.voidtools.com/ Everything]: A simple but pretty good search engine that gets the job done 
* [https://www.mythicsoft.com/ Agent Ransack]: an advanced search engine for power users

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=== Textures ===

* [https://www.getpaint.net/ Paint.net]: Tool with DDS export functionality
* [https://renderdoc.org/ Renderdoc]: Graphics debugger very useful for figuring out what dds format your photo is in
* [https://www.mediafire.com/file/semijcrbwmh1z0i/010_RPACK_SCRPTS.zip/file Miru's 010 Editor Scripts]: For <code>.rpack</code> injection

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=== Mesh Modding ===

* '''Daemon's RP6L Unpacker''': For <code>.RPACK</code> archives (textures and meshes), it is very useful since it can convert Dying Light 2 meshes to an openable format in blender with use of the XNALara plugin You might need rpacks from the update before reloaded edition since that update changed the model format and this tool has not been updated yet
* '''XNALara Blender Plugin''':
** Compatible with Blender 4.0 for <code>.ASCII</code> meshes
** Compatible with Blender 3.6 and earlier versions for <code>.ASCII</code> meshes
* '''Dying Light 1 Developer Tools''': For <code>.FBX</code> conversion to <code>.MSH</code> and in general useful since some of things done in dl1 dev tools can be brought to DL2

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=== Texts and Localization Editing Tools ===

* '''Steffens Binsloc Tool'''
* '''SDavidLee's Binsloc Tool'''

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=== Audio Modding ===

* '''Aluigi's QuickBMS''': For unpacking/packing <code>.CSB</code> and <code>.AESP</code> archives (requires a script)
* '''VGMUI''': For playing and converting <code>.FSB</code> (DL1) and <code>.WEM</code> (DL2) files
* '''VGMStream''': For playing and converting <code>.FSB</code> (DL1) and <code>.WEM</code> (DL2) files