How to use R2RePak

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How to use R2RePak

From the R2RePak thread in #research chat in the Northstar Discord by Spoon. This is the archive of the pseudo guide. Discord Message Link at the bottom of the page.

This is no longer the original guide. This is now an edited version of pseudo guide.

Setting things up

1 ) Get R2RePak.

You can build it from .

or Download the from the Releases page on the Github; .

But this guide will use the names and files/folder found in the .zip below.

2 ) RePak Folders

In the .zip you have RePak.exe and folders called "assets", "config", and "rpaks".

the "assets" folder is where you will put your folder/file structure and textures etc.

the "config" folder is where you will put the .json files which determine how the rpak is made

the "rpaks" folder is where RePak will put the rpaks once they have been made

3 ) pack_all.bat (included)

In the folder with RePak.exe, make a .bat file, i called mine "pack_all.bat".

Inside the .bat put

for %%i in ("%~dp0config\*") do "%~dp0RePak.exe" "%%i"
pause

Making your rpaks

1 ) Make config.json

Make the .json file, recommend config.json but it doesn't matter.

2 ) Copy and paste

Go into the .json file, and copy the following into it for now

{
    "name":"common",
    "assetsDir":"../assets",
    "outputDir":"../rpaks",
    "files":[
        {
            "$type":"txtr",
            "path":"texture/models/titans_r2/light_ronin/nose_art/nose_art_v14/t_l_ronin_nose_art_v14_col",
            "saveDebugName": false
        },
        {
            "$type":"txtr",
            "path":"texture/models/titans_r2/light_ronin/nose_art/nose_art_v14/t_l_ronin_nose_art_v14_opa",
            "saveDebugName": false
        }
        ,
        {
            "$type":"txtr",
            "path":"texture/models/titans_r2/light_ronin/nose_art/nose_art_v14/t_l_ronin_nose_art_v14_gls",
            "saveDebugName": false
        }
        ,
        {
            "$type":"txtr",
            "path":"texture/models/titans_r2/light_ronin/nose_art/nose_art_v14/t_l_ronin_nose_art_v14_spc",
            "saveDebugName": false
        }
    ]
}

if your output folder and your asset folder have different names, be sure to change the "assetsDir" and "outputDir" respectively

This is set up now to make a ronin nose art, you can change the paths in the .json to make it override other things. Included .zip removed everything but the _col map.

You can get the paths for things through Legion+.

3 ) Use your textures

For each entry in the json file, you need to make sure that the file exists in the assets folder so it can be packed.

Textures must be in .dds format, and with one of the following compression methods: DXT1 BC4U BC5U DX10

4 ) Packing your rpak

To pack your rpaks, run pack_all.bat

5) Resources

Here is the working test.

Making the Northstar mod

1 ) Northstar mod set up

Take your rpak, and make your Northstar mod like normal, inside the Northstar mod, make a "paks" folder.

2 ) Make rpak.json

Within the "paks" folder, make a json file called rpak.json .

3 ) Copy and paste in rpak.json

put the following into the rpak.json:

{
    "Preload": {
        "common.rpak": true
    }
}

if your rpak is called something other than common.rpak make sure the json file reflects that

4 ) Drag & Drop

Drag and drop your rpak into the "paks" folder.

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