Remember to backup pc_stream.starpak
incase you want to delete your skins.
Use Stryukus's skintool and not zxcPandoras skintool.
This is the primary custom skin video. You will learn how custom skins works. Which types of custom skins are available. Importantly how to install custom skins.
This was a Discord channel tutorial by catbug to help with installing custom skins.
Before we do anything else, you want to create a backup of the file pc_stream.starpak
. You can locate it in the game directory here: \Titanfall2\r2\paks\Win64
. It is the biggest file in the folder, about 10GB. Make sure the backups are not in the game directory, maybe put it in on your desktop. This is where the skins are stored.
Next you want to download the latest full release (c0.3.2
as of the writing of this guide) of Pandora's skin tool here: https://github.com/zxcPandora/Titanfall2-SkinTool/releases. Download SkinTool-User-ENG.zip
The final download is a skin from #custom-skins-collection in our Discord, I'll use my own that I made a while ago. (Note: you don't need to extract the zip folder that has the skin)
After you extract the skin tool, run the application: (note, you may have to run as administrator if it doesn't work)
First, you have to set the game path. Click Set
and then SetGamePath
. Locate Titanfall2.exe
(or just the Titanfall2
application if you don't have extensions on.
Next, click the three dots on the right and select the zipped skin you downloaded
Click Import Skin
and you're done!
If you don't see the skins in game (in game, not the menu), you may need to turn up your texture filtering to at least 8x
There isn't a tool.
There won't be a tool.
If you need vtf skins. Mod them yourselves. Docs found here:
and
https://r2northstar--67.org.readthedocs.build/en/67/guides/VTFModding.html
or
this garbage https://r2northstar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/guides/VTFModding.html
Hello curious doc reader. Don't worry, unless you needed this tool to exist. There was at one point a half done tool for automatic vtf skin installation but it was never released. Sucks real bad because a website workshop was also going to be added. Anyways. VTF is too uncommon to upload raw. There are a handful of skins that would benefit from a tool but with converting the skins into northstar mods being easy, most vtf skins are implemented as such. If you really need to get vtf skins. There are a couple of docs on how to mod vtf skins yourself. Find them here: https://r2northstar--67.org.readthedocs.build/en/67/guides/VTFModding.html
and
Goodluck.