Fluffy Mod Manager

Fluffy Mod Manager

Fluffy Mod Manager is a tool for installing and managing mods on RE Engine games. If you run into issues, there is a dedicated troubleshooting guide available on Patreon, and more detailed documentation plus several how‑to posts are also provided on the same page. Support for the project is welcome via Patreon if you find the mods or the mod manager helpful.

The manager supports two main packaging methods for RE Engine mods, depending on the game’s release date:

Loose‑File Mods

You place your modified files (for example, a texture located at natives\STM\Gui\ui03\ui0302\TEX_ui0000_04_IM.tex.760230703) into a folder named after your mod, keeping the same internal path. Inside that folder, add a screenshot and a modinfo.ini file with mod details. Then compress the entire folder into a RAR, ZIP, or 7‑zip archive, and disable “solid archive” mode (if available) to speed up file access.

• For older RE Engine games (before Dragon’s Dogma 2 / releases through 2023):
  Install Fluffy Mod Manager, select your game, then drag the archive into the interface and click install.

• For newer RE Engine games (Dragon’s Dogma 2 and later / 2024 and beyond):
  Follow the same steps, but first install RE Framework (by dragging its archive into Fluffy Mod Manager and installing it), then enable the “Loose file loader” option. This lets you install mods while the game is running and works across all RE Engine titles, old and new.

PAK Mods

You download RETool (v0.226 or later) and place it wherever you like. In the same directory, create a folder named after your mod and recreate the exact internal file structure you’d see inside the main PAK (for example: natives\STM\Gui\ui03\ui0302\TEX_ui0000_04_IM.tex.760230703). In the base mod folder, include a modinfo.ini and a screenshot. Then drag the mod folder onto the relevant Create‑PAK batch file:

• Create‑PAK‑2023.bat for games from 2023 and earlier.

• Create‑PAK‑2024.bat for 2024 and newer titles.

To install, drag the resulting PAK file into Fluffy Mod Manager for the selected game and install it. You can use PAK and loose‑file mods at the same time, but mod priority between them is not easy to control.

modinfo.ini

You can include a modinfo.ini file inside your mod folder so Fluffy Mod Manager can display metadata. A typical example includes fields like name, version, description, author, homepage, and screenshot (with a linked image filename). Full details and more examples are documented in a separate Patreon post.