Everything You Need to Know About Modding
Extracting the game’s files
So, you’ll need roughly three to four things before you start officially modding the game.
Getting the Tools
Step 1: you’ll need an extracting program. You can use either QuickBMS by Aluigi:
https://aluigi.altervista.org/quickbms.htm
Or REtool by FluffyQuack:
http://www.fluffyquack.com/tools/REtool.rar
If you are using QuickBMS, you’ll need to follow Step 2. Otherwise, skip to Step 3.
Step 2: the RE Engine .bms script by Ekey over at the ZenHAX forums
https://zenhax.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=9253&sid=0df8f996f577059cffed0260c5f0f153#p42260
Step 3: the DMC5 pak names list courtesy of wanwanthw over at XeNTaX forums:
https://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=19608&start=90#p149422
OPTIONAL Step 4: Use Ekey’s RE2Hook.dll to manually get the file path data for DMC5. Only do this if you know what you’re doing! Once you apply the hook, the game will take awhile to boot up since it is not optimized for DMC5.
https://zenhax.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=9253&start=80#p43537
Extracting the Files
If you are using QuickBMS, do the following
1-Extract all the downloaded archives using an archive extractor (7Zip, WinRAR, etc.)
2-Open re2_pak_unpack.bms with a text editor of your choice (Notepad, Notepad++, etc.)
3-Ctrl+F to find the line “re2_pak_names_demo.list”
4-Change that to “dmc5_pak_names_release.list”
5-Once done, run QuickBMS and follow the pop-up window’s instructions to extract “re_chunk_000.pak”
If you are using FluffyQuack’s REtool, do the following
1-Extract all the downloaded archives using an archive extractor (7Zip, WinRAR, etc.)
2-Open “extract-pak.bat” with a text editor of your choice (Notepad, Notepad++, etc.)
3-Find “re2_pak_names_release.list” (no quotations)
4-Change that to “dmc5_pak_names_release.list” (no quotations)
5-Drag and drop “re_chunk_000.pak” onto “extract-pak.bat”
Extracting will take roughly 30-45 minutes, depending on how fast your PC is. Give it awhile to run in the background.
