WolfSDK 0.3.0 - Loader and Studio

WolfSDK 0.3.0

A new loader window, an update notifier and the complete cvar lists. In the
Studio: animations in the model viewer, faster models, sound and video
replacement for The New Colossus, and a first look at Wolfenstein:
Youngblood. For Wolfenstein: The New Order and Wolfenstein II: The New
Colossus. Windows, Steam versions of both games. MIT license.

Downloads

• WolfSDK-Loader-0.3.0.zip for players: tick mods, apply them, start the
  game, revert to the original. Cheats & QoL, presets, custom map install.
• WolfSDK-Studio-0.3.0.zip for modders: the same loader plus the Studio
  (browse, view, export and replace assets, edit scripts and missions). The
  Studio needs The New Colossus.

Python is bundled; you do not need to install anything.

Install or update

1. Download the ZIP that fits you (see above).
2. Extract it into a normal folder, e.g. Documents\WolfSDK (not inside the
   ZIP view, not under C:\Program Files).
3. Double-click WolfSDK.cmd. The loader finds the games through Steam.

Coming from 0.2.0: the safest way is to click Revert in 0.2.0 first, then
extract 0.3.0 into a new folder and apply your mods there again. To keep your
ticks and cvar values, copy config.json from the old folder into the new
one; copy your own mod folders from mods\ too.

What's new

Loader

• New window. A clean, modern interface in its own app window (Microsoft
  Edge in app mode, which comes with Windows; otherwise Chrome or your
  default browser). Sections as tabs at the top, a play bar at the bottom
  with the install state, Revert, Apply mods and Start game. Ticks and
  values are saved as you change them. It is a local page served by the
  loader itself; nothing of it goes online. The old window is still there:
  python\python.exe -m wolfsdk gui --classic.
• Update notifier. When a new WolfSDK version is out on GitHub, the
  loader shows it at the top right, with the release notes and a download
  link. It asks GitHub once per start (at most every 6 hours) for the list
  of releases and sends nothing else. Info → Check for updates on start
  turns it off.
• Complete cvar lists. The New Order now lists all 3,186 settable cvars
  of its engine (before: only the 31 measured tweaks, which still come
  first); The New Colossus all 3,116. The whole list scrolls and searches
  at once.
• Start knows what the game holds. While your ticks are not in the game
  files yet, Apply mods is highlighted, and Start game asks whether to
  apply them first.
• Mods: a click on a mod shows its details beside the list; only the
  switch turns it on or off.

Studio

• Animations in the model viewer: pick one of a model's clips and play
  it.
• Faster models: textures load as they are needed, material maps are
  built in the background.
• Replacing sounds and videos (The New Colossus), held back in 0.2.0:
  sounds from a 16-bit PCM WAV, videos from a Bink 2 file. Revert now
  restores the original sound packs and video files.
• Wolfenstein: Youngblood (preview, read only, if installed): texts,
  scripts, videos, textures and models with animations. No maps, no export
  and no replacing yet.

Fixed

• Revert restores replaced sound packs and video files too (in 0.2.0 it
  only restored the texture database relinks, which is why replacing sounds
  and videos was held back).
• Saving cvar values no longer drops values that were saved outside the
  loader's catalogue (for example by an older version); Spielen.cmd keeps
  passing them to the game.

Known limits

• The new window needs Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome to open as a window
  of its own; without them it opens as a tab in your default browser.
• Youngblood is a preview in the Studio only. The loader does not write
  its files.
• Not in the public package: the same four mods as in 0.2.0, which carry
  whole modified retail files (gore textures, the supersoldiers map, the
  golden pistol with textures, the menu branding). Also left out: test
  probes and a personal skin.
• Planned: map editor, map import from Blender (glTF), The New Order
  models, Youngblood maps, adding new assets.
• Steam versions only; Microsoft Store/Game Pass does not work, GOG and Epic
  are untested.
• Custom maps need the DLC The Freedom Chronicles, episode 2 (the map takes
  the place of c2v1).
• Close the game before applying or reverting mods; after a game update,
  revert first. Back up %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\MachineGames once.
• Tested on one PC so far.

Not yet confirmed in game

Confirmed in game (unchanged since 0.2.0): applying and reverting mods with
backups, custom map install, Sandbox Tools god mode and infinite ammo, the
developer menu running devmap, and the mod test map loading.

Not yet confirmed:

• Studio: replaced sounds and videos in the game
• The New Order: the cvars beyond the 31 measured tweaks (sent the same way
  as those, not tried one by one)
• the 126 restored developer start points
• Sandbox Tools: Notarget and F7 (kill all enemies)
• Hidden Menu Options
• the presets Ultra+, Clean Image and Photo Mode
• the Photo Mode mod (F8)
• The New Order: console with Ctrl+^ and cheat cvars via +toggle
• Studio: BC5 normal map replacement
• Studio: script and mission editor
• most other shipped mods (checked structurally only, see each mod's
  description)

Support: https://buymeacoffee.com/swscc5yr7rs

Discord: see the website, https://lopekinz.github.io/wolfenstein-modloader/#community