Advanced Tools

Advanced Tools

The Editor

What it is. A built-in text editor for game files, so you can tweak configuration files (like dlclist.xml, content.xml, setup2.xml, or vehicles.meta) without leaving the app — useful when a mod's instructions ask you to add or change a line in a loose text/config file.

How to use it.

1. Go to Editor.
2. Click Open File and choose the file (or Open dlclist.xml to jump to the one set in Settings).
3. Edit the text, then click Save.

This is a fully manual tool — you can open and edit any file except executables (.exe), which are strictly blocked. Saving always backs up the original first, then writes UTF-8 text and asks for double-consent. Binary files can be opened, but a warning notes that saving them as text may corrupt them. Writing into a protected folder triggers the on-demand administrator prompt.

"Editing .exe files is not allowed"? By design — see Safety Model. Binary warning? The file isn't text; don't save unless you are sure it is safe. Save failed? The file may be locked or read-only; close other programs and retry.

Install Helper

What it is. A read-only assistant that inspects a mod folder and explains how to install it — useful when you've downloaded a mod and aren't sure what it contains or where the files go.

How to use it.

1. Go to Install Helper.
2. Click Select mod folder.
3. Read the three sections: How to install (step suggestions), File types (what's in the folder), and Documentation (README / changelog text, selectable and copyable).

The folder is scanned recursively. Files are grouped by extension; README, changelog, .txt, and .md files are shown in full; and guidance is derived from the detected types (add-on dlc.rpf, .asi, .dll, .lua, .oiv, .meta). For add-on/dlcpack content it points you to Install Mods → Add-on or to the Editor for dlclist.xml. It is completely read-only — it never copies, moves, or changes any file.

"No known mod files detected"? Read the included documentation; the mod may use an uncommon layout.