CDPR’s big Cyberpunk event also included some extensive new mod tools
The REDmod addon should make it easier to make and download mods, and won’t interfere with what the community’s done already.
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In addition to the big changes to Cyberpunk 2077 liketransmog, plans tooverhaul police, and an upcomingexpansion pack,CD ProjektRed has also introduced official modding tools to the game. The REDmod tool is available for download onSteamandCDPR’s website, and is required both to make and play a new category of mod.
According to bothNexusModsand CDPR itself, REDmod can be used alongside previously existing mod formats. That’s crucial, as NexusMods has already played host to a pretty extensive modding community in the two years since Cyberpunk 2077’s release. CDPR seems eager to ingratiate itself with this pre-existing community, encouraging users to upload REDmod creations to NexusMods, and recommending that they use the tool with the pre-existingWolvenKitopen-source editor for The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077.
I’ve already had my eyes on a couple of QoL fixes on the Nexus for my next playthrough, but REDmod seems like it could allow for even more substantive additions to the game, as it supports “custom sounds, animations, scripts, and more.” If nothing else, the increased ease-of-use could help attract attention and talent for the Cyberpunk 2077 mod community.
REDmod offers full documentation, a plugin for the popular 3D modeling software Blender, and an even easier way for users to install and organize their mods (only for new REDmod projects though—old ones still have to be installed the old fashioned way.)
I’ve had a soft spot for CDPR’s controversial take on the dark future, and the release of REDmod and the Edgerunners Update makes it feel like a good time to hop in ahead of the hopefully Hearts of Stone-or-better level expansion pack,Phantom Liberty. I’d like to see what a few years of polish has done for what’s a surprisingly great collection of sci-fi short stories, flaws and all.
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Ted has been thinking about PC games and bothering anyone who would listen with his thoughts on them ever since he booted up his sister’s copy of Neverwinter Nights on the family computer. He is obsessed with all things CRPG and CRPG-adjacent, but has also covered esports, modding, and rare game collecting. When he’s not playing or writing about games, you can find Ted lifting weights on his back porch.
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