MO2 (Mod Organizer 2, Nexus | Github) is a free, widely-used mod manager, especially popular for Bethesda games like Skyrim or Fallout. It fully supports Cyberpunk 2077 and is praised for its ease of use.

Using MO2 keeps your base game directory untouched and allows for easy mod installation, uninstallation, and updating. Additionally, you can create different profiles for mod configurations.

Download and Install MO2

1. Download MO2 from either Nexus Mods (yes, Skyrim Nexus) or GitHub

2. Install MO2

   • When installing, choose the Global Instance option (recommended for multiple games).

   • Or choose Portable Instance if you want a separate installation of MO2 for each game.

Setting Up the Game

1. Launch MO2

2. Create a new instance:

   • Browse to the Cyberpunk 2077 installation folder to create the new game instance.

3. Customize your Profile Settings (Optional):

   • These can be left unchecked unless you need profile-specific INI files, save games, or automatic archive invalidation.

   • You can change these settings later as needed.

Installing CET and Red4Ext (the script extenders)

Manually Install CET and RED4ext**

1. Download Cyber Engine Tweaks (CET) and RED4ext from Nexus Mods manually

2. Install them by extracting their files to the game folder.

Installing Mods from Nexus

1. Go to the Nexus Mods website for Cyberpunk 2077 mods.

2. Download mods via the "Mod Manager Download" button. MO2 will start to automatically download the mod.

3. In MO2, open the Downloads tab and double-click the mod to install it.

4. After installation, ensure the mod is enabled by checking it in the Plugins list or the Installed Mods section.

Adding Mods from Other Sources

If you have mods from external sources:

• Download the mod and move it to the Downloads folder by using the file folder dropdown in MO2 ("Open Downloads folder").

• Alternatively, drag and drop the mod into the Downloads tab within MO2.

Launching the Game

1. Always Launch the Game through MO2:

   • If you're using MO2 as your mod manager, make sure to run Cyberpunk 2077 via MO2.

   • Steam will still track your playtime and achievements.

2. Run the Game:

   • After setting up all your desired mods, click Run in MO2 to launch Cyberpunk 2077.

Tips and Best Practices

• Stay up to date with the latest versions of both MO2 and the mods for the best experience and compatibility.

Summary

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This page will give you a brief introduction of how mods work and how to install them by hand.

Wait, this is not what I want!

• If you want to create mods instead, check

• If you need help installing Cyberpunk, check

• If your modded install is acting up, please check

How to install mods

How do I mod?

What are dependencies / requirements?

The core mods

Cyberpunk 2077 offers limited out-of-the-box support via REDmod. To allow greater freedom, a number of core mods have been created — without them, we couldn't add items, influence the weather, or have flying cars.

Overview of mod folders

This list is supposed to give you an overview of which files go where. It is not a bucket list of things you have to install.

Installing and activating REDmod

If REDmod is not installed and activated, your mods in /mods will not load.

Loading a mod as REDmod means that Cyberpunk will precompile it to optimize load times — integrating it into the game's other files by adding it to the files under r6/cache.

By contrast, vanilla mods (from /archive/pc/mod) will be loaded individually and might add to your load times.

REDmods are installed in Cyberpunk 2077\mods, where every mod has a subfolder with an info.json.

Installing Mods

Manual install

"Manual install" is a rather glorified term for "extracting the downloaded archive into your game directory". However, you have to make sure that the right files end up in the right folders.

You can inspect the file structure by simply opening the downloaded file, or by using this feature on Nexus (unless a mod author has disabled it):

The file structure is different for REDmods and non-REDmods. Mod authors usually tell you which file is which, though. To find out what that means, read on.

Mod format: REDmod or vanilla?

Here is how you can tell the two apart:

What's the difference?

All REDmods mods will be preloaded by redMod.exe before the game starts up. After a short delay, the mods will then be loaded as if they were part of the game itself — you're saving the startup delay on every savegame load.

On top of this, Vortex will let you define load order for REDmods. To support compatibility, it offers you automatic conversion.

Mod format: a collection of loose files

Some mods (especially older ones) are just a loose collection of files without any folder structure:

Mod folders by file extension

As a rule of thumb, here's which files go where (unless the mod's instructions tell you otherwise):

Troubleshooting

Summary

Created: Jun 17 2024 by , based on research by Last documented update: Aug 25 2024 by

This page lists all known launch parameters for the Cyberpunk2077.exe

Wait, this is not what I want!

• If you are trying to get your modded steam deck to work, check

Parameters

Summary

While it is possible to install mods by hand (and many modders do in fact exactly that), we recommend using a mod manager.

This guide will walk you through installing and configuring your game. If you have already done that, you can configure the mod manager of your choice:

• How to install mods with

• How to configure

To learn about how to install mods at all, check

Prerequisites

• You have on the platform of your choice (Steam, GOG or EPIC)

• You have the following things:

• You have updated the following things:

  • driver

  • The latest for your operating system (checkout if that's what you're doing)

Installing the Game

In order to set up your game to be best suited for mods, you'll want to keep a few things in mind:

For the purpose of this guide, we will assume the following install paths:

Performance

Like everything else, Cyberpunk will run significantly faster from an SSD rather than a HDD.

Permissions

By default, all three platforms (GOG, Steam, and Epic) want to install the game to their own install location, which defaults to C:\Program Files. That wouldn't be a problem if not for Windows and what it will permit there, which is not much.

You likely won't run into any of these problems, but you can rule them out altogether by installing Cyberpunk to a directory other than C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files(x86), like C:\Games\Cyberpunk 2077

Now we will go through the install options to use on each platform to accomplish this, and the recommended settings for modded Cyberpunk 2077.

Installing Cyberpunk: GOG

Open GOG Galaxy, click on "Owned Games" in the left sidebar, and scroll until you find Cyberpunk. Single click on its picture to display the main Cyberpunk page.

1. Click the button at the top of the page labeled "Install".

2. In the pop-up window, choose your install location:

   • Click the drop-down box

   • select "browse"

   • browse to the target folder (we're assuming C:\Games)

   You don't need to create a subfolder for Cyberpunk, as GOG will do that for you.

3. Optional: Select a game language other than English

4. Optional: Create a desktop shortcut by ticking the first box "Create desktop shortcut"

5. Optional, but recommended: Disable auto-updates by unchecking the second box "Keep this game up to date automatically"

1. Press "Install"

2. Wait until GOG has done it's thing, then proceed to the next section.

Installing Cyberpunk: Steam

To be done

Installing Cyberpunk: Epic

To be done

Configuring the game

Configuring Cyberpunk: GOG

Once the game has installed, we want to make it run with mods. Click the button to the right of the play button (formerly the install button) pictured below.

From there, select "Manage Installation" and then "Configure". A window will pop up where you can change your desired settings:

1. Installation (first tab): Disable auto-updates

2. DLC (third tab): Select at least Cyberpunk 2077 REDMod

1. Click the OK button to return to the game's page.

2. Click Play on the game's page

3. Click the Settings button and Enable mods

   • If you can't enable mods, that means REDmod is not installed. Go back and repeat step 2.

4. Click Play (Do not skip this)

Configuring Cyberpunk: Steam

1. Navigate to Cyberpunk 2077

2. Click Play

3. Click the Settings button and Enable mods

   • If you can't enable mods, that means REDmod is not installed. Check the game's DLCs and make sure to get it.

4. Click Play (Do not skip this)

Configuring Cyberpunk: Epic

1. Navigate to Cyberpunk 2077

2. Click Play

3. Click the Settings button and Enable mods

   • If you can't enable mods, that means REDmod is not installed. Check the game's DLCs and make sure to get it.

4. Click Play (Do not skip this)

Starting to mod

You now have the following options:

Summary

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This page will explain to you what Load Order is and how it works, then tell you how to influence it.

TL;DR

You're not supposed to manage load order conflicts outside of .archive mods and REDmods. If you ever feel the need to do that, a modder fucked up. An exception to this are Tweak mods, as the tweakDB is also a database of static values, conflicts can happen (e.g. two mods both edit the weapon stats of the Masamune).

• For REDmods, see

• For .archive mods, use Fuzzo's Archive Conflict Checker Tool ().

• There currently is no tool to check tweak conflicts

What is Load Order?

Unless two mods are changing the same file, you don't need to bother about this at all. Unfortunately, the moment you're using frameworks or anything body modding related, you will run into this scenario.

In Cyberpunk, conflicts inside .archive mods are one per-file basis, whatever mod modifies a file first will win – unlike e.g. Skyrim, where esps may overwrite each other.

Example

There are two mods that change boob size (and both mods modify the same file, e.g. a rig or mesh):

Since i_know_nothing_about_back_problems will load first, the conflicting file inside realistic_boobs_DDDDDDDDD_cup does nothing.

How are mods ordered?

The game loads mods in the following order (higher wins):

1. Legacy mods

All .archive files in Cyberpunk 2077/archive/pc/mod in alphabetical order (see below).

This means the game will load modb before moda, even though the filenames are not in alphabetical order. This allows for conflict management without renaming the physical files.

2. REDmods

Anything in Cyberpunk 2077/mods. All REDmod archives are loaded strictly after all archive files found inside /archive/pc/mod.

Load order: ASCII sort

The game reads mods in ASCII-alphabetical order (REDmods by folder name, .archive files by archive file name).

This is ASCII ordering:

Example

How to use this?

More Examples

If you are creating a compatibility mod (something that modifies the files of another installed mod), then yours needs to load first.

Summary

REDmod is a command line tool developed by CDPR and Yigsoft which can be used to stage installed mods to work with a modded game.

Wait, this is not what I want!

This section is for managing mods with REDmod.

• For install instructions, check Using Mods

• For creating mods, see the Modding Guides section in the wiki's navigation tree to the left.

What does REDmod do for me?

REDmod preloads any mods on its list, loading them as if they were a part of the game's regular structure. Preloading requires the game to be started via launcher (or Vortex) and will add a short delay, but the loading times during gameplay will be much faster.

That sounds awesome, why is that not the default?

• Compatibility: Not all mods can be easily converted. Some outright break in the process.

• Especially modders don't like the extra delay during startup

• While the mods are precompiled, a console window will be visible. This scares many users.

Using Mods

The game loads REDmods from this path: <Cyberpunk 2077>/mods/<name>.

EXAMPLE: REDMod: C:\GoG\Cyberpunk 2077\mods\<name>\archives\<name>.archive Legacy: C:\GoG\Cyberpunk 2077\archive\PC\mod\<name>.archive

How do I deploy?

You can handle deployment and load order with

• the REDlauncher that comes with the game

• Vortex Mod Manager from NexusMods

• REDmod WolvenKit integration and manage your mods easily from within the WolvenKit Mod Manager

• starting Cyberpunk with the parameter -modded

What is deployed?

Activating mods

GOG, Steam and Epic

• Navigate to Cyberpunk 2077

• Click Play

• Click the Settings button and Enable mods

• Click Play (Do not skip this)

• A window will open showing progress on mod deployment.

Conflicts and Load Order

Conflicts are handled on a per-file basis, but can be handled by specifying a specific load order. The rules here are the opposite of e.g. Skyrim: the first mod to change a file wins.

Example:

modA contains a script file Cyberpunk 2077\mods\modA\scripts\cyberpunk\player\player.script. modB contains a script file with the same name: Cyberpunk 2077\mods\modB\scripts\cyberpunk\player\player.script

This will discard all changes modB made, since by default, REDmod and the game loads mods alphabetically (modA overrides changes in modB).

However, you can specify a load order with REDmod, which the game will respect.

Troubleshooting

If a REDmod is giving you trouble, you can force a redeploy by either of the following means:

1. Either

   1. Delete the content of r6/cache/modded in your Cyberpunk directory

2. or

   1. Uninstall the mod

   2. Start the game

   3. As soon as it launches, close the game again

   4. Reinstall the mod

3. Now, restart the game. REDMod will rebuild the cache and hopefully fix your problem.

If that doesn't do it, you can consult the troubleshooting guide for advice.

Advanced Topics

Deploying Mods - Automatically

REDMod's redeploy is triggered on any of these changes:

• mods change: You added or removed a mod

• A mod's version changes: The version number in the info.json was changed.

• A mod's files change: You added or removed archives

Deploying Mods - Manually

The REDmod deploy command stages installed mods to work when the game starts with the modded flag.

Deploying Mods - WolvenKit Integration

• Open the WolvenKit Mod Manager.

• Click the Deploy Mods button in the toolbar.

You will see all installed mods in your game. Enable the mods you would like to play with.

Handling Conflicts - Manually

You can specify a specific load order with the -mod parameter:

redmod deploy -root="C:\Gog\Cyberpunk 2077" -mod=modB,modA,modC

This will override changes to \cyberpunk\player\player.script that modA makes in favor of modB. It will also tell the game to load modB before modA and modC.

Handling Conflicts - WolvenKit integration

• Open the WolvenKit Mod Manager.

• Adjust the load order by dragging and dropping rows.

• Click the Deploy Mods button.

You can adjust the load order by dragging and dropping the installed mods inside the mod manager.

When you click the Deploy Mods button, the current load order will be forwarded to redmod.exe and mods will be deployed and loaded in this order.

Starting a Modded Game - Manually

To start a modded game that loads mods deployed by REDmod use the -modded flag on Cyberpunk2077.exe

Example:

Cyberpunk2077.exe -modded

This however will skip the initialization process that should be done after any new REDmod mod install.

INFO The executable is located at <Cyberpunk 2077>\bin\x64\Cyberpunk2077.exe

Summary

Published: Jan 27 2024 by manavortex Last documented update: Jan 27 2024 by manavortex

This page will tell you

• what your Cyberpunk 2077 game directory is, with extra information in the expandable box

• how you can find the game folder

• how to use Windows Search to delete leftover files from a mod

What is the game directory?

The game directory is called Cyberpunk 2077 (unless you re-named it). It's the place where Windows put everything that it needs to run the game when you click on the icon — that includes mods.

How can I find the game folder?

Unless you changed the default settings, your game is installed here:

You can open a Windows Explorer in the game folder like this:

1. Press Windows+R to open the Run dialogue

2. type explorer (don't forget the space)

3. Copy and paste the game path from the table above into the text box

4. Press Enter or click OK

It's not there!

If you don't know your game directory, you can find it in your client:

Steam

Right-click on the game in your library, then select Manage -> Browse local files

GOG

With the game selected in your library, click on the More button, then on Manage Installation and Show folder…

Epic

Right-click on your game in the list and select Manage. Then, click on the folder icon:

Deleting residual files with Windows Search

Once the Cyberpunk folder is open in your Windows Explorer, you can use the Windows Search bar in the upper right corner (Hotkey: Ctrl+F) to find files by name.

For example, if you have trouble with atelier and have decided to do a clean reinstall, you can search for atelier:

You're seeing the atelier install folder (good) and a bunch of atelier stores (bad, these are innocent). You can either double-click on the virtual-atelier-full folder (first item) to navigate there, or use any of the following options.

Finding the folder path in the search results

If you right-click on a folder or file, you will see a menu entry "open folder/file location". This will open a new Windows Explorer window in the folder containing the item you selected, letting you browse and delete.

Deleting from the search results

Select multiple items from the list by holding the Ctrl key while you click.

Once you have selected everything that you want to delete, simply press the delete key, or right-click and select Delete.

Preventing the game from auto-updating

GOG Galaxy

In GOG Galaxy, this can be done as a global setting — you disable auto-update for all of your games — or as a per-game option for some games like Cyberpunk 2077.

Only disable updates for CP2077

Open the GOG Galaxy page for Cyberpunk 2077 and click the manage icon next to the big play button, then Manage installation and Configure... Disable the Automatically update to the newest version checkbox. Optionally, select the game patch you want to play on here.

Globally disable updates

Open the settings and select the entry Game features in the sidebar, then uncheck the box for Auto-update games.

Epic

In the EPIC launcher, this is a global setting — you can only disable auto-update for all of your games.

Open the settings menu and scroll down to MANAGE GAMES, then disable auto-updates.

Steam

Unlike the competition, Steam will not give you any control about auto-updating. For that reason, you need to forbid it from writing to a specific file on disk, without which it will be literally unable to update. Here's how:

1. Find the steamapps folder (:

   1. Right-click on Cyberpunk 2077 in your Steam Library and select Properties

   2. On the side bar, click on Local Files

   3. Select Browse. This will take you to Cyberpunk's install directory, which is inside the folder we want (e.g. C:\Steam\steamapps\common\Cyberpunk 2077)

   4. Navigate two levels up (in windows explorer this is done by clicking the up arrow at the top left of the window, next to the file path, or by using the shortcut Alt + Up Arrow Key)

2. Find the file appmanifest_1091500.acf

3. Set the file to read-only:

   1. Right-click on the file and select Properties

   2. At the bottom of the dialogue, check the Read-only box

Downgrading

GOG

2. Head to the Cyberpunk game detail page

3. Find the settings button next to the Play button

4. Select Manage Installation -> Configure…

5. Select the game version

Epic

Sorry, choomba, you're fucked. No downgrading possible.

Steam

Since 2.0, Steam supports downgrading to version 1.63_hotfix.1.

Right-click on the game in Steam and select Properties, then go here:

For downgrading to other versions, see the expandable box below.

Added:

1. Load mod load order from a text file. by Auska

   • RedMod deploys a list of mods in order - passed through the command line.

     This change now makes it you don’t have to pass the names in the command line but read it from file.

     We can specify load order of archives in another load order file.

2. Fix mesh Export paths and allow exporting to non-base resource paths. by Mana Vortex

   • The fbx importer would throw an error if in the resource path there wouldn't be base

--- Example:

❌/environment/decoration/industrial/pipes/entropy_pipe_01/entropy_pipe_01_module_small_l020_a.mesh

✅base/environment/decoration/industrial/pipes/entropy_pipe_01/entropy_pipe_01_module_small_l020_a.mesh

Summary

This page tells you how to set the launch options for Steam under Linux.

Wait, this is not what I want!

• If you have trouble after an update and have exhausted , double-check your (sometimes, Steam helpfully changes them to make you crash)

• If you want to optimize Cyberpunk 2077 settings for your SteamDeck, find a guide on

TL;DR

You need to

• Install d3dcompiler_47

• Install vcrun2022

• Adjust the Steam launch option to be: WINEDLLOVERRIDES="winmm,version=n,b" %command%

Installing the required tool

To play games on Linux, you need various programs and libraries. On the steam deck, most are preinstalled, and all you need is a tool to configure them.

This guide has information about Protontricks (recommended) and Lutris (only here for the sake of completeness). If you use anything else, we can not support you

Protontricks: Setting up

To configure the necessary parameters, you can use the app Protontricks, which you can download through the built-in app browser "Discover":

1. Open Protontricks (you can search for this by selecting start menu)

1. When Protontrick opens, select Cyberpunk:

1. Choose "Select the default wineprefix":

1. Add an override: Check both of the checkboxes below

Apply via "OK". You may receive an error below or similar. If you do, click "Yes" to continue the installation.

Lutris: setting up

1. Open Lutris

2. Right click on the game > Settings > Runner options

3. While newer versions of Lutris can use Proton, it is advised you use Wine-GE instead. Make sure you're using at least lutris-GE-Proton8-1

1. Scroll down to DLL overrides, click on Add to add a key. Add the following keys:

Launch Options

You need to pass a few parameters to the Cyberpunk.exe to enable mods. Read the section for your client to find out how.

Steam: Launch Options

Switch to steam and make sure that the launch options are set as below:

GOG: Launch Options

You can find the launch options for GOG in the game's config menu under Manage Installation -> Configure...

As under Steam, you have to add the following:

Heroic: Launch Options

While at your library right click Cyberpunk then navigate to Settings -> ADVANCED and scroll down to Environment Variables

Now set a new variable name WINEDLLOVERRIDES with a value of winmm,version=n,b

Troubleshooting

This is not working!

Check the launch options

This is the most common error. You wouldn't believe how often people show up in the support discord channel, yell in frustration for 10 minutes, and then found out that they included an extra space, forgot a letter, or made a simple typo.

Do not be these people. Copy-paste from the guide and delete any extra spaces.

Update protontricks

Make sure to be on the last version of protontricks. If that does not work, try the second-to-last version — sometimes, the tools themselves break.

Ask for help

Summary

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This page will tell you the following things:

Wait, that's not what I want!

• If you just want to turn it on, check .

• If you're looking for the log, go to your and find it under tools\redmod\bin\REDmodLog.txt

• If you are a mod developer, check

What is REDmod, and what does it do?

REDmod is a modding framework with a set of command line tools to precompile mods before launch.

If you don't speak Netrunner: During game launch, the modded content will be added to the game's regular file. Your in-game loading screens will be much faster.

When do I need it?

How to install REDmod

REDmod is shipped as free DLC with the game. You need to add it inside the platform store (GOG, Steam, Epic). You can click the link below, or find more detailed instructions further down on the page.

GOG

Steam

When REDmod is installed correctly you will find a new folder tools/redmod inside your game root directory, with subfolders: bin, scripts, tweaks.

Vortex is a multi-game mod manager developed for and by , the website where most are hosted. Here you can download mods manually or with Vortex and keep track your download history.

Why do I need this?

Technically speaking, you don't. You can or use (but without our support, sorry, choom). However, Vortex for Cyberpunk is the most beginner-friendly way of managing your mods and will save you a lot of hassle.

TL;DR

• Your staging folder must be on the same drive as your game installation

• Your staging folder must not be your game install directory

• Vortex has . If you put wrong options, mods can go brr.

Download

Once you are signed in on Nexus, it's time to download Vortex Mod Manager.

2. Select the "Manual Download" option on the first entry:

1. You'll now see a download page. If you don't have Nexus Premium,

   1. Select "Slow Download"

   2. Wait through the five seconds cooldown

2. Optional, depending on your browser: Select your download location for files that you don't want to keep

3. Wait until the installer is downloaded

4. Run the installer: either

   • select the file from your download history (Ctrl+J for most browsers)

   • go to your download directory and double-clicking the file

5. Proceed with the steps in the next section

Installation

1. Run the installer by double-clicking it.

2. If Windows shows you a prompt now, select yes — you want the setup to make changes on your device, it's supposed to install Vortex.

3. Click through the setup and finish its instructions!

Congrats! You've finished installation! Vortex should launch automatically and you can now move onto setup.

Setup

Here is where we get into the weeds, the particulars of Vortex setup before we can use it.

Logging into Nexusmods

1. If Vortex didn't open by itself, open it from the start menu.

2. Log into Nexusmods by clicking on the red circle in the top right of your client

1. You will see either a browser window or an error message that Vortex couldn't open one – in this case, copy the URL in the box at the bottom and open the browser window yourself

1. Optional: log into nexusmods (if you aren’t)

2. Allow Vortex to access your Nexus account by clicking "Authorize":

1. Click "Log in to Vortex":

1. Instead of the red icon, you should now see your profile picture and username from nexusmods.

Vortex: Adding Cyberpunk

This section will tell you how to add Cyberpunk to Vortex's managed games.

1. On the sidebar on the left side of your dashboard, click "Games"

2. In the page that now shows, type "Cyberpunk" into the search bar

3. Hover over its thumbnail and click "manage"

4. You will now see a popup complaining about "Game support not installed". Don't panic, this is expected!

5. Click the "download" button at the bottom of the window to install the Vortex plugin for Cyberpunk:

1. The extension should download automatically

2. You need to restart Vortex – agree to the prompt.

4. Vortex will tell you that it couldn't detect your game install and prompt you to set it manually. Click "Continue".

5. In the explorer window that now pops up, navigate to the folder containing your Cyberpunk exe (e.g. C:\Games\Cyberpunk 2077\bin\x64)

6. Once you are in the right folder, click "Select Folder"

Settings

This section tells you how to set the recommended settings in Vortex, grouped by tab. If a tab isn't covered, there are no recommendations and you can do what you like.

Start by clicking "Settings" in the left sidebar of your Vortex Dashboard, then select the first tab.

Interface -> Customization

This section controls how Vortex looks and behaves. If this is your first time using Vortex, just leave it at the defaults and scroll down to "Automation".

Interface -> Advanced

Interface -> Automation

The settings here tell Vortex what to do with your mods as it gets them.

Here's a screenshot of the recommended settings with an explanation below:

1. Downloading: Putting the mod into Vortex's download cache, either by clicking the button on Nexus or by dragging-and-dropping an archive onto the client. The archive will now live in Vortex's download directory.

2. Installing: Unpacks the mod and copies it to Vortex's staging directory.

3. Enabling: This mod should be included in the next deploy

4. Deploying: The mod has been copied from Vortex's staging directory to your Cyberpunk game directory.

In theory, you can configure Vortex so that you hit the download button on the website and it will download, install, enable and deploy for you. The downside with that is that you might not notice errors as they pop up in the background, which is why we recommend doing that one single click by yourself.

V2077 Settings

Mods

This section controls Vortex file storage. It's mostly a matter of personal preference and disk space availability on your end.

Mods: Staging

Where Vortex keeps its mods, ready to deploy them into the Cyberpunk game directory.

The default folder location is {USERDATA}\{GAME}\mods, which resolves to C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Roaming\Vortex\cyberpunk2077\mods

You can keep it as this, or you can make a folder for it in a place you can easily access it, like C:\Games\Mods. Wherever you decide, you want to make sure it is accessible and you can remember it in case of issue.

Mods: Download

Where Vortex stores downloaded archives. Can be wherever you like, even on a different drive.

We recommend keeping an extra folder in there for manually downloaded mods, as Vortex can manage these as well – you just have to drag-and-drop them into the client.

Dashboard

Finally, we will return to our dashboard.

No matter what settings you chose in interface, you should still have a section labeled "Tools", where at this point you should at least see four things, the last of which will be disabled:

It can be helpful here to toggle "Enable Toolbar" above it so that you can always see them wherever you are in Vortex.

These are different options to launch the game via Vortex.

"REDmod Deploy Latest Load Order" is also incredibly useful if your mods are acting up: Just using the "deploy" button on the main management page can fail – by using this button, you can debug your REDmod deployment.

Installing mods

This section will teach you how to install mods. Keep reading!

Installing the core mods

The following mods are requirements for many other Cyberpunk mods. We recommend that you install their latest version and keep them up-to-date, since you will run into them sooner or later.

Starting up the game

Before you play your game, check the bell in the top right corner next to your profile picture. Click it to expand the notifications. What you want to see is all green or blue--any red or orange issues will need to be resolved before starting your game.

While you have it open, you can navigate to the "Settings" option, and select "Skip Start Menu" and "Suppress Intro Movies" (if you don't want them). The setting will become active after the next restart.

Make sure to click save to keep your choices.

Downloading a mod with Mod Manager Download enabled

Let's get a mod that'll change something. For this example, we've picked KS UV framework, which will change V's feet.

Once your timer counts down, it should begin downloading in Vortex. The setting "Bring Vortex to foreground when starting downloads in browser" is enabled by default, so if you didn't change it, the Vortex window should pop up now. Otherwise, click over to it, and you should be able to see a 1 next to Downloads in the sidebar.

Assuming you're using recommended settings, the mod won't have installed itself, so you will click on "Mods" in the left sidebar. You should already have mods installed, enabled, and downloaded from the collection. Scroll down until you locate the blue "Never Installed" button next to the mod you want to install. Click it once, and if you're using recommended settings, it should enable and deploy automatically.

For this mod, a window will pop up, warning you that it may need manual adjustment, due to multiple .archive files. These are important windows to pay attention to, because many mods that have multiple files do require manual adjustment. This information is usually found on the description page, which is why you want to read it carefully before download.

For this mod, however, that is ok, and intended. You may simply click "Understood".

To test your new body framework mod, simply select "New Game" and pick a female-bodied V. If the feet are flat, it is not installed correctly. If they look a little funny, like barbie feet, you've done it right.

Downloading a mod manually to manage in Vortex

Let's install a mod without a mod manager download button and manage it in Vortex to show you how it works.

2. Select whichever one you like, like the "Arey", third option down.

3. Optional: Check what it looks like

   1. Click on the "images" tab (to the right of "files")

   2. Find the picture named "Arey"

   3. Navigate back to the "Files" tab

1. Scroll down to the third option, Arey Hair PHYSICS ENABLED The file doesn't have any particular instruction.

2. Optional: view the file contents – they sometimes contain helpful information:

1. Manually download the file – you know the drill by now.

2. Return to the Vortex "mods" page. You have two ways to install the mod now:

   • Drag-and-drop the downloaded file on your client, or

   • use "Install From File" in the orange bar and select the file you just downloaded in the explorer window that pops up

1. You should now have successfully installed the file.

2. If you have used the recommended settings, it should enable and deploy automatically. Otherwise, you need to do that yourself.

3. Start the game

4. Head to the character creator and create a female-bodied V

5. Check hair 48 – normally, it looks like this:

If your hair is two big buns--you did it! If it's just the normal single bun with braids, go back and try again.

Congratulations! You know how to use Vortex!

deploy - Deploys mods to the game by compiling them together

Synopsis

Description

The deploy command stages installed mods to work when the game starts with the modded flag.

• archives from <Cyberpunk 2077>/mods/<name> are staged to load

• scripts in <Cyberpunk 2077>/mods/<name>/scripts are compiled into a modded script blob

• tweak files in <Cyberpunk 2077>/mods/<name>/tweaks are compiled into a modded tweakDB blob

• sound files in <Cyberpunk 2077>/mods/<name>/customSounds are staged to load

You can specify a specific load order with the -mod parameter

Arguments

• -root=<path>

  the game root folder for which the deploy command is run.

INFO - this needs to be <Cyberpunk 2077>

Options

• -mod=<modA dirname> [<modB dirname> ...]

  stage only the mods in the given directory names (without the leading mods\), in left to right load order precedence. You must escape any spaces by enclosing the argument in double quotes (for example Mod With Space should be given as -mod="Mod With Space".)

• -modlist=<filename>

• -?|-h|--help

  Prints out a description of how to use the command.

Examples

• redmod deploy -root="C:\Gog\Cyberpunk 2077"

  Stages all installed mods under C:\Gog\Cyberpunk 2077\mods for loading

• redmod deploy -root="C:\Gog\Cyberpunk 2077" -mod=modB modA modC

  Stages only the three mods C:\Gog\Cyberpunk 2077\mods\modA\, C:\Gog\Cyberpunk 2077\mods\modB\ and C:\Gog\Cyberpunk 2077\mods\modC\ for loading. In this case, modB will override both modA and modC, and modA will override modC (in case any of them modify the same asset paths.)

• redmod deploy -root="C:\Gog\Cyberpunk 2077" -modlist="loadorder.txt"

  Same as above, but will load the mods from the file loadorder.txt instead.