▫️1. Setup

Configure your computer

Brief

Prepare your computer with Windows configuration, basic software requirements, and creates a centralized modding location that will match what you will see in the ELI5 guide screenshots.

Steps

1. Enable Windows long path names and then reboot your computer

2. Install Microsoft .NET 6

3. Install Blender

4. Install the Cyberpunk Blender Add-in

5. Install Gimp, please refer to Graphical Editors for comparable software

6. Install Notepad++, please refer to Graphical Editors for comparable software

7. Install and enable REDmod, this is a DLC that can be installed off Steam or GOG

8. Install the Cyberpunk 2077 mod Material and Texture Override

9. Install Discord to access the Cyberpunk 2077 Modding Community

Optional Quality of Life Steps

1. Create a centralized local for your modding projects. By default WolvenKit creates a folder in %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\REDModding that can also act as an okay place for a modding archive.

   • Asset Depot -- C:\Cyberpunk2077Mod\Depot\

   • Coding -- C:\Coding\

   • Guides and misc notes -- C:\Cyberpunk2077Mod\Guides\

   • Modding projects -- C:\Cyberpunk2077Mod\Projects\

   • WolvenKit application -- C:\Cyberpunk2077Mod\WolvenKit\

2. Create a shortcut to the Cyberpunk game files in the root of your project location

3. Add the following shortcuts to your Start Menu

   • Blender

   • Gimp, or whatever your image editor is

   • Notepad++, or whatever your advanced text editor is

   • Discord

Reboot your computer because of the changes you made with the above changes