Swap textures, materials, meshes and prefabs effortlessly

H3VR.Sideloader is a BepInEx plugin for Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades that allows to

• Swap weapon textures, meshes, materials and whole prefabs
• Do all the swapping without editing any of game's files
• Package swapped assets into single-file packages that a user can easily drop into a folder

Download these archives into the same folder:

• BepInEx
• XUnity.ResourceRedirector
• H3VR.Sideloader

Example video for the impatient

Full guide:

1. Downloaded the requirements above and place them into the same folder
2. Extract the downloaded folders into the game folder (<STEAM folder>/steamapps/common/H3VR) while following the README of each requirement!
   • It's recommended that you run the game now at least once. That way BepInEx initializes all the folders and configuration files.
   • Optional Enable the debug console by opening <H3VR folder>/BepInEx/config/BepInEx.cfg, finding and setting

     [Logging.Console]
     
     Enabled = true

3. Create a Mods folder in H3VR folder (optional, will get generated manually as well)
4. Run the game once for sideloader to initialize

Sideloader makes mod installation easy: all mods are packaged into single .h3mod (or .hotmod) files that are simple to install.
Each h3mod contains a special manifest file that provides necessary information for sideloader for asset swapping and additional metadata that can be useful in future mod managers.

Quick tutorial video for the impatient

Simply take .h3mod or .hotmod that you obtained and place it into <H3VR Game Folder>/Mods folder. Refer to Steam guide on how to find your H3VR game folder.

Launch the game and you should have your mods installed an available!

Textures (weapon and item skins):

Download latest SkinPacker.
Run the tool, fill the required info and press Pack h3mod.

Tutorial video

Meshes, materials, prefabs: WIP, there is no tool yet to do this automatically.
Refer to the wiki for info on how to create these packages manually.

Custom objects (weapons, spawner IDs): WIP, there is no tool yet to do this automatically.
Refer to the wiki for WIP info about creating new weapons.