ficool2 / custom_items_games

Disable items_games.txt integrity checks in TF2

Custom Items Games plugin

This client-side plugin bypasses integrity checks for items_games.txt and proto_defs.vpd in Team Fortress 2. The plugin will only work locally, and it is VAC-safe. Signature scanning is used which should make the plugin work consistently after updates.

Beta branches

Beta branches pre_07_25_23_demos and pre_smissmas_2022_demos currently crash on boot due to the newer item schema. This plugin supports these branches and will also fix these crashes, by forcefully disabling item schema updating.

Installation

1. Download the latest release and extract the "addons" folder to TF2's main folder (../common/Team Fortress 2/tf).
2. If you installed this plugin just to stop the beta branches from crashing, skip to Step 5.
3. Go into tf/scripts/items, copy the items_game.txt and rename it to items_game_custom.txt. This file will be loaded instead of the original items_games.txt. proto_defs.vpd will still load the same file.
4. Create a blank txt file in the same folder and name it "items_game_custom.txt.sig".
5. Run the game with -insecure in the launch parameters.
6. If successful, you should see the plugin loaded in console.

To disable the plugin, remove -insecure from the launch parameters. The game will not load plugins if -insecure is not present in the launch parameters, and multiplayer servers can then be joined normally. To fully uninstall, simply remove the "addons" folder.