torphedo / botw-moddingguide

This repo hosts text guides on installing and using mods for BOTW on various platforms

Hi, I go by Torph online. I'm mainly a C/C++ programmer, usually making mods for PC & console games. I'm also a first-year Computer Science student. I graduated high school in 2023, so most of my projects were written or started in high school.

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I mostly work with binary file formats (as a product of game modding). Recently, I've been researching CPU recompilers and HLE designs. I've also done a few projects involving process injection on Windows (for mods, as usual).

botw-moddingguide's Issues

Use with Cafiine Server?

It's to possible to make the guide for use it with Caffine & Geckiine. (It's for WiiU)

How to dump the update file anyway?

Don't know if this a issue. But wanna ask, the game I have include many files:
1.base game.nsp
2.update file.nsp (1.6)
3.DLC1
4.DLC2
No problem dumping game, dlc1 and dlc2, but how to dump update?
Because Yuzu install update file to "nand" folder，like”G:\yuzu\nand\user\Contents\registered\00000090\b201291d3e099872debd1c1870572cc3.nca“（my custom path).
And the update is exist in yuzu as a mod, or like a mod just like other mods which I can check or uncheck them after right-click game and select "properties”.
Don't know if I simply dump game, the dumped file will include update or not?

Switch Version keeps crashing

I'm using the Switch version and it keeps crashing when I get to Laparoh Mesa in the Gerudo Highlands to fight the Custom Black and Gold Lynel.

BCML errors

getting the below errors the moment I open BCML or try to install the mod

I have tried multiple version of python for good measure. same error every time

have also tried running everything as administrator to rule that out. spent hours scouring the internet and only found a handful of people with similar issues and no solutions. The files its complaining about are all there

I've followed the guide many times over to ensure I'm not missing anything.

when opening BCML

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\brett\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\bcml_api.py", line 32, in status_run
data = func(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\brett\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\bcml_api.py", line 83, in sanity_check
util.sanity_check()
File "C:\Users\brett\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\bcml\util.py", line 490, in sanity_check
get_game_dir()
File "C:\Users\brett\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\bcml\util.py", line 670, in get_game_dir
raise FileNotFoundError(
FileNotFoundError: The BOTW game dump directory has not been set or does not exist.

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When running install

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\brett\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\bcml_api.py", line 32, in status_run
data = func(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\brett\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\bcml\install.py", line 265, in do_and_refresh
refresh_master_export()
File "C:\Users\brett\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\bcml\util.py", line 462, in timed_function
res = func(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\brett\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\bcml\install.py", line 274, in refresh_master_export
link_master_mod()
File "C:\Users\brett\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\bcml\install.py", line 744, in link_master_mod
rsext.manager.link_master_mod(str(output) if output else None)
RuntimeError: Failed to create output directory junction

Caused by:
Incorrect function. (os error 1)