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Thank you.

I've been interested in making some mods for Dark Souls 3 for some time know, but I've not much information about mods with regards to Dark Souls 3 at all. I've done some modding work with Skyrim's and Fallout's CK, but other than that, I'm clueless exactly how I'm supposed to properly read and edit the Dark Souls 3 game files. I'm very certain that most of the game's data files (textures, models, etc.) are compiled into the DataX.bdt files, which are [by default] located "Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DARK SOULS III\Game". Does anyone have any resources they can point me towards? I'd love to actually start creating some genuine mods for this game.

Actually, never mind, I looked inside the mod archives and found my answer. Sorry :P

So upon installing Dual Sheath Redux, it prompts me to install a patch for "aMidianBorn Book of Silence". Now I assume it is for weapons, not armors, but exactly why does it need a compatibility patch? aMidianBorn Book of Silence, as far as I know, ONLY changed textures. I am in disbelief that this would even need a "compatibility patch" at all. Just doesn't make sense.

See, I always try to research every single mod, and I make sure that it doesn't have any incompatibilities. But in the end it always does. I have to completely reinstall at this point, because I could not for the life of me enter Dragonsreach Great Porch. CTD every time and there's not much information online about that. I tried disabling any mods I could think of and I even looked at the crash log. RIP.

I used to play this game a lot back in 2013. I used close to 200 mods on it back then with a GTX 770 4GB. It ran better, both with regards to FPS and application stability. Now, no matter how many times I try, once I start approaching 150 mods or so, the games starts breaking in various ways. I've even tried following some modern preset guides. Back then I didn't even use ANY guides at all. I installed what I wanted to, did small research for incompatibilities, and it all worked A-okay. No crashes, no missing textures, no nothing. Now I experience missing textures, holes in the ground, moving parallax textures, constant crashes, 20 FPS with a 780 6GB,, infinite loading screens, severe hitching, constant quest bugs, etc. etc. etc. What the hell happened man? This game used to run fine. Now no matter what I do, the game ends up in a broken state. I just want to play my modded Skyrim... (cries) EDIT: If anyone would possibly know, what do you guys think about the modding guide I linked above? I've tried to follow it now 3 times and it's failed every time, The game just does not come out stable, and I make sure to follow all the directions in the guide AND more. I individually research every single mod on that list to make sure there is no incompatibilities. I think maybe I shouldn't use this guide anymore. It just doesn't work for me at all. What do you guys think of it? Is it legit or kind of contrived?