Hello,
I am waiting for F1 2012 to download and I cannot wait to play it!! I have seen some great mods on this website
I have the F1 2012 Steam game, is it possible for me to F1 2012 to install mods if it's on Steam?
Please can someone write me a guide on how to install mods too please as I'm useless
thanks!
I bought grand prix 4 but I didn't understand how to install the mods, so I bought this too
I really want some cool helmets and skins for cars?
Moved to modding questions thread - Gnu
OK, installing mods. Let's choose a helmet for an example. When you download a mod as a zip file, unpack it, you should find a read_me file that explains how to install the mod. Let's pretend that there isn't a read_me.
1/ A helmet mod will usually have 2 files, numbered based on what number helmet the mod will replace in the game. Using helmet 3 as an example, because Tom mentions it above, the 2 files will be named as below, and they will be in a folder named bespokehelmets
- gen_03_tex_high.pssg
- gen_03_tex_low.pssg
2/ Your Steam install of F1 2012 will be in something like
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\f1 2012
3/ Inside the
characters folder will be the
bespokehelmets folder
4/ Always make a backup of any folder where you install mods, just in case of errors, or if you want to revert back to normal. It's also worth making an other backup with the mod installed. If you use the Steam function 'verify your game cache' (to fix a problem), any broken, missing, or modded files will be replaced automatically by Steam, and you will be back to a standard install. Patches can also trigger this function, but not always.
5/ Now you have a backup, copy the new (modded)
bespokehelmets folder and paste it into the
character folder.
Overwriting the existing files
6/ You might as well backup the
bespokehelmets folder again whilst you are here, renaming the backup as
bespokehelmets-modded or similar, whatever you want
7/ Start up Steam, and run the game
8/ Go to MyF1 > Profile > Select Helmet 3 (because that's the one you replaced). Depending on the mod, you might
NOT see a picture of your new helmet, but as long as you selected the correct numbered helmet, you
WILL see it in game.
Bear in mind that at some stage there might be a helmet pack as a mod, where multiple helmets are replaced, but the procedure is the same.
Other mods will be similar, where you may have a whole bunch of folders in the zip file. But you do exactly the same, by copying the new folders over the old folders to install.
(Backing up before you do so)
There used to be a mod installing program by Ryder around this website (or his), that could install and remove mods at will, with a few of clicks or a mouse, automatically backing up the original files, or replacing them again when you want to remove a mod. It worked for F1 2010 and F1 2011, it might work with F1 2012, but I am not sure, I am assuming it will. This is great when you have quite a few mods installed, rather than just one or two.
Anyway, that's about it ...........
