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🧰Modding Resources

An ever-expanding list of communities, tools and tutorials


Modding Communities

AFK Mods
AllMods.net
FluffyQuack Capcom games mostly
GameBanana
GameFront
GBATemp
Hive Workshop
LoversLab
ModDB
ModderBase
Modding.wiki
ModWorkshop
NexusMods
ROMhacking.net
ThunderStore
WoW Interface


Modding Tools

PCGamingWiki Information on every game

Universal Mod Tools Nexus Page
GitHub Repositories: #modding-resources
GitHub Repositories: #modding-tools
FluffyQuack Capcom games mostly

Mod Managers

Nexus Mod Manager: Beginner's Guide


Software

Design and CG

3D

3D Modelling

Blender
Download (Old Versions)

3D Model Viewers

Noesis

3D Generators

TopoExport Export sections of the earth as 3D models

UV Maps

Boundary First Flattening

Substance Stuff

Procedural Eye Generator [Substance Designer]

2D

Image Editing

Gimp
Paint.net

ImageViewers

IrfanView

Texture Maps

AwesomeBump
CrazyBump
Njob
NormalmapGenerator
Materialize
Material Maker
Quixel Mixer Substance Painter but free


File-Specific Tools and Plugins

3D Models

.FBX / .DAE

Godot Engine’s “Better” Collada exporter Blender

.PSK / .PSA

Used by Unreal Engine
ActorXImport Maya 2009-2014
ActorX Importer 3Ds Max
Blender3D Import psk psa addonDownload Blender 2.80+

.GLM / .GLA Ghoul2

Jedi Knight, Jedi Outcast / Academy
Blender Jedi Academy Plugin Suite Import/Export, Ghoul2 properties (Blender 2.91)
Skeleton Tool Working with JKA Skeletons (Blender 2.91)
ModView For viewing .GLM/.GLA models/anims

.NIF

Bethesda games; Fallout, Elder Scrolls
NifSkope 2.0 Download .nif model viewer/editor
NifTools Collection of .nif related tools
Blender Niftools Addons Download Documentation Blender
Maya 2016 nif plugin Maya 2016
3ds Max Nif Importer-Exporter 3Ds Max
Nif Export-Import plugin for 3Ds Max 2017 3Ds Max 2017

.XPS

Blender 2.7x XPS Tools 1.1 Blender 2.7+

Image/Textures

.DDS

DDS Converter
Intel® Texture Works Plugin Photoshop .DDS Plugin
gimp-dds Gimp .DDS Plugin

Blender Addons

material-combiner-addon Download - By Grim-es
Allows you to make a material//uv Atlas out of all the materials on your mesh

Misc Useful Tools

File Extraction

Game Extractor
Ninja Ripper

File Compression

7zip

PDFs

PDFGear

Webcapture

Screenshot Guru

Text

CopyChar

Misc Resources

Remember always give credit where credit is due.

Icons/Logos

Logos World

3D Models

RigModels