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Andraste Modding Framework

Andraste, at it’s core, is a generic modding framework, aiming to bring a modern toolset into old (DX 9) and modern games alike. It does so by injecting a .NET FX Runtime into native applications, allowing us to code the framework in a safe language (C#), which even opens up the possibility to write code modifications in .NET languages, that interface seamlessly with the native code of the game.

Note: While this is in the TDU2 category, Andraste can also be used for TDU1 and potentially a lot of other games (unless they are 64 bits or have some protective anti cheat system)

 

How to run Andraste

Andraste comes with a UI Launcher and a bundled version of the generic framework (in the most recent version). That is all you need,
just start Andraste.UILauncher.exe, create a profile (you can have multiple profiles and quickly switch between them) and you are ready to go.

You'll want to click "open mods folder" to download/add mods to your profile and then you can press "Start Game".
If your mods don't come in an andraste ready format, check the below "Converting a Mod into the Andraste Format" and contribute the file to turboduck

If you still have problems launching Andraste, see our Docs on using the Launcher and "installing" mods.

 

Converting a Mod into the Andraste Format

First, make sure that you have the permission of the original author to convert/upload the andraste version of the mod.
Then, follow our Getting Started Guide

 

What can I use it for, at the moment?

If you managed to convert a mod, you can now use (and remove!) these game mods, without changing your unpacked(!) base game (the game needs to be unpacked, because the VFS feature only replaces existing files, it doesn't create packed files yet).

While this feature may not be impressive yet (besides removing mods without having to have a backup of your game folder somewhere), there is much more possible with that technique, but that takes manpower and time.
Internally, we're currently using the scripting functionality to find out more about the game and progress on different fronts such as multiplayer or asset manager, so definitely stay tuned for further progress, at some point, we will release the TDU2 Modding Framework, that is an additional layer on top of Andraste, providing TDU2 specific features (patching files inside BNKs, running on a packed game, hot reloading, ...)

If you need further assistance, don't hesitate to read our documentation, post in the relevant forum thread, here on turboduck, or in #tdu-modding on https://discord.tduniverse.org

Andraste is a TDUniverse Umbrella Project by MeFisto94 and redd

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• Submitter
  MeFisto94
• Submitted
  06/04/2022
• Category
  Tools / Others

 

[Big Fish]

I will describe this in the first round so that everyone knows about it: 

this is file= Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen.

TDU2VPE the car editing programs i think it's good enough at least for me i think for others. what are you making for what good?

[BrianCustoms]

On 6/4/2022 at 8:42 PM, Big Fish said:

I will describe this in the first round so that everyone knows about it: 

this is file= Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen.

TDU2VPE the car editing programs i think it's good enough at least for me i think for others. what are you making for what good?

Your security software is being way too dramatic.

[Big Fish]

bitdefender doesn't even know it's like that.

MaxSecure

Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen.

[BEight]

Hey Mefisto! Hope you are well.

I'm trying to get your program to work for TDU1 and i'm getting errors.

Here's what the terminal looks like:

Its something to do with the easyhook.dll. I'm not sure.

I used both the Project paradise version of TDU and the orginal: Same errors.

 

 

[MeFisto94]

On 12/3/2022 at 12:03 PM, BEight said:

Hey Mefisto! Hope you are well.

I'm trying to get your program to work for TDU1 and i'm getting errors.

Here's what the terminal looks like:

Its something to do with the easyhook.dll. I'm not sure.

I used both the Project paradise version of TDU and the orginal: Same errors.

 

 

This has been solved by BEight after trying a different folder / placing Andraste next to it.

I've updated the Launcher to be more verbose about such errors, it may also be that specific special characters in paths still cause issues, but so far we haven't had others with that kind of error.

 

If someone else has that error: Check your game path. Is it very long? Does it have spaces? Other special characters? If so, try it from a very simple location like "C:\tdu" and report it back to us.

 

Also to address the malware concerns: Andraste is a modding framework, so it invades other processes to change their behavior. This may very well trip antivirus heuristics, and since we're neither signed by a costly certificate (microsoft approved so to say), nor is the exe widespread, Anti Virus may yield a warning.

If you have a technical background, feel free to inspect the DLLs (they are regular .net dlls that are not obfuscated), or even read along on https://github.com/AndrasteFramework.

Note: not all parts are public on github yet.