This tutorial will teach you how to create an amateur mod which will delete Singleplayer menu options like in multiplayer mods, what will show you:

• how to extract PAK files,
• how to edit game scripts,
• how to create PAK files,
• how to run game with your mod.

The Painkiller\Data folder is the directory with the game content (PAK’s), sample files:

• LScripts.pak – main file to editing game scripts, very popular in Painkiller mods,
• Maps.pak – file with maps in MPK file format,
• Textures.pak – there are all textures which are used in the game.

Extracting data from PAK

Run the game with parameter: -script FS.ExtractPack(‘../Data/Filename.pak’,’../Data/Foldername’)

• Filename.pak is the name of PAK file which you want extract.
• Foldername is the name of directory where PAK will extract.

Example:

• Clik Start => Run => Enter the path to your Painkiller directory like below:

Remember that the path you want to extract to has to exist, else nothing happens and you won’t even get a notice.

Editing scripts

Go to C:\Program Files\Painkiller\Data\LScripts\HUD\Menu. Open with the Notepad (you can use another programs like Notepad++, Lua Edit) MainMenuBlack.lua (or MainMenuBlack.lua if you use Painkiller Black Edition). There is a function MainMenu(). Delete the singleplayer code which is selected on image:

Save the MainMenuBlack.lua file. If you want you can change X & Y values like below, it will change the position of text.

Run game, you will see:

Creating PAK file

Run the game with parameter: -script FS.CreatePack(‘../Data/Filename.pak’,’../Data/Foldername’, true)

• Filename.pak is the name of PAK file which you want tu use.
• Foldername is the name of directory where are files which you want to package to PAK.

Example:

• Clik Start => Run => Enter the path to your Painkiller directory like below:

Check used name, there is LScriptsmod.pak, no LScripts.pak.

Run game with your mod

All OK, but what if want to play the singleplayer. A solution is a method which use mods like PK++ or Hills. When is finished your mod, delete LScripts directory from Data

Run the game with parameter: -lscript Filename.pak

• Filename.pak is the name of your PAK file.

Example:

• Clik Start => Run => Enter the path to your Painkiller directory like below:

You will see the menu of your mod. When you run only Painkiller.exe (without the parameter) you will see classic menu with singleplayer options.