DEPRECATED - THIS METHOD IS NO LONGER RECOMMENDED

Up until now, using MFP assets required painstakingly porting them to Amnesia The Dark Descent. With this new method, using all of them and playing mods that use them will be easier and more foolproof.

This tutorial requires you to own both Amnesia games; The Dark Descent (TDD) and Machine For Pigs (MFP). This set-up doesn't alter the base MFP game.

To play custom stories in MFP, follow these steps:

1. Open your TDD directory (e.g. Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Amnesia The Dark Descent) and your MFP directory (e.g. Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Machine for Pigs).
2. Copy Amnesia.exe to your MFP folder (or Amnesia_NoSteam.exe if you're having issues with crashing).
3. Create a /custom_stories folder in your MFP directory. Install your mods here normally.
4. Go to /graphics in both folders. Copy /inventory and /item folders from TDD to MFP (or see the additional steps for MFP-styled GUI). Merge and overwrite everything.
5. Go back to the main folders of both games.
6. Copy the /sounds folder from TDD to MFP. Merge them and all subfolders, but don't overwrite any files!
7. Go back to the main folders and then to the /core folders.
8. Compress the MFP /shaders folder to back it up.
9. Go into the /shaders folders and copy deferred_light_frag.glsl from TDD to MFP.

Now, when you want to play a mod you will need to launch Amnesia.exe from the MFP folder.
Keep in mind that the main campaign won't work there. To play it, you will need to launch the MFP executable (or launch the game normally, e.g. via Steam).

MFP-style inventory:

1. Download the file from: https://www.moddb.com/games/amnesia-the-dark-descent/addons/mfp-inventory-gui
2. Unpack the /inventory folder
3. Overwrite the /graphics/inventory with the new one.

• Steam overlay doesn't work even if logged in before launching the game.
• Not all objects are interactable (MFP overrides most entities)

The best part about this set-up is that everything you know from TDD modding is still applicable! Pretty much everything works like it did in TDD.

To start modding, you have to apply the player section of this guide and then set-up the developer environment again, but this time in the MFP folder (the player profiles and other files are in Documents/Amnesia/Pig):

• Set up the editors again: https://wiki.frictionalgames.com/hpl2/tools/start
• Change profile settings to debug: https://wiki.frictionalgames.com/hpl2/amnesia/devenvguide

From now on, you can launch the editors from the MFP folder and you will see all MFP assets in them!

Most TDD assets will be there as well, but keep in mind many of them function slightly differently (e.g. removed interaction) and some are missing completely (e.g. the Brute enemy).

• Make sure to attach this guide in your installation instructions and/or on the mod page!
• You will be able to use only the TDD engine functions: https://wiki.frictionalgames.com/hpl2/amnesia/script_functions
• Since technically we're using the TDD version of HPL2, inventory works. MFP-specific scripts and functions like colorgrading don't.
• Making Full Conversion mods for MFP should work normally (although was not tested)
• Keep in mind that some TDD assets will be missing. If you want to use them in the mod, make sure to include them in the mod's files.
• Not every MFP asset was tested, a few of them might have unforeseen issues.

If you find any bugs or have other feedback, find me on the FG Discord (link on the official FG website): darkfire#8851