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kayfour edited this page Mar 1, 2019 · 1 revision

AAUnlimited allows for the use of a different file system, which makes the game load and run faster while also taking less harddrive space. We created a new file type called pp2 that the game still reads, but that takes up significantly less storage space than the vanilla .pp files.

Furthermore, the files are entirely drag-and-drop installations, so a mod loader program is no longer required for either.

pp2 compression reduced the files to 10% of their original size!

  • pp2 - Tiny and functional, but cannot be edited in any way once compiled. Terrible for mod developers, great for casual players.
  • You can use both .pp2 and .pp mods at the same time

To enable .pp2 files for game use, you must enable them in the Launcher settings in the AA2Unlimited tab.

Mod Priority

This was touched on in the Shadow Sets page, but to reiterate the order in which AA2 loads files:

  1. Extracted pp folders in the data/ folders
  2. Enabled Shadow Set folders in the data/sets/ folders
  3. Encrypted pp2 files in the data/ folders
  4. Encrypted pp files in the data/ folders

Because .pp2 has a higher load priority than .pp, you should always look for a .pp2 version of a mod before adding the .pp version.

The .pp2 files also have their own priority tiers, to prevent conflicts among their own (drag and drop) files. The priority of a file is noted by the numerical prefix to the file as explained below.

  • .pp2 - Base game .pp2 files are "priority 50," and priority of a file increases as the prefix number decreases toward 0. For practical purposes 0 would be "highest .pp2 priority," but there are prefixes that the game sees as less than 0 (symbols).

Mod Resources

.pp2 mod resources

  • MEGA - The primary pp2 file resource. This should have pretty much everything you should need.
  • Tsukiyome - The secondary pp2 file resource. Basically a backup of some mods (Uncensor, HEXACC, SVIICC, HEXAOC, Hardlinker)
  • Lolicore - The tertiary pp2 file resource. Generally don't use anything from here unless it's not available anywhere else.
  • Mod List - A laundry list showing "standard" pp2 files for a modded game. Don't forget the shadow set for MCP/3D Rooms
  • Extracting pp2s - Instructions on how to extract files from pp2 mods, for masochists who refuse to use original pp files. Ask for more help from the devs at the discord if you get stuck.
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