Allowing Character Importation In 'Deadman's Switch.

Shadowrun Returns4 · 44 ratings8.3k views55 favorites2 min readby IncunabulumUpdated Aug 1, 2013View on Steam ↗

Basic Instructions

**As of now, someone has beat me to loading the modified campaign to the Workshop - go there and download it. This guide is no longer relevant.**

Open 'Programfiles(x86)/Steam/Steamapps/common/shadowrunreturns/shadowrundata/streamingassets/content packs'

Copy and rename '/Dead_man_Switch' to ensure you have a clean backup if something goes wrong.

Rename the working directory 'Dead_man_switch - Character Importation Allowed'

Move 'Dead_man_switch - Character Importation Allowed' to '/Documents/Shadowrun Returns/Content Packs.

Move your safe copy of the original campaign back into 'Programfiles(x86)/Steam/Steamapps/common/shadowrunreturns/shadowrundata/streamingassets/content packs' and rename it 'Dead_Man_Switch'.

Run Shadowrun
Open 'Content'
Run the Editor

In the Editor

File
Open Content Pack
Navigate to '/Documents/Shadowrun Returns/Content Packs'.
Open 'project.cpack.bytes'

Edit
Edit Content Pack Properties
Select 'Allow Character Importations' and 'Can Import With Items'
Change Name and Title lines at top to indicate that this is not the original.
Set 'Starting Scene' to 'C01-S1_3yearsago'

You *may* end up creating a scene called 'Dead_man_switch - Character Importation Allowed' that is empty. If it is there, delete it - if not then don't worry about it.

In the editor window titled 'Story Data' click on the drop down menu and select 'Scene'
Scroll through the scenes and select the scene called 'Dead_man_switch - Character Importation Allowed'.
Click on the little gear icon at the top right of the 'Story Data' block and select 'Delete Asset' and delete that empty scene.

Now select 'File' then 'Publish Content Pack Locally'

This should take maybe a minute and then the editor will tell you that the pack has been published successfully.

Close editor

Alt/tab to Shadowrun
Select 'Back' and then 'New Game' and you should see your modified campaign file.

This will replace the unmodified campaign in your list but the original will still be there, jusst delete this modified one to get it back.

Now to figure out how to publish the modified campaign.

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