Head, Hand and/or Body Model Swapping - Detailed RER2 Steps

This Tutorial IS NOT for 3D Model Editing in Blender or 3DSMax, but simply swapping Files that handle the Mesh & Textures

Tools
- Credits to egglesplork 's Model Swapping In Revelations 2--Basic Version Tutorial and explaination on what each extension is for, but I found a problem where I would get gray & black mesh put to .ARC.TXT (This might be due to Game Update)
- Arctools.exe & pc-rev2.Bat by FluffyQuack
- Arc List of Character Models & etc posted by JTeghius Kittius
- Resident Evil Revelations 2 [Steam ver5.0]
- Other than Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Explorer & Notepad

Steps
0. Navigate to the DX9NEXT where the .ARC are kept
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\RESIDENT EVIL REVELATIONS 2\nativePCNext\arc\DX9NEXT
- View by Detail & Group By Name or use Search for uPl Characters
- Make a Shortcut of this Folder and Place in the somewhere you can have easy access to drop .ARC Fast

1. Right-click & Send to > Compressed Folder (Zip) on the.ARC file your going to Swap (Replace/Overwrite) & the .ARC file your going to Use (Show Up in-game)
Tips
- Body = uPl0000.arc
- Head = uPl0000Head.arc
- Left Hand = uPl0000Handleft.arc
- Right Hand = uPl0000Handright.arc
- This is a good way to backup fast & w/7zip you can quickly use Right-Click > 7zip > Extract Here to replace
- Lady Hunk's uPl3200Head = Hunk's uPl5400Head, but seems to lose ears
- If you replace Lady Hunk's Body, you must also Replace the Head

2. Place both .ARC Files in the same folder as The ArcTools.exe & pc-rev2.bat

3. Drag & Drop each .ARC File on the .BAT file 1 by 1 to Unpack each .ARC Files
- This produces a Folder with subfolders called data, soft, etc and a .ARC.TXT document for file path

4. Copy all of the first subfolder you see (data, soft, etc) from the .ARC your Using to the .ARC your Swapping
- e.g. Go into UPl5400Head's Folder > Select All and Copy or Cut the uPl5400Head's subfolders (data) > Paste into uPl3730Head's Folder > Overwrite everything

5. Navigate to data\chara\pl (You'll see 4 Folders, 2 with "_N" & 2 without "_N") > Navigate to then Copy or Cut the .MOD, .MRL & sometimes .CTC of the Model your Using to the Model your Swapping's folder where their .MOD, .MRL & sometimes .CTC are kept
- e.g. Go into pl5400\model > Select All and Copy or Cut the .MOD & .MRL > Paste into pl3730_n's Folder > Copy the name from pl3733.mod/.mrl files > Delete those pl3733.mod/.mrl files > Select all pl5403, Rename and Paste to batch change pl5403 to pl3733
- Sometimes the .CTC and .MOD/.MRL aren't in the same folder, don't change that, simply overwrite what needs to be
- ALSO navigate to soft\chara\pl\pl0000 to replace the Used.LMT with the Swapped.LMT to avoid Mesh Errors
(You'll get temporary errors that appear when you change to a different Costume of the Same Character, in order to avoid this you must replace the .LMT in the Alternative Costumes or use a Character with its own .LMT also this applies to Other files like .14EA8095, basically try to replace all the Files in Swap's soft Folder with Used)

(When you find a Lvl 100 Broken Butterfly with 5 slots in Store, but after selling everything, you have to Raid again to afford it.)
Before I replaced .14EA8095: (Replacing Natalia with Moira's Body = Knees always bent)
> After I replaced .14EA8095: (Now "Natalia" walks properly)



6. Delete any empty folders, but keep the .ARC's Folder that contains the .TEX, .DDS & .TXT your using UNCHANGED
- e.g. I deleted the pl5400 Folder, but kept the pl5400_N (which contains Texture)

7. Navigate back to the same folder you put the .ARC Files in with The ArcTools.exe & pc-rev2.bat, where the .ARC.TXT are also

8. Open the .ARC.TXT your Using > Select All & Copy or Cut > Close Notepad
- e.g. Open uPl5400Head.arc.txt in Notepad > Ctrl + A > Ctrl + C or X > Close Notepad

9. Open the .ARC.TXT your Swapping > Go to the Beginning of the First Line (by Default you should be their) > Paste (And Press Enter if 2 File Paths are on the same line) Save & Close Notepad
- e.g. Open uPl3730Head.arc.txt in Notepad > Go to Beginning of First Line (If not there)
> Paste the Filepaths from uPl5400Head (Press Enter/Return if 2 Filepaths are on the same line) > Ctrl + S to Save > Close Notepad- You can get Gray & Black mesh if you put the Filepaths at the bottom


10. Drag & Drop the "uPl" Folder your Swapping onto the .BAT File (Wait for CMD to finish)
- e.g. Click & Hold uPl3730Head > Drop onto pc-rev2.bat
- This re-produces a different uPl3730Head.arc

11. Copy & Paste or Drag & Drop the Modified .ARC to DX9Next Folder > Overwrite the .ARC (You should have a Zip from earlier below it in case you need to revert)
- e.g. Ctrl + X uPl3730.arc file > Navigate to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\RESIDENT EVIL REVELATIONS 2\nativePCNext\arc\DX9NEXT" Folder via Shortcut > Ctrl + V Paste uPl3730.arc file > Select "Move & Replace"

12. Play Game
Tips
- You can Replace & Edit Files while Playing the Game & While the Character is using the .ARC before its replaced
- In order to Refresh simply hover over another Character in selection (Raid Mode) > Wait for it too Load then Hover back to the Character your Modding
- Crashing will most likely happen if a File or Steps are incorrect or other reasons
- Some characters Glitch like Natellia's Body .LMT swapped with Moira's Body .LMT and if you Aim while not Crouching, the Arms will lock (You can't Crouch, Run, Attack or Aim) until you open a Door, Pickup an item or Interact with Something

Wishes
- If someone can make a RER2 Model Swapper so people can easily make a Model replace another Model by simply choosing the Used & Swap.ARC then using ArcTools + .BAT to generate a .ARC by Moving & Deleting files and changing the .ARC.TXT