Hello, my name is cipherunknown, but you can call me Cipher.
This is my second guide I have ever made in my time of modding.
In this guide, I will teach you how to change the aircraft and skin in In-game/In-engine cutscenes, such as the Mission 11 opening cutscene.
¶ Requirements
- In-game cutscene files: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GkoL5qBO3VOhzs2J40C7pWXggOc0R6hF/view?usp=share_link
- UassetGUI - To edit assets.
- UnrealPak 4.18 - To unpack/pack your game assets.
¶ Step 1: Editing
Open UAssetGUI first, and set the version on the top right to 4.18. Then open the IGC file.
Now let’s get onto it.
I will use the mission 5 opening cutscene as an example for this. Mission 5’s file is ms05_IGC1.umap
In the In-Game cutscene files, there are 3 sections which define any aircraft in an IGC in the “name map” of the file.
We will use the first section for our modded aircrafts’ skin pawns, the second section for the main models of the aircraft and the third section for the AcePlayerPawns of the aircraft. These are the sections in order [please note that the export numbers for the headers are not the same for every IGC file]
We will now replace the first section with the skin pawns. The modded skin pawns must be named like /Game/Blueprint/Player/Pawn/Skin/AcePlayerPawn_[plane]_s[skin slot]
This is the modified skin pawn section
Now we modify the default model section. The default model section’s modded headers must be named like Default__AcePlayerPawn_[plane]_s[slot]
This is the modded default model section
Now we finally modify the AcePlayerPawn section. The AcePlayerPawn section’s modded headers must be named like AcePlayerPawn_[plane]_s[slot]_C
Now we click “File” on the top left, click “save as” and save it into your preferred directory with the original file name.
¶ Step 2: Packing
After that, make the folder structure of
 Mission Cutscene |
 [ModName_P] / Nimbus / Content / Maps / Mission / [mission number] |
In my case, I modified the mission 5 (ms05) IGC so this is how it will be saved.
After that, drop the folder structure into UnrealPak-Batch-No-Compression.bat.
The mod has been completed. You may now put your IGC mod into your ~mods folder and play the mission that you modified. This was the result of the cutscene I modified.
¶ Credits
@SanaeLacus on Twitter for the awesome screenshot of the modified mission 11 cutscene in this guide’s cover
My brain for working and not being lazy so that I can write this guide
You
for reading this guide!