Doesn't work at all

[ZethrasGorgoth]

The provided cvmodtool.exe doesn't to anything upon clicking on it. Even downloading the suggested resources from the download asset section serves nothing. I did of course download and installed Unreal Engine 4.18 and what basically happens is this:

-Running cvmodtool.exe does nothing, no resources are downloaded.

-Using build-and-install.bat does something after I insert the path for UE_4.18 folder and Code Vein's ~mods folder, config.toml gets created but then I get this error:

So I tried to go into the .bat file itself, and found this:

I, of course, replaced the "toolpath" section with the "cvmodtool.exe" as you can see (as giving the whole path for the executable caused the .bat to fail) I can't seem to go any further: what am I supposed to write in the set config="{config}" part? 'cause I tried to input "config.toml", "config" but I always get an error message.

So in short the tool isn't working at all for me

[AmionSky]

Run the cvmodtool.exe from the commandline, it should give a help message like:

It will only download the resources on create (as it is only needed for that)

Resources are only for the tool. If you use create command like:

cvmodtool.exe create TestProject

It will create a project with a correct:

build-and-install.bat and cvmod.toml:

@echo off 
set toolpath="C:\Users\csanyi\Downloads\cvmodtool.exe"
set config="cvmod.toml"

%toolpath% --verbose build --config %config%
if %errorlevel% neq 0 (goto errorhandler)
%toolpath% --verbose package --config %config%
if %errorlevel% neq 0 (goto errorhandler)
%toolpath% --verbose install --config %config%
if %errorlevel% neq 0 (goto errorhandler)
exit /b 0

:errorhandler
pause
exit /b %errorlevel%

project = "TestProject"
pakname = "Z_TestProject_P"
includes = [
    'Environment\Base01_Hideout\Blueprints\BP_FieldTrigger_JukeBox',
    "Maps",
    "ModResources",
    'ModResources\EnterDevMap',
    'ModResources\Stateful',
]

And also next to the cvmodtool.exe it will create the config.toml:

engine = 'C:\Users\csanyi\Documents\UE 4.18'
moddir = 'C:\Users\csanyi\Documents\Code Vein mods folder'

[profiles]

You should open the project first in unreal editor (just run the .uproject).
After that it should just work by running the bat file. (or by manually running the cvmodtool commands)
If you make stuff dont forget to include your assets in cvmod.toml's includes section.

I hope it makes things clear.

[ZethrasGorgoth]

It does make things clear, and thank you very much! I'm getting another error now though, basically I get this when trying to open the .uproject file, it keeps telling me this:

And when I click yes I get this:

I guess I'm missing something, but UE4 should be installed correctly, and even opening the .uproject doesn't seem to do anything. On an additional note, I tried to run the build-and-install.bat after attempting to open the .uproject but I'm getting this (though I guess it should be exxpected since the .uproject didn't actually open and basically failed to compile)

[AmionSky]

You need Visual Studio C++ tools for it (check unreal docs for which version and what components)
(( If i remember correctly Visual Studio 2017 with the MSVC compiler and Windows 8.1 SDK components are needed ))

Or just create a project without any mod assets that require the c++ extension with:

cvmodtool.exe create TestProject --profile nocompile