XIII Trilogy Randomizer tool[github.com]

Nova Chrysalia Mod Manager[mega.nz]

Instructions are in Readme.txt files

Remember, your existing/vanilla save files will not work with the Nova launcher.

• Before proceeding any further, you need to make sure that your PC version games files are clean and unmodified. You need to do this separately for each game that you own.

• From your steam library, launch the game and close it as soon as you reach the game's title screen. this step is important as the game would need to create some default configuration settings which will only happen after it has launched once. remember that the game you launch has to be the same one for which you are setting it up with Nova. if you are setting up Nova for all the three games, then launch each game from your steam library separately and close it at the title screen. make sure not to launch all of them at the same time.
  
  
• Extract the zip file that you downloaded with WinRAR or 7Zip software and open the NovaChrysalia.exe file. This should open the Mod manager.
  
  
• In the Game Launcher tab in Nova, set the Install directory for the games that you own by clicking on the Browse button and navigate to the respective game's directory or the root folder. For XIII-1 it will be the FINAL FANTASY XIII folder, for XIII-2 it will be the FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 folder and for LR it will be the LIGHTNING RETURNS FINAL FANTASY XIII folder.
  
  
• Once you have located the folder in the small navigation window, click on it and then click the Select folder option in the navigation window.
  
  
• In the Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIII-2 settings row, customize the graphic settings for your game as well as the Voice over settings too.
  
  
  
• The game files are stored in large BIN files and have a separate set for English and Japanese audio. We will need to unpack these files to make it more modding friendly and this unpacking will require some free space in the drive where you have the game installed.
  
  
  
• You will need 110gb of free space for XIII, 60gb for XIII-2 and 50gb for XIII-LR. These are the approximate sizes if you want to unpack the files for the two language options. If you are going to unpack for a single language option, then the size is going to be reduced.
  
  
  
• In the first row and right above the Launch game option, you have to set the dot to the game that you want to launch or do the Unpacking. so set the dot to the one you want to Unpack for now and in the last row, set the Filesystem to Unpacked Mode
  
  
• In that same row where the Filesystem option was present, click on either the Unpack Game Data (EN Audio) or the Unpack Game data (JP audio) options. You can only unpack one of them at a time, so click on the one you want to unpack first.
  
  
  
• Click on the Yes option in the prompt that appears and the Unpacking process will start. This process will take some time to complete and once it's done you'll be notified by a prompt. Click on the Ok button to close it.
  
  
  
• If the unpacking process completes too quickly then you probably have the ASIA/JP region version of the game that only ships with Japanese audio files. If this is the case, then click on the Unpack Game data (JP audio) option and wait for the Unpacking process to be done.
  
  
  
• We shall now do a test run. In the first row, set the dot to the one you have the game files unpacked or the one you want to launch now for a test run. After setting the dot to your respective game, click on the Launch Game option below and see if the game opens properly.
  
  
  
• If the game opens properly, then you have been successful with setting up this mod manager. yay! good job.

1. Download FF13_2RandomizerX.X.X.7z and the required version of Nova Chrysalia.

2. Move these to a location of your choosing and extract both to their default folders.

3. Open Nova's first and run NovaChrysalia, select the path for FF13-2 at the top if missing (probably in
Steam under C:), select the left bottom circle to run FF13-2, and set Filesystem to "Unpacked".

4. Choose Unpack Game Data EN audio (JP is not supported currently), may take 10 or less minutes.
Now go to the FF13-2 Rando folder, run the FF13_2Rando Application. In Setup, make sure your
paths are correct (one for the steam game, one for the Nova path).

5. Select a New Seed if you want. Flag step is optional. In Finish, select Generate Mod Pack. Few more
minutes, and you'll get a unique .ncmp file. It is located under "packs" in the FF13-2 Rando folder.

6. Switch back to the Nova Chrysalia app, select the ModPack Manager tab, and then select Add
Modpack on the right. Find that .ncmp file, and put that in the list. Double click from the list, install
mod, wait a few minutes, and you should be set.

7. At the bottom left of the first window of the Nova app, select Launch game. You'll know you are
successful if the main title menu has different music.

1. The game is still vanilla when I launch the game

Make sure to launch the game through Nova with LR checked.
Check that the randomizer is installed on the ‘ModPack manager’ tab of Nova and the Filesystem
option on the ‘Game Launcher’ tab is set to Unpacked.
If that doesn’t work, try running Nova in admin mode.

2. The game crashes when I launch the game.

Try running Nova in admin mode.
If that doesn’t change anything, the files may be corrupted or the game was unintentionally
unpacked when it was modded. If so, follow the reinstallation instructions at the end of the
document.

3. The randomizer is giving errors when I generate the modpack

If the error gives something about something already exists or does not exist, the files may be
corrupted or the game was unintentionally unpacked when it was modded. If so, follow the
reinstallation instructions at the end of the document.
If the error doesn’t give any helpful messages, contact the dev on preferably discord.