1. Introduction
1.1. Main
VPK Manager is a simply application that you can manage one or multiple VPK add-ons to and fro your Team Fortress 2.1.2. Secondary
VPK Manager do have a simply Back-Up and Restore functionality, allowing you to back-up your existing TF2 VPKs and restore them if you modded it incorrectly.2. Limitation
There are limitations to this application:- Loose Folder Mods in Custom folder are not detected
- Workshop VPK are not supported
- Raw Snapshot
3. Usage
Here's a tutorial on how to use VPK Manager4. Tool Motivation
I have multiple system drive, and my Steam and its game library was installed away from the OS drive, and to keep things tidy, I saved it like this: D:\Apps\Games\Steam.I realised that the full directory to Team Fortress 2 Custom directory is: D:\Apps\Games\Steam\Steam Library\Common\ Team Fortress 2\tf\Custom. It is damn long.
Not only that, if I'm testing mods out, I have multiple File Explorer open up:
- TF2 Custom
- Temporary Folder
- Decompiled/Source materials (usually 3-5 folders)
That's for a new mod, however, if I'm updating existing mod, I need to keep the original VPK safe, or if I screwed something up, I need a way to restore the VPKs.
Sure, I did created multiple shortcuts, but it is just one issue. The other issue such as:
- Switching multiple tabs, and often get lost in the process (even with dual monitors and doing testing on incomplete mod).
- Reduce steps to copy-paste or move.
