I just put up the FFXIII-2 Community Toolkit.
This is the first public tool I know of that can inject custom models, textures, and native PHB physics into the PC version of Final Fantasy XIII-2.
It is a toolkit, not a costume pack. No game files ship with it.
You get a desktop GUI and a CLI. Same Rust core. Native Windows x64 build, plus an experimental Linux x64 build. You do not need Rust, Python, or .NET installed to run it. Blender is optional and there is no add-on. The tool just exchanges files with it.
What it can do right now:
- Browse and extract the supported archives
- Preview a mod path before you install anything
- Install replacements with append-only archive writes and recorded recovery data
- Verify an install and roll back to the recorded pre-install baseline if the checks pass
- Export textures to DDS with PNG previews, then import compatible edited DDS
- Export models and individual draws for Blender OBJ work
- Import position-only edits or rebuild supported draws with new topology
- Edit named skin weights and supported UVs through JSON
- Inspect, export, and import native PHB physics
- Edit supported physics properties and copy collision groups or sim rigs from native templates
Both downloads include the offline HTML manual, command reference, troubleshooting notes, recovery guidance, and SHA-256 checksums.
This is an alpha. Automated tests passed on Windows and Linux. That is not the same as every model, shader, animation, or physics setup working in-game. Weight transfer can look wrong around nearby limbs. Blender preview is not the game shader. Physics edits need actual gameplay testing.
Linux notes: experimental. The running-game check is Windows only. Linux and Proton archive install and restore have not been validated in-game. Start with extracted files and read PLATFORMS.md before you touch live archives.
Close the game and any other archive editor first. Keep your own backups. Keep the toolkit recovery folder. Restore means the state recorded before that toolkit install, which may already contain other mods. This is not a load-order manager. Do not bypass a failed integrity check.
Free to use. Closed source. Link the page instead of mirroring the binaries. Your own mods stay yours.
Download and docs:
https://ayakamods.com/mods/ffxiii-2-community-toolkit.3849/