HPL2/TDD/Change Custom Story into Full Conversion Mod

Since version 1.5 of Amnesia The Dark Descent (release in July 2023), a new field has been added to the custom_story_settings.cfg file. This field allows you to specify a main_init.cfg file, which is the main file that full conversion mods use to launch. This means you can now create full conversion mods from a custom story, and they will still show up in the main game menu. This unlocks all the power of full conversion mods, while maintaining most of the simplicity of a custom story.

If you have a custom story that you want to transform into a full conversion mod, start by adding the new field to your custom_story_settings.cfg:

<Main
  Name = "My story"
  Author = "Me"

  ...

  InitCfgFile = "config/main_init.cfg"
/>

Specifying this field will disable MapsFolder, StartMap and StartPos, as these fields will instead be read from the main_init.cfg file. It will also disable ExtraLangFilePrefix and DefaultExtraLangFile, as the game will instead use the primary lang files specified in main_init.cfg.

From this point on, you can follow tutorials for full conversion mods. Your mod folder will remain custom_stories/<your story>. For example, if your story folder is named "Ascent", your main init file should exist at custom_stories/Ascent/config/main_init.cfg (reflecting what you put in the InitCfgFile above. Create the "config" folder and the "main_init.cfg" file. The contents of your main_init.cfg file can start as such:

<Directories
  
/>

<Variables

/>

<StartMap

/>