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  1. Installing Northstar

Northstar Installers

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Last updated 10 months ago

Since the public release of Northstar, the wider community has created tools to automate mod installation, as well as adding additional features such as auto-updating the current Northstar install and mod management.

Each of these installers covers a different use case. Use the table below to find out which one suits you best:

Features
FlightCore
r2mm
Viper
VTOL
Papa

Install Northstar

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Update Northstar

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Launch Northstar

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

❌

Launch Vanilla

❌

✔️

✔️

✔️

❌

Install Mods from Thunderstore

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Update Mods

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Set launch arguments

❌

❓

✔️

✔️

❌

Installing mods for other games

❌

✔️

❌

❌

❌

Linux support

✔️

❓

✔️

❌

✔️

Install Mods from GitHub/GitLab

❌

❌

❌

✔️

❌

Server config creator

❌

❌

❌

✔️

❌

Package mods for Thunderstore

❌

❌

❌

✔️

❌

Note that none of these tools are directly part of the Northstar project and as such any issues with them should be reported to the respective authors instead.

GeckoEidechse: FlightCore

Fast and easy to use Northstar installer, updater, launcher, and mod-manager. Features built-in mod browser and allows for easy installation of pre-release versions of Northstar. Supports Windows and Linux.

Download and source code:

ebkr: r2modman

General mod-manager for multiple games including Titanfall|2+Northstar. Allows for separate profiles to keep your game install folder clean. Features mod-manager and built-in mod browser for Thunderstore. Supports Windows and Linux.

Download from (select "Manual Download"):

Source code:

Wiki and documentation:

There's also an alternative version of r2mm called Thunderstore Mod Manager TMM, which can be downloaded from here: (Contains ads to support the development of Thunderstore)

0neGal: Viper

Simple and easy to use Northstar installer and auto-updater. Allows launching both Northstar and vanilla Titanfall 2. Features mod-manager and built-in mod browser for Thunderstore. Supports Windows and Linux.

Download and source code:

BigSpice: VTOL

Easy to use and extensive Northstar installer and mod-manager. Supports installing from Thunderstore as well as from outside sources like GitHub/GitLab repositories. Has support for installing custom weapon/pilot skins. Features manager for setting up dedicated servers.

Download and source code:

AnActualEmerald: Papa

Command-line only mod manager and Northstar installer written in Rust. Available for Linux as .deb and .msi Windows installer. Or build from source. Can install, uninstall, and update mods from Thunderstore.

GitHub - R2NorthstarTools/FlightCore: Installer/Updater/Launcher for NorthstarGitHub
r2modman v3.1.28Thunderstore
GitHub - ebkr/r2modmanPlus: A simple and easy to use mod manager for several Unity games using ThunderstoreGitHub
Home · ebkr/r2modmanPlus WikiGitHub
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GitHub - 0neGal/viper: Launcher+Updater for TF|2 NorthstarGitHub
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GitHub - BigSpice/VTOL: A Manager and Installer For the all new Northstar launcher For Titanfall 2GitHub
GitHub - AnActualEmerald/papa: Papa Scorch cli mod manager for Northstar clients and serversGitHub
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