Patchwork

A custom asset mod for Hollow Knight: Silksong with particular attention to ease of creation.

Features

Sprite replacement with individual sprite image files, including proper names, rotations & sizing - no more bulky spritesheets
Ability to replace (at least almost) every sprite in the game
Support for Texture2D Sprites (which previously required Silksong Customizer + CustomizerT2D)
Full compatibility with spritesheet-based skins
Automatic reloading of sprites when files change, so you can see your sprites ingame immediately
Built-in sprite dumping functionality

Configuration

General

DumpSprites: Enables sprite dumping, which saves sprites for any loaded scene into the "Patchwork/Dumps" folder. These files can be used to make new texture packs. DO NOT enable this during normal gameplay, as it slows down loading the game by a lot. If this is enabled, the mod will also let you dump textures from all scenes in the game by pressing the button configured under "Keybinds/FullDumpKey" (Default: F6)
LoadSprites: On by default, lets you disable custom textures if you would like that for whatever reason.

Reloading

ReloadSceneOnChange: Disabled by default, watches sprite files for changes and automatically reloads the area you're in within the game whenever any changes happen. This lets you see your new sprites ingame immediately. WARNING: Depending on where you are in the game, this may cause instability or crashes.
EnableForceReload: Disabled by default, lets you reload the area you're in ingame with a button press configured under "Keybinds/ForceReloadKey" (Default: F5)

Logging

Enables/disables various types of logging. Only relevant for troubleshooting or development, you'll most likely not need these.

Texture Creation Guide

If you'd like to see your changes update live while the game is running, set the ReloadSceneOnChange config option to "true".
- It's a little unstable right now, you get the best results by loading into the game and going through at least one loading zone before modifying sprites.
Dump the textures you want to modify, or download the full set of modifiable game sprites from this mods download page.
- For dumping textures yourself, enable the "DumpSprites" option in the mod config, boot up the game and enter the areas where the sprites you want to modify are loaded. You can also press the "Full Dump" key (Default: F6) to dump all sprites, but this takes quite a while!
Put your modified sprites into "Patchwork/Sprites" in your game folder.
- You can put them into as many subfolders as you want, but the names of the last two folders MUST be the same as in the dump (for example: "Patchwork/Sprites/HUD Cln/atlas0" is fine, so is "Patchwork/Sprites/SomeTexturePack/HUD Cln/atlas0"
Enjoy!

Links

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/Ashiepaws/silksong-patchwork

Discord: https://discord.gg/DeCtHA84AM (originally meant for my little Twitch community, but I'd be happy to chat and hang out! :3)

Ko-Fi Donations: https://ko-fi.com/ashiepaws

Features

Sprite replacement with individual sprite image files, including proper names, rotations & sizing - no more bulky spritesheets

Ability to replace (at least almost) every sprite in the game

Support for Texture2D Sprites (which previously required Silksong Customizer + CustomizerT2D)

Full compatibility with spritesheet-based skins

Automatic reloading of sprites when files change, so you can see your sprites ingame immediately

Built-in sprite dumping functionality

Configuration

General

DumpSprites: Enables sprite dumping, which saves sprites for any loaded scene into the "Patchwork/Dumps" folder. These files can be used to make new texture packs. DO NOT enable this during normal gameplay, as it slows down loading the game by a lot. If this is enabled, the mod will also let you dump textures from all scenes in the game by pressing the button configured under "Keybinds/FullDumpKey" (Default: F6)

LoadSprites: On by default, lets you disable custom textures if you would like that for whatever reason.

Reloading

ReloadSceneOnChange: Disabled by default, watches sprite files for changes and automatically reloads the area you're in within the game whenever any changes happen. This lets you see your new sprites ingame immediately. WARNING: Depending on where you are in the game, this may cause instability or crashes.

EnableForceReload: Disabled by default, lets you reload the area you're in ingame with a button press configured under "Keybinds/ForceReloadKey" (Default: F5)

Logging

Enables/disables various types of logging. Only relevant for troubleshooting or development, you'll most likely not need these.

Texture Creation Guide

If you'd like to see your changes update live while the game is running, set the ReloadSceneOnChange config option to "true".

It's a little unstable right now, you get the best results by loading into the game and going through at least one loading zone before modifying sprites.

Dump the textures you want to modify, or download the full set of modifiable game sprites from this mods download page.

For dumping textures yourself, enable the "DumpSprites" option in the mod config, boot up the game and enter the areas where the sprites you want to modify are loaded. You can also press the "Full Dump" key (Default: F6) to dump all sprites, but this takes quite a while!

Put your modified sprites into "Patchwork/Sprites" in your game folder.

You can put them into as many subfolders as you want, but the names of the last two folders MUST be the same as in the dump (for example: "Patchwork/Sprites/HUD Cln/atlas0" is fine, so is "Patchwork/Sprites/SomeTexturePack/HUD Cln/atlas0"

Enjoy!