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wuwa-editor

An advance setting editor for Wuthering Waves, that allows you to change (almost) any settings of the game without having to edit the game files your self.

This program aims to make it easier to change settings that would normally be inaccessible through in-game settings.

🔎 Table of Contents

• 💫Features
• 📥Installation
  • Prerequisites
  • 1. Download the Program
  • 2. Run Install Script
• 📖Usage
  • Run the Program
  • The Basics
    • Main Menu
    • Settings Menu
      • Navigation
      • Edit Bindings
      • Edit Axis (Axis-type Bindings)
    • Restore Backup
• 🌌Background

💫 Features

let's quickly get over the features of this program.

• Change any Game Setting: you can change any setting in the game, even the ones that are not accessible through the in-game settings.
• Backup and Restore: the program will automatically backup the game settings before changing them, and you can restore them at any time through the Restore Backup menu.
• Automatic Game Path Detection: the program will automatically detect game installation path for you, so you don't have to worry about finding it yourself.
• Descriptive Settings: have no idea what a setting does? don't worry, the program will give you a brief description of most settings.
• Settings Search: you can search for a setting by name & description, so you don't have to scroll through pages of settings even if you don't know exactly what you are looking for.

📥 Installation

unfortunately, the program is not yet available as an executable, so you will have to (kinda) build it yourself.

but DON'T WORRY, no need to touch any code or command line, just a few clicks (and double) and you are done.

Prerequisites

to run this program, here is what you need:

• Node.js
• Windows Terminal (optional)

that's it, after installing Node.js, you are ready to go.

Note: for the best experience, I recommend using Windows Terminal, but you can use any terminal you like.

Note

Windows Terminal is pre-installed on Windows 11, so you don't need to install it if you are using Windows 11.

1. Download the Program

donload this project as a zip file by clicking on the green Code button then Download ZIP.

after downloading, extract the zip file to a folder of your choice.

2. Run Install Script

inside the extracted folder, double click and run install.bat to install the program.

the script will create a shortcut named "launcher" in this folder, double click on it to run the program.

Note: if you change the folder name or location, you might have to run the install.bat script again. (the launcher will ask you to do so, if it failed to locate the program folder)

Important

this program REQUIRES administrative privileges to function. the launcher will automatically launch the program as administrator for you.

📖 Usage

Run the Program

to run the program simply double-click on the shortcut named "launcher" in the program folder.

or alternatively, you can do one of the following:

1. right-click on wuwa-editor.bat and run as administrator.

2. run npm run start on the root directory of the program. (make sure the terminal is elevated)

Note: "terminal" is just a fancy word for Command Prompt (CMD) or PowerShell. you can use anything you like.

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The Basics

# Main Menu

when you run the program, you will be greeted with Main menu, all the navigation is done here. you can navigate through the program using the arrow keys, and select an option by pressing Enter.

the top three tiles are settings separated in categories. with [Uncategorized] as a special category for settings that doesn't belong to any category.

a quick rundown for the rest of the options:

• Save Settings - save the changes you made to the game settings. (changes you made will not take effect until you save them.)
• Revert Changes - discard any changes you made before saving. if you already saved the changes, you can restore them using the Restore Backup option.
• Restore Backup - restore the game settings to any backup automatically created.

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# Settings Menu

when you select a category, you will be taken to the settings menu, here only the settings of the selected category will be shown.

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- Navigation

you can navigate through the settings using the arrow keys or W A S D, and edit a setting by pressing Enter.

from any menu, you can exit the program by pressing Ctrl+C.

can't find the setting you are looking for? press Ctrl+F to search for a setting by name and description.

only the settings that match will be shown, sorted by relevance. to navigate through the search results, press Esc or Enter to exit search before you can use the arrow keys.

Note: the search is case-insensitive and will match any part of the setting name or description.

There are 6 types of settings:

• bool - boolean, can be either true or false. (toggle value by pressing Space)
• number - a number value as Integer or Float.
• string - a string value.
• enum - a choices to select from a list of values.
• bindings - key bindings for key presses, mouse buttons, and controller buttons. multiple keys can be bound to a single action.
• axis - similar to bindings, but for analog inputs like mouse movement and controller sticks.

of the 6 types, bindings and axis are the most complicated to work with, so I will explain them in details.

first, when you select a setting of type bindings or axis, you will able to select any of the values already bound to this action along with and new binding and reset all bindings options.

select any of the values to edit them

🎮 Editing - Bindings

there are 3 pages when editing a binding

1. edit, add, remove bindings or apply all bindings to current setting. (the image above)
2. select device type (keyboard, mouse, controller, modifier)
3. select a key or button to bind

page 3 is where you actually select a key or button, what you select where will show up at the bottom of the screen. after that, you can select more keys or modifiers then press Ctrl+Enter to apply the current binding. which will take you back to page 1, with values being updated or added.

you can then press Esc to go back to the settings menu and edit other settings. the changes you just made will automatically be applied (but not saved, you have to do that on the Main menu)

Note

Differences between apply and save

• apply - the editor remembers the changes you made, but will not take effect until you save them. in this state, you can revert the changes you made with Revert Changes option.
• save - the changes you have applied are saved (written) to the Game settings file, and will take effect the next time you run the game. Revert Changes can not revert changes made after saving. you have to restore them with Restore Backup.

the applied settings will be marked with [M] at the end of the setting name.

still confused? let's go through an example.

say we want to change the a binding to keyboard Ctrl+F+E, here is how you do it:

1. [page1] select any binding you what to change (to add new one, select and new binding).
2. [page2] select keyboard as the device type.
3. [page3] press Ctrl+G to enter key recording mode, then press F
4. [page3] press Ctrl+G again, then press E
5. [page3] we still missing a Ctrl modifier, let's go back to step 2 by pressing Esc
6. [page2] now select modifier as the device type.
7. [page3] and select Ctrl as a modifier key.
8. [page3] press Ctrl+Enter to apply the binding. (done)

🕹️ Editing - Axis (Axis-type Bindings)

editing an axis is similar to bindings, but an additional step to select input type (not to be confused with device type).

there are 3 pages when editing a axis

1. edit, add, remove (axis-type) bindings or apply all bindings to current setting. (the image above)
2. select input type Binding, Axis or Set Scaling (not exactly an input type, ik but bear with me)
3. select device type (keyboard, mouse, controller)
4. select a key, button or axis to bind

Note: selecting input type to Binding allows you to bind a non-analog input to an analog action for example, this game allows you to move around in the Map using W A S D keys and those keys are bound to the same axis-type bindings as the Mouse and Controller. Changing Scaling will also change how aggressive the Map moves when pressing the keys.

let's go through a couple of examples together.

say we want to set a binding to be a scroll wheel (MouseWheel) with scaling of 80% (because you find it a little too fast), here is how you do it:

1. [page1] select any binding you what to change (to add new one, select and new binding).
2. [page2] select Axis as the input type.
3. [page3] select mouse as the device type.
4. [page4] select axis MouseWheel as the input. and go back to page 2 by pressing Esc
5. [page2] select Set Scaling.
6. [page2] the program will prompt you to enter a scaling value, enter 80 and press Enter.
7. [page2] press Ctrl+Enter to apply the binding. (done)

next, let's say you've set the ↑ (up arrow) key to pan the camera up (scaling is 40%), however when tested in-game, the camera moves in the opposite direction, what happened?

this is because the game sees the action of paning the camera as a whole y-axis movement, for the actual analog input devices (like mouse and controller) this is not a problem since, it has both positive and negative values to indicate direction of the movement. (basically, a Vector) what about the keyboard? it only has two states, pressed and not pressed, so the game has to decide which direction to move the camera when the key is pressed. in this case, it's down.

to fix this, you have to invert the scaling value (in this case from 40% to -40%)

if your scaling value is already negative, just make it positive.

1. [page1] select the problematic ↑ (up arrow) binding.
2. [page2] select Set Scaling.
3. [page2] the program will prompt you to enter a scaling value, enter -40 and press Enter.
4. [page2] press Ctrl+Enter to apply the binding. (done)

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# Restore Backup

the Restore Backup option allows you to restore the game settings to any backup created automatically by the program.

in this menu, you will be shown a list of backups, with the most recent one at the top.

press Enter to restore the selected backup (takes effect immediately).

Warning

this action cannot be undone and restoring a backup will immediately discard any changes you made after the selected backup was created.

🌌 Background

As in the 1.0.0 version of the game, the 120 FPS option was removed, and the only way to change to it was to edit game's Database file, so I decided to find a way to edit the game settings directly. to no surprise, the process isn't as simple as editing a text file, since some settings are stored in a binary file and even if you manage to edit them it would be difficult to know what you are changing (some settings are written in Chinese).