Raze Guide

Guide Author: MewLew

External Drive Setup

  1. Extract the premade USB folder from here and transfer the extracted Raze folder to your external drive.
  2. Open the Raze folder and navigate to the game folders (e.g., Blood, Duke3D).
    • Inside each folder is a .txt file listing the required game files.
    • For example, in the Blood folder, you’ll need to include the following files:
      • blood.ini
      • All .rff files
      • All .art files
      • All .dat files
      • All .smk files
      • Music files are optional.
  3. Copy the required files from your game installation into the corresponding folder.
  4. Once you’ve placed all the required game files correctly, drag the entire Raze folder to the root directory of your USB drive.
  5. Install Raze through the Dev Portal and launch it once to initialize the folders.
  6. Upload the preconfigured raze_portable.ini file.
    • Open the Dev Portal on your PC.
    • Navigate to LocalAppData > Raze > Localstate using the File Explorer.
    • Delete the existing raze_portable.ini file.
    • Click Choose File, navigate to your USB drive, and select the raze_portable.ini file from the extracted Raze folder.
    • Click Upload.
  7. Eject your external drive from your PC and connect to the Xbox.
  8. Launch Raze.
    • If only one game folder is present, it will load automatically.
    • If multiple games are present, a basic menu will appear. Use B to scroll through the list if more than six games are available and A to select a game.

Modding:

  1. Inside the Raze folder, create the following subfolder:
    • Mods (for mods like .grp or .zip files).
  2. Copy your mod files into the Mods folder (e.g., E:\Raze\Mods).
  3. Open the Dev Portal on your PC.
    • Navigate to LocalAppData > Raze > Localstate using the File Explorer.
  4. Locate the raze_portable.ini file in the LocalState folder and save it.
  5. Open raze_portable.ini in a text editor (e.g., Notepad).
  6. Scroll to the specific game section like [Duke.Autoload]) and add the path to your mod file e.g:
[Duke.Autoload]
Path=E:\Raze\Mods\Metro.grp

[Blood.Autoload]
Path=E:\Raze\Mods\Blood_Graphics_AIO.zip
  1. Save the changes and reupload your raze_portable.ini to the LocalState folder, replacing the original file.
  2. Launch your game and your mods should be applied.

Internal Setup

  1. Extract the premade USB folder from here.
  2. Open the Raze folder and navigate to the game folders (e.g., Blood, Duke3D).
    • Inside each folder is a .txt file listing the required game files.
    • For example, in the Blood folder, you’ll need to include the following files:
      • blood.ini
      • All .rff files
      • All .art files
      • All .dat files
      • All .smk files
      • Music files are optional.
  3. Copy the required files from your game installation into the corresponding folder.
  4. Once you’ve placed all the required game files correctly, select all your game folders and compress them as a .zip file.
  5. Configure your saves directory.
    • Open raze_portable.ini in a text editor (e.g., Notepad).
    • Locate the line save_dir=E:\Raze\Saves (using the search function can make this easier).
    • Modify it to save_dir=Saves
    • Save and close the raze_portable.ini file.
  6. Install Raze through the Dev Portal and launch it once to initialize the folders.
  7. Upload the preconfigured raze_portable.ini file.
    • Open the Dev Portal on your PC.
    • Navigate to LocalAppData > Raze > Localstate using the File Explorer.
    • Delete the existing raze_portable.ini file.
    • Click Choose File, navigate to your USB drive, and select the raze_portable.ini file from the extracted Raze folder.
    • Click Upload.
  8. Upload your game folders.
    • Open the Dev Portal on your PC.
    • Navigate to LocalAppData > Raze > Localstate using the File Explorer.
    • Click Choose File and select the zip file that contains your game folders.
    • Click Upload.
    • When prompted to unzip automatically, choose Yes.
  9. Create a Saves directory.
    • Open the Dev Portal on your PC.
    • Navigate to LocalAppData > Raze > Localstate using the File Explorer.
    • Click Create new folder and name it Saves.
  10. Launch Raze.
    • If only one game folder is present, it will load automatically.
    • If multiple games are present, a basic menu will appear. Use B to scroll through the list if more than six games are available and A to select a game.

Modding:

  1. Inside the LocalState folder, create the following subfolder:
    • Mods (for mods like .grp or .zip files).
  2. Copy your mod files into the Mods folder.
  3. Locate the raze_portable.ini file in the LocalState folder and save it.
  4. Open raze_portable.ini in a text editor (e.g., Notepad).
  5. Scroll to the specific game section like [Duke.Autoload]) and add the path to your mod file e.g:
[Duke.Autoload]
Path=Mods\Metro.grp

[Blood.Autoload]
Path=Mods\Blood_Graphics_AIO.zip
  1. Save the changes and reupload your raze_portable.ini to the LocalState folder, replacing the original file.
  2. Launch your game and your mods should be applied.