Lomu rugby challenge 2025 mods

[blackbat]

I know a couple people on here have been talking about this game. I don't think the game will ever get licensed but is there a possibility we could just mod them in teams, players etc. obviously I don't mod so I don't know how difficult it is just thought I would ask.

 

[lionmaull]

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[wallas]

Hi guys, I tested compatibility between RC4 and JLRC4. We wont be able to directly add stuff from RC4 into the game. RC4 runs on Unreal Engine 4.22.2 and JLRC4 on 4.27.2. This means everything must be converted to the newer version of UE before the game accepts it.

Mods:
I have managed to convert RC4 and RC3 kits and textures to UE 4.27.2 and they work fine. To kick things off I am working on kits for the international teams. Converting RC3 & 4 mod kits and also making some new ones. I will share the mod as soon as its done.

To add the correct kit collars the db file must be edited. Witch means there will be a db file included in the mod. When you replace your db file your custom teams, players, kits, lineups and competitions will be lost. Only option is to do all the in kits in the game first or just accept the collars as is and try to work around that. This can be sorted out with a db editor.

Players:
We need to figure out how we can get licenced players from RC4 into the game. This will require a lot of hex editing on the db file and also converting the player textures to UE 4.27.2 (witch we already know is possible). I did try to link the RC4 EDITOR to the game but with no luck. I will keep trying to figure something out.

At this stage it seems easier to use Fan Hub to create and share players and teams. It would be nice if the devs could just somehow fuse RC4 Fan Hub with JLRC4. I doubt it would be possible.

Stadiums will also be difficult to add into the game. But all is possible. Most difficult would be getting the moding community to commit and do stuff. I'm sure we can also get Frans's RC4 editor working with a bit of tinkering. We will most probably need him to do it.

Adding in some kits is one thing but it would take ages for one guy to do everything. And even if we had a committed community, is it really worth all the time and work?

I still think RC4 is the best because of its customizability and gameplay sliders. Also love the BE A PRO mode. But there are some issues and things that need to be fixed and updated (like a 50/22). If the devs agree to fix some stuff it might be worth moding everything.

Rugby 25 is also getting better. Very very slowly. In the meantime i'll be doing some kits.

 

[blackbat]

Hi guys, I tested compatibility between RC4 and JLRC4. We wont be able to directly add stuff from RC4 into the game. RC4 runs on Unreal Engine 4.22.2 and JLRC4 on 4.27.2. This means everything must be converted to the newer version of UE before the game accepts it.

Mods:
I have managed to convert RC4 and RC3 kits and textures to UE 4.27.2 and they work fine. To kick things off I am working on kits for the international teams. Converting RC3 & 4 mod kits and also making some new ones. I will share the mod as soon as its done.

To add the correct kit collars the db file must be edited. Witch means there will be a db file included in the mod. When you replace your db file your custom teams, players, kits, lineups and competitions will be lost. Only option is to do all the in kits in the game first or just accept the collars as is and try to work around that. This can be sorted out with a db editor.

Players:
We need to figure out how we can get licenced players from RC4 into the game. This will require a lot of hex editing on the db file and also converting the player textures to UE 4.27.2 (witch we already know is possible). I did try to link the RC4 EDITOR to the game but with no luck. I will keep trying to figure something out.

At this stage it seems easier to use Fan Hub to create and share players and teams. It would be nice if the devs could just somehow fuse RC4 Fan Hub with JLRC4. I doubt it would be possible.

Stadiums will also be difficult to add into the game. But all is possible. Most difficult would be getting the moding community to commit and do stuff. I'm sure we can also get Frans's RC4 editor working with a bit of tinkering. We will most probably need him to do it.

Adding in some kits is one thing but it would take ages for one guy to do everything. And even if we had a committed community, is it really worth all the time and work?

I still think RC4 is the best because of its customizability and gameplay sliders. Also love the BE A PRO mode. But there are some issues and things that need to be fixed and updated (like a 50/22). If the devs agree to fix some stuff it might be worth moding everything.

Rugby 25 is also getting better. Very very slowly. In the meantime i'll be doing some kits.

Legend thanks for that info. I never got Rc4 so I was hoping someone would just do kits and teams was the main thing. Find it hard to have fun on an unlicensed game. Thank you tho appreciate it

 

[lionmaull]

Hi guys, I tested compatibility between RC4 and JLRC4. We wont be able to directly add stuff from RC4 into the game. RC4 runs on Unreal Engine 4.22.2 and JLRC4 on 4.27.2. This means everything must be converted to the newer version of UE before the game accepts it.

Mods:
I have managed to convert RC4 and RC3 kits and textures to UE 4.27.2 and they work fine. To kick things off I am working on kits for the international teams. Converting RC3 & 4 mod kits and also making some new ones. I will share the mod as soon as its done.

To add the correct kit collars the db file must be edited. Witch means there will be a db file included in the mod. When you replace your db file your custom teams, players, kits, lineups and competitions will be lost. Only option is to do all the in kits in the game first or just accept the collars as is and try to work around that. This can be sorted out with a db editor.

Players:
We need to figure out how we can get licenced players from RC4 into the game. This will require a lot of hex editing on the db file and also converting the player textures to UE 4.27.2 (witch we already know is possible). I did try to link the RC4 EDITOR to the game but with no luck. I will keep trying to figure something out.

At this stage it seems easier to use Fan Hub to create and share players and teams. It would be nice if the devs could just somehow fuse RC4 Fan Hub with JLRC4. I doubt it would be possible.

Stadiums will also be difficult to add into the game. But all is possible. Most difficult would be getting the moding community to commit and do stuff. I'm sure we can also get Frans's RC4 editor working with a bit of tinkering. We will most probably need him to do it.

Adding in some kits is one thing but it would take ages for one guy to do everything. And even if we had a committed community, is it really worth all the time and work?

I still think RC4 is the best because of its customizability and gameplay sliders. Also love the BE A PRO mode. But there are some issues and things that need to be fixed and updated (like a 50/22). If the devs agree to fix some stuff it might be worth moding everything.

Rugby 25 is also getting better. Very very slowly. In the meantime i'll be doing some kits.

Awesome, I think it will be worth it, been emailing the head of development, and it seemed like they were going to try and improve some things, I had requested for them to add up to 5 in the ruck back in, because for Rugby Challenge 4 it was taken out. And fast forward a few weeks , they did add this to the latest patch update. Many people don't realize this, but RC4 originally when first released, had up to 5 in a ruck, but then a patch that fixed other things and bugs, they removed that feature. Even though I may only add 4-5 to a ruck a few times in a 20 minute half game, I like to have the option to do it. So it seemed like they are eager and game to add improvements. I suggested penalties in scrums, and scrums that had better reward system for playing them to perfection.

 

[blackbat]

Awesome, I think it will be worth it, been emailing the head of development, and it seemed like they were going to try and improve some things, I had requested for them to add up to 5 in the ruck back in, because for Rugby Challenge 4 it was taken out. And fast forward a few weeks , they did add this to the latest patch update. Many people don't realize this, but RC4 originally when first released, had up to 5 in a ruck, but then a patch that fixed other things and bugs, they removed that feature. Even though I may only add 4-5 to a ruck a few times in a 20 minute half game, I like to have the option to do it. So it seemed like they are eager and game to add improvements. I suggested penalties in scrums, and scrums that had better reward system for playing them to perfection.

Awakens thanks for that bro. I think just a couple mods just to add some licensing would make this game definitely more fun.

 

[wallas]

Guys I am done with a huge mod. All kits, stadium branding, team logos, team names, competition logos, music, stadium music and anthems.

Now I need volunteers to help me test it on different pc's. It runs fine on my pc but I do have a beast of a pc. Need to check for stability and crashes on other pc's.

Just want to make sure its stable before releasing public.

Also note, a lot of the kits are from other RC3 and RC4 mods, I only made international kits from scratch. Please don't be mad at me if you see some of your mods. I only converted them to also work in JLrc4.

I will also release the same mod for RC4 once done.

If your interested in testing join the discord server I created.

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[Whiaan 2]

Hello can you please also for rugby challenge 3 please

 

[wallas]

Hello can you please also for rugby challenge 3 please

Hi Whiaan, kits will be able to be converted. I don't know how to get them in RC3. Bit different from RC4. Maybe i'll look into it sometime. Or we could ask on one of the RC3 threads if someone can add them into the game

 

[Whiaan 2]

Thank you so much

 

[Ian-UK]

Looking forward to trying this when you release it.

 

[giopanda]

@wallas discord invite is no longer valid..
i'd love to help with testing and maybe do some kits myself if needed!
cheers

 

[wallas]

@wallas discord invite is no longer valid..
i'd love to help with testing and maybe do some kits myself if needed!
cheers

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[wallas]

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Try this one, we basically done with testing.

 

[Gothenqcowboys]

Gday, How did the testing go? Any update on the mod? The images look great.

 

[juanbancora]

@wallas the discord invitation expired
can you send it back please?

 

[wallas]

https://discord.gg/kxqbeujU new discord link guys.

 

[wallas]

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[wallas]

Hi guys, SERIOUSLY LOOKING FOR HELP

All the textures currently in game are updated (kits, logos, stadiums, balls, boots etc...). We now need to add in the real player roster and additional stadiums from the original RC4.

The problem is that there are no real players in the game, apart from 50 Jonah Lomu's. All the players are made with the in game editor witch does not use real textures or models. If you want to add in real player RC4 textures you will have to add in their models too (don't think they will fit very well on the generic models).

All of this should be converted in Unreal Engine to version 4.27. I'm sure all the player textures and models can be extracted from original RC4 and converted in bulk. (I tried doing this but not with no success, only managed to convert the textures)

After that has been done the player db should be coded in (think we can copy the whole player code section from original RC4 db and replace it in the JLRC4 db file). It would be good if we could use an already up to date RC4 db.

Same goes for the stadiums.

Just need to find someone skilled enough to actually do this.

After this has been done we can just keep everything up to date and I'm sure we should have a way better rugby game than the rest currently out there.

The best thing about JLRC4 and RC4 is the gameplay sliders witch can be adjusted to match how you feel a rugby game should be. This allows you to create custom difficulty and pace to your game. You can create your own custom gameplay experience, whether you want realism or extreme difficulty.

Almost everything in this game is customizable.

Also really like the BE A PRO mode where you play as an individual rugby player climbing the ranks.

Existing competitions can also be edited to a certain extent. Most can be done in game.

Please guys if you have good IT skill and your willing to help join us on Discord.

Lets create something special and enjoyable for our Rugby gaming community.

 

[RobbieD_PL]

Hi @wallas Just sent you a PM about the Discord invite. If you could respond either there or here, that'd be great. I'd be very interested in a total conversion from RC4 to JLRC4 to update all the licensed teams.