How to fix and remove permanently stuck mods or skins

Guide for users encountering technical problems with permanently stuck mods to their game. When you've uninstalled all skin mods, but the skin mod is still there, and you don't want to uninstall and redownload.

Quick and Easy Method

1) If you're using a mod manager (like Fluffy Mod Manager), uninstall all mods first. This will mark them as uninstalled within the manager.

2) Uninstall Resident Evil 2 Remake (RE2R) from your Steam client.

3) Once the game is fully uninstalled, manually delete any leftover files in the game directory.
The typical path is:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\RESIDENT EVIL 2 BIOHAZARD RE2

4) Reinstall the game through Steam.

5) After reinstalling, do not install any mods yet. Launch the game to check if the default costumes have been restored and ensure it doesn't crash when switching costumes.

The Precise Method

1) Uninstall all mods via your mod manager.

2) Go to your game installation folder and delete all .pak files.
(Or delete only .pak files numbered higher than 007 for a more precise cleanup.)


3) In Steam, right-click RE2R > Properties > Installed Files > Verify integrity of game files.
Steam will redownload the missing files.


4) After redownloading, run the game without installing any mods to check if default costumes are restored and stable.

Backup Tip (for Prevention/Restoration)

1) Before modding, create a pak_backup folder inside your game directory.

2) Copy all original .pak files into the backup folder.

3) When needed, delete modified .pak files from the main folder and restore from your backup.

[Zzsark Stormbeard]

Thank you!

[xPowsin]

@alejogh64 yes thats normal, pak files are huge, steam redownloaded the unmodified files for you.

[alejogh64]

hello bro when i validate the files afeter delete all the pak files, steam downloaded me 22 gb like the whole game, that is normal?

[xPowsin]

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