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Files RED+ keeps and writes

RED+ keeps its own files in the RED+ folder. In your Red Faction folder it adds the 4 GB copy of the editor, the textures you import, and the files some tools make when you use them.

The package

File	What it is
`RedPlus.exe`	starts the editor
`RedPlusEditor.dll`	the editor
`RedPlusFaction.vpp`	editor icons, events and texture lists
`d3d8to11.dll`	the Direct3D 11 renderer
`d3d8to9.dll`	the fallback renderer, used if the Direct3D 11 renderer cannot be loaded
`CrashHandler.exe`	writes a crash report if the editor crashes
`redplus.ini`	settings, all optional
`gobos\`	six starter light cookies and a `README.txt` that describes them
`READ_ME_FIRST.txt`	the quick start
`CHANGES.txt`	what each build changed
`about\`	`NOTICE.txt`, `SOURCE.txt`, `MANIFEST.txt`, `README.txt` and the licence texts. See About RED+.

What RED+ writes in its own folder

File	What it holds	When it is written
`logs\RedPlus.log`	the start: which Red Faction folder RED+ used and which editor file it started	every start, replacing the last one
`logs\RedPlusEditor.log`	the current editor session	every start
`logs\RedPlusEditor.prev.log`	the session before	every start
`logs\archive\`	the 12 sessions before that, named by date and time	every start
`logs\RedPlusEditor-crash.zip`	the report of the last crash	when the editor crashes
`redplus.ini`	your settings, shortcuts, the mod you chose, the Play launcher, and the times of your last bakes, which Estimated bake time in Level Properties uses	when you change a setting, and after each bake
`texture_favourites.txt`	your Texture Browser favourites, one texture name per line	when you mark or unmark a favourite
`texture_info.cache`	what the Texture Browser's filters and tags read from texture files	when the Texture Browser closes
`texture_sizes.cache`	texture sizes, so the Texture Browser can sort by size	after you sort by size

You can delete either .cache file. RED+ reads the textures again when it needs them. See Reporting a problem for the logs.

What RED+ writes in your Red Faction folder

RED_4gb.exe: the 4 GB copy of the editor, made from your RED.exe the first time you start RED+. See Install and start RED+.
RED_4gb.exe.manifest: written when Modern window styling is on in Preferences, and deleted when it is off. While the setting has never been changed, RED+ copies RED.exe.manifest if your game folder has one.
The textures you import from the editor.

Some tools write files there, only when you use them:

Tool	What it writes
Library... in Light Properties	copies the light cookie you pick into `user_maps\textures\Gobos`. A file already there is not replaced. See Light cookies.
Wire Follow Lights (RF+)	the textures it makes, in `user_maps\textures\RFplus`. See Follow lights.
Scale... in Mesh Properties	a resized copy of the mesh or effect, in `user_maps\meshes`. See Scale Mesh.
Origin... in Mesh Properties	a new `.v3m` with the pivot moved, in `user_maps\meshes`. The original is not changed. See Mesh origin.
Fix Texture Alpha in Mesh Properties	changes the texture it fixes. The first time, it keeps the original beside it with `.bak` added to the name. See Fix Texture Alpha.
The fix in Check Mesh Shadows (RF+)	changes the mesh file. Each time, it first keeps a copy beside it with `.bak-redplus` added to the name, or `.bak-redplus1`, `.bak-redplus2` and so on if that name is taken. See Mesh shadows.

File, Create Level Packfile can also copy sound files it takes out of .vpp packfiles into a RED+ packed sounds folder in your Windows temporary folder.

In the Windows registry

When RED+ cannot read its settings from the registry, which includes the first start, it creates the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Volition\Red Faction\Red Faction Plus, with the game path it found. At the same time it writes Red Faction's own settings, such as the screen resolution, under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Volition\Red Faction: the values already there, and defaults for any that are missing.

Moving to a new package

RED+ does not check for updates. A new build comes as a new package, and Help, Check for RED+ Updates says so.

Close RED+.
Copy redplus.ini and texture_favourites.txt from your RED+ folder somewhere safe. They hold your settings, shortcuts and favourites.
Unzip the new package into your Red Faction folder.
Copy both files into the new RED+ folder, replacing the redplus.ini that came with the package.
Start the new RedPlus.exe, and point your shortcuts at it.
If the new package made a separate folder, delete the old RED+ folder once you no longer need it.

If RED+ then says RED_4gb.exe was not made by RED+, delete RED_4gb.exe from your Red Faction folder and start RED+ again.

Removing RED+

Delete the RED+ folder.
Delete RED_4gb.exe from your Red Faction folder, and RED_4gb.exe.manifest if it is there.
If you want, delete the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Volition\Red Faction\Red Faction Plus.

The files the tools wrote into user_maps stay where they are. Levels you wired with Wire Follow Lights, and levels that use a scaled or re-centred mesh, need those files.