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Plugins and extensions

Understand what native extensions change, then continue to each author’s distribution page.

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01

Understand how native extensions differ from ordinary Kenshi mods.

What plugins change

A traditional Kenshi mod primarily supplies game data through the Forgotten Construction Set. An RE_Kenshi plugin loads native code and can reach engine-facing systems that ordinary data mods cannot.

That additional reach also means each plugin can have its own compatibility, load order, and troubleshooting requirements. A catalog listing is a pointer to the author’s page—not a site-hosted package or endorsement.

02

Follow each author’s distribution and installation instructions.

Install an extension

  1. Open the extension’s distribution destination from this catalog.
  2. Read the author’s requirements and supported-version notes.
  3. Install the extension exactly as its author describes.
  4. Start Kenshi and verify the extension using its documented signal or feature.

This site hosts no plugin archives. Source repositories are useful for inspection, but a source link is not automatically an installable player release.

03

Separate framework problems from extension-specific support.

When a plugin fails

First confirm that RE_Kenshi loads without the extension. Then enable one extension at a time and reproduce the problem.

Framework installation failures belong with RE_Kenshi support. A failure that appears only with one extension belongs with that extension’s author. Include the extension version, its installation source, and the same version and log evidence used for a framework report.

04

Player-facing extensions with an author-owned distribution destination.

Installable catalog

External distribution

This site stores factual summaries and canonical links. It hosts no extension files, ratings, submissions, or copied artwork.

Gameplay External listing

Direct Control

by SmokeFoolius

Adds direct WASD movement and a first-person perspective while retaining Kenshi's tactical systems.

Framework extension External extension

KenshiExtensionPlugin

by Lucius64

A community RE_Kenshi plugin that provides additional fixes and functionality for Kenshi.