Ground Zeroes

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (aka GZ) is the first of the two MGSV games using Fox Engine and shares various asset types (with some unique to it).

Its Steam app ID is 311340 and The Phantom Pain’s save files are stored in that same directory (see Save files for more about this).

Since it’s the earlier game and has a smaller player base compatibility and scope of modding tools/processes can differ compared to The Phantom Pain (which is the primary focus of MGSV modding and this wiki). Some examples of this include GzsTool which requires a specific version to work with GZ, or how the game stores texture paths inside FMDL model files (which tools like FMDL Studio 2 handle support for).

For users the most obvious difference is a lack of a mod manager such as SnakeBite, meaning the game has to be unpacked and repacked manually when adding mods.

• Related pages

  • Decrypting Ground Zeroes EXE