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+# FarCry2_trainer
+
+WPF application for creating Far Cry 2 mods.  
+
+The tools are based on the great work by Gibbed, and the necessary binaries are included under ./Resources/gibbed.zip.  
+
+Dependencies under https://github.com/gibbed/
+Gibbed.Dunia
+Gibbed.IO
+Gibbed.ProjectData
+Gibbed.Squish
+NDesk.Options (Gibbed fork)
+
+The trainer has been tested with Steam version 1.03 of Far Cry 2, and may not work with other versions.
+
+By default the trainer uses "~/FarCry2_trainer" as a working directory to store game files, mod files, and Gibbed binaries.
+
+Please make sure to begin with unmodded patch.dat and patch.fat files so that the trainer will be able to revert to an unmodded game if desired.