Star Wars Zero Company: How to Download Mods

Star Wars Zero Company shipped without Steam Workshop support or an official modding kit, so everything runs through the community. Mods for Bit Reactor’s turn-based tactics game live on Nexus Mods, and the cleanest way to install them on PC is the Vortex mod manager, which handles the file placement for you and lets you toggle mods on and off without touching the game folder.

Quick answer: Install Vortex, add Star Wars Zero Company from the Games tab so Vortex downloads the game extension, install the UE4SS framework mod plus any mods you want with “Install from File,” then launch the game with the Play button in Vortex’s bottom-left corner.

What you need before installing mods

Three pieces have to be in place before a single mod will do anything. Miss the framework mod and most of the more ambitious files will install without ever loading in game.

Requirement	Why it matters
Vortex mod manager	Installs, enables, and deploys mod files, and launches the modded game.
Star Wars Zero Company game extension	Vortex cannot manage the game until this extension is installed from the Games tab.
UE4SS for Star Wars Zero Company	Script framework that many gameplay and customization mods depend on.
A save backup	Copy your save files somewhere safe so a bad install cannot cost you campaign progress.

Note: mods are a PC-only affair here. There is no console equivalent for any of this.

Set up Vortex to manage Star Wars Zero Company

Download and install the Vortex mod manager, then sign in with your Nexus Mods account. A free account is enough; premium only affects download speed and automatic collection installs.

Open Vortex and go to the Games tab. Search for Star Wars Zero Company and let Vortex download and install the game extension when it prompts you. Restart Vortex if it asks.

Click Manage on the game tile. Vortex will detect your installed copy and set itself as the active manager for it, which is what unlocks the Mods screen and the Play button.

Download and install mods from Nexus Mods

Open the Star Wars Zero Company page on Nexus Mods and grab UE4SS for Star Wars Zero Company first. Save the zip file somewhere you can find it again, such as your Downloads folder.

Download any other mods you want in the same way. Files arrive as zip archives with the mod name and version baked into the filename, so you can tell them apart at a glance.

Back in Vortex, open the Mods screen and click Install from File. Select a downloaded zip, click Open, and Vortex unpacks it into its own staging folder. Repeat for each mod.

Check the status column for every mod you installed. Each one should read Enabled. If a mod is only listed as installed, enable it and let Vortex deploy the files.

Vortex mod list showing Zero Company Intro Skip with its status set to Enabled — Vortex’s Mods screen with an installed intro-skip mod switched to Enabled, ready to launch.

Hit the Play button in the bottom-left corner of Vortex. Launching through the mod manager rather than Steam is the reliable way to make sure the deployed files are in place.

How to tell the mods actually loaded

The fastest confirmation is a startup mod. If you installed something like Skip Bitreactor Startup Intro or Faster Loading, the developer logo and the press-any-key screen should be gone the moment you launch, and you land in the menu noticeably sooner than before.

For everything else, check the specific thing the mod changes. A camera mod should respond to the mouse wheel with smooth zoom the first time you enter a mission, and a customization mod should show its extra options the next time you open the appearance editor. If the game boots looking exactly as it did before, the files were not deployed.

Why mods stop working, and how to fix it

Problem	Fix
Game does not appear in Vortex	Install the Star Wars Zero Company extension from the Games tab, then restart Vortex.
Mod installed but nothing changes	Set the mod to Enabled and let Vortex deploy, then relaunch from the Play button.
Script or gameplay mod does nothing	Install UE4SS for Star Wars Zero Company; several mods will not run without it.
Everything breaks after a game patch	Wait for the mod author to update the file, or disable the mod until a compatible version lands.

Tip: disable mods one at a time rather than all at once when you are hunting a crash. Vortex keeps the files staged, so re-enabling is a single click.

Mods worth installing first

The early Nexus Mods catalog leans heavily toward quality-of-life fixes rather than sweeping overhauls, which makes it a low-risk place to start.

Mod	What it does
UE4SS for Star Wars Zero Company	Framework other mods build on. Install it before anything else.
Faster Loading	Skips the intro, shader precaching, and the press-any-key prompt, and speeds up the eight-second cockpit animation.
Skip Bitreactor Startup Intro	Removes the Bit Reactor logo sequence so the game launches faster.
Better Camera	Adds gradual mouse-wheel zoom with wider limits, and keeps zoom levels consistent across camera stances.
Full Customization Mod – Mandalorian Padawan and more	Expands the character customization options available to your squad.

Because the game is single-player only, there is no anti-cheat or multiplayer ban risk hanging over any of this. The real hazard is a broken save, so keep a backup copy before you start layering mods on top of a long campaign, and re-check your load order after every game update.