If you are on the fence about modding a decade-old game, consider these five reasons why the laser mod is considered essential by the RE5 speedrunning and modding community.

The game was balanced around the imprecise reticle. Adding a laser reduces the difficulty, allowing you to snipe enemies with the starting VZ61 SMG from across the map.

Warning: This guide applies to the PC version of Resident Evil 5 (Steam). Modding console versions (PS4, Xbox, Switch) is not possible without a jailbroken system.

Drag and drop the nativePC folder or the .dll file from the mod zip into the main directory.

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