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Now, go to steamapps\common\portal 2\portal2\, and open up pak01_dir.vpk in GCFScape
Oh, and also anywhere outside your mod folder, create a folder called pak01_dir. Really. That.
Now, create ui\basemodui in your mod's resource folder.

So, when GCFScape is open, go to resource\ui\basemodui.
Go open up mainmenu.res with a text editor, and also go copy and paste it into \resource\ui\basemodui. Now, rename that to mainmenu_new.res
So, first, let's change: (This is for the Single Player Button)

"labelText" "#PORTAL2_MainMenu_Solo"

to:

"labelText" ""

Mine is just:

"labelText" "Play Single Player."

Now, change:

"command" "SoloPlay"

to:

"command" "Extras"

To make it jump into the extras button.

Now to remove the co-op button.

Text Code:

"BtnCoOp"
{
"ControlName" "BaseModHybridButton"
"fieldName" "BtnCoOp"
"xpos" "88" [$GAMECONSOLE && ($GAMECONSOLEWIDE && !$ANAMORPHIC)]
"xpos" "63" [$GAMECONSOLE && (!$GAMECONSOLEWIDE || $ANAMORPHIC)]
"xpos" "88" [!$GAMECONSOLE && $WIN32WIDE]
"xpos" "63" [!$GAMECONSOLE && !$WIN32WIDE]
"ypos" "310" [$GAMECONSOLE]
"ypos" "288" [!$GAMECONSOLE]
"wide" "220"
"tall" "20"
"autoResize" "1"
"pinCorner" "0"
"visible" "1"
"enabled" "1"
"tabPosition" "0"
"navUp" "BtnPlaySolo"
"navDown" "BtnOptions"
"labelText" "#PORTAL2_MainMenu_CoOp"
"style" "MainMenuButton"
"command" "CoopPlay"
"ActivationType" "1"
}

Also, keep the original .res file open from the .vpk file. You'll need some things from there later on.

Now, remove the extras button.

Text Code:

"BtnExtras" [!$GAMECONSOLE]
{
"ControlName" "BaseModHybridButton"
"fieldName" "BtnExtras"
"xpos" "88" [$WIN32WIDE]
"xpos" "63" [!$WIN32WIDE]
"ypos" "348"
"wide" "220"
"tall" "20"
"autoResize" "1"
"pinCorner" "0"
"visible" "1"
"enabled" "1"
"tabPosition" "0"
"navUp" "BtnOptions"
"navDown" "BtnQuit"
"labelText" "#L4D360UI_MainMenu_Extras"
"style" "MainMenuButton"
"command" "Extras"
"ActivationType" "1"
}

Now, remove the Robot Enrichment Econ.

Text Code:

"BtnEconUI" [!$GAMECONSOLE]
{
"ControlName" "BaseModHybridButton"
"fieldName" "BtnEconUI"
"xpos" "97" [$WIN32WIDE]
"xpos" "72" [!$WIN32WIDE]
"ypos" "420"
"wide" "220"
"tall" "20"
"autoResize" "1"
"pinCorner" "0"
"visible" "1"
"enabled" "1"
"tabPosition" "0"
"navUp" "BtnQuit"
"navDown" "BtnPlaySolo"
"labelText" "#PORTAL2_MainMenu_Econ"
"style" "BitmapButton"
"command" "EconUI"
"ActivationType" "1"
"bitmap_enabled" "vgui/store/store_button"
"bitmap_focus" "vgui/store/store_button_focus_anim"

Now, time for the navigation.

So, first, find:

"navDown" "BtnCoOp"

And replace that with:

"navDown" "BtnOptions"

NOTE: This is where you need the original .res file...
Below, for the Options button, you will have to remap that as well. So... find:

"navUp" "BtnCoOp"

And replace it with:

"navUp" "BtnPlaySolo"

Save that file now. Go to \bin, drag that pak01_dir folder outside your hard drive onto vpk.exe, and copy and paste the pak01_dir.vpk (The one you just created) into your mod's folder. Restart Steam and test it!

text code:
"GameInfo"
{
game "Your Mod's Name"
title "Your Mod's Name"
gamelogo 1
SupportsDX8 0
SupportsXbox360 1
FileSystem
{
SteamAppId 620 // Portal 2 has ID 620
ToolsAppId 211 // Hammer
SearchPaths
{
Game |gameinfo_path|.
Game portal2
}
}
}

Now, change the "Your Mod's Name" to the name of your mod. Do it for both lines, game and title.
So, save that file and close it. Now, also create another .txt file. (In your mod's directory). And name it "maplist".
So, if your mod has 70 maps like mine, then you'll need to know what 70 divided by 5 is. (Only if you want each act to have the same number of maps) Here's the answer: 14. Now, the original game has 5 acts. So also the mod has to have five acts. Now, put all your map names on that file. In a list. Not a row.
Done? Save that.
Now, we need to create these folders:

maps
resource
cfg
media
scripts
scenes