Changes between Version 40 and Version 41 of Modding_Guide

Timestamp:

Jun 2, 2023, 1:12:05 PM (12 months ago)

Author:

Ralph Sennhauser

Comment:

Try to make opening mod as the prefered install method more obvious and elaborate a bit more on alternative installation methods.

Modding_Guide

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 == How to install mods? ==
-You can place mods manually into the mods folder as described above. However, mod files can be directly opened with 0 A.D., which copies the data to those locations automatically. `.pyromod` files should be associated with 0 A.D. depending on your operating system, but you can also install `.zip` files that way: right-click on them and open them with 0 A.D.
+Mod files can be directly opened with 0 A.D. for installation or updating. `.pyromod` files should be associated with 0 A.D., if not or if the mod is a `.zip` file you can install that way: right-click on them and open them with 0 A.D.
 
 For those preferring the command line, that operation is equivalent to running
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 You will then land in the mod selection screen, described in the next section.
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+==== Advanced only ====
+You can manually place mods into your mods folder but you have to ensure the folder and zip base name match the mod name in mod.json. If you extract the mod so you can further work on it beware a properly packaged mod is a zip-bomb. You can also clone a repository if such exists or create a symlink to such in an other place.
 
 == How are mods used? ==