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On Importing Mods
Andre Issa edited this page Feb 9, 2021
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This is not a tutorial on how to install mods, for that see Installing Mods | The Mods Folder
| Advantages |
| Limitations |
This is a page discussing the methods and motivations behind the format and its advantages and limitations
to be expanded upon
- Base lua files do not need to be overwritten aside from the one import statement
- ^ Multiple mods can edit the same base file without needing to be merged
- Mods are encouraged to be built in a way that makes them more customisable using standard configs.
- Updates will not force mods to update as often (users typically just need to import the mods again and they will still work)
- Mods do not need to include all the things that they did not edit from the base
- Mods can edit eachother (will be improved and idomatic in the future)
- The loader can map sjson, xml, csv files so many of the advantages for lua scripts also apply to that too:
- Same capabilities as mapping data tables
- Don't need to include things not edited from the base
- Mods can edit eachother
- Re-installation is simple (but not as simple as for lua files)
There are limitations to this format:
- It is not possible to delete specific hook calls from the base files or other mod files without heuristics
- Not all file types are mergeable yet
It remains a priority to eliminate/mitigate them as soon as possible