Hello, sorry in advanced if this question has been answered elsewhere. If I has please be quick to send me a link to the relevant post instead of screaming at me to use the search function, because I have searched Apart from that note I would like help in making a .modinfo file. At the moment I have been repacking all my unpacked assets into a packed.pak file but I have been told that is a bad thing to do and you can save a lot of time by using a .modinfo, if anyone could link a tutorial or answer these questions, they would be a timesaver!: How do I use it? What is it for? What do I put inside the .modinfo? How do I use it to make my mod easy to distribute? I have looked at this tutorial and most questions have been answered thanks to someone messaging me, if this could be locked I will put a link to the tutorial: http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?resources/starbound-mod-manager.160/ Thanks in advanced, Neo
How to Make Your Mods Compatible: Making mods work with this mod manager is a piece of cake, even more so now that Offended Koala has standardized mod loading. First, create a folder and call it whatever you want. Generally, this is better without spaces. Second, inside that folder create a file called "<foldername>.modinfo", then open it up in a text editor. Inside that file, write the following, but fill out the information for your mod instead of my example: Code: { "name" : "testmod", "version" : "Beta v. Offended Koala", "path" : ".", "metadata" : { "displayName" : "A Test Mod", "author" : "Some Krazy Guy", "description" : "This is another test mod. Use it wisely.", "support_url" : "forum-link", "version" : "1.0" } } Make sure that the name of your folder, .modinfo, and "name" data are all the same. Source: http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?resources/starbound-mod-manager.160/
Thanks very much! Your help was very helpful (it wouldnt really be help if it wasnt helpful...) I have got it sorted and now my Mod is working wonderfully! Thank you again!
What's 'displayName' used for anyway? As far as I'm aware, I haven't seen any utility or program make use of it. Not even Starbound Mod Manager. I've just been using 'name' to display the mod's title in it.
The example given - contains irrelevant information. All starbound uses is Code: { "name" : "testmod", "version" : "Beta v. Offended Koala", "path" : ".", "dependency" : [] }