#Gamebryo mpk mod
#Gamebryo mpk archive
#Gamebryo mpk mods

Assets modding - where you can add or change graphics, sounds, visuals and such.

Now, the modding itself consists of a few essential parts: However, you can still manually edit the ModsConfig.xml if you wish.

#Gamebryo mpk mods

It will scan any MPK files in the mods folder and active mods can be selected by using the Mods option at the main menu. The management of this file is now handled by the game. All mods that should be loaded should be listed in this file. To determine which mods the game should load, there's a file ModsConfig.xml (usually located in the user documents folder).

#Gamebryo mpk mod

For instance, the unique ID of this mod from the above example would be unique_mod_id_1.0.0. When a mod is loaded, the version of the mod must be specified along with its ID. This is because you may have different versions of the same mod in your mods folder and since they share the same ID how would the game know which one to load? The way the game treats mod files is actually a bit trickier. The content and data folders are also on the same level. The header file must be placed in the root of the MPK like so: If a server was created with a specific client-server mod and the client doesn't have the same one, the server won't let the client connect.

client-server - Lastly there is a client-server mod, which is needed on both client and server.

Again, clients do not need any server-side mods to connect. If they are listed in ModsConfig.xml, a server will load them but clients won't, and the server won't demand that the player have them in order to play.

server - On the other hand, mods that contains only server-side alterations, like new topics or scripts, are typical server mods.

Client-side mods will be ignored by servers if listed in ModsConfig.xml.

client - For example, if we want to create a mod which just replaces some icons, that would be a typical client mod.

Modtype is a special parameter which defines whether a mod should be loaded by a server, client, or both. It is a simple XML document describing how the game should treat the mod file.ДЄll the elements are mandatory for a mod and must be properly specified. QWER.xml and qwer.xml are considered the same file!Д®ach mod (MPK file) must have a valid 'header.xml', or it won't be loaded. If two MPK files have the same file (path+name), the file in the later MPK will be loaded.

MPK files are loaded in the order listed in ModsConfig.xml.

Mods can use each other's files, so don't hesitate to use original game resources in your mods.

The core and all mods are loaded into one virtual file system, with an overwrite rule (See 'File precedents and overloading' section above for explanation).

The same principle works not just with content files, but with assets, scripts, and any other type of files. This mechanism makes it possible to override the core functionality and content easily without recompiling the whole CPK or modifying its content. What happens when we start the game? Since both files in the CPK and the MPK share the same path, the file stored in the MPK will override the one in the CPK since it was loaded after the CPK. Now, what does that mean?ДЄs an example, let's say we have a CPK with a file located at '/content/some_file.txt' and an MPK with a file '/content/some_file.txt' that has the same path and name. Even though the contents of the core and mod packages are stored separately, the game will treat them as one file system with shared paths. When a mod file (or several mod files) is loaded it will merge with the already loaded core files into a so-called 'virtual file system'. The game can have multiple MPK files loaded at the same time. Mod packages are loaded on top of the core package to add new features or content, or to change something that is already present in the game. Only one CPK file can be loaded at one time. The game cannot run without a core package which contains all in-game assets and logic.

#Gamebryo mpk archive

zip archive (with no compression) and they should contain files directly, not in an extra subfolder.Д¬ore packages contain essential game functionality and are the foundation of the game. Please note that basically, these files are just a regular. The game uses so-called 'package files' to load all external content and logic, both for the client and server.ДЄll game data is loaded from two types of files: '.cpk' and '.mpk'. This concept is similar to early GameBryo versions. Everything you see in VoidExpanse was created as a 'core' mod. There are no hard-coded scripts or in-game logic. Almost every aspect of the game can be modified and extended. VoidExpanse is designed to have great modding potential.