Anyone try making their own directories?

By on August 5, 2010 2:25:14 PM from Elemental Forums Elemental Forums

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Has anyone tried adding their own directories to the \My Games\Elemental tree? Will the game pick up files in user-created directories?

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August 5, 2010 2:31:49 PM from Elemental Forums Elemental Forums

I haven't tried, but likely not. What would the new directories be for? You mean like making one with a mod name, and just having all the relevant files in there instead of distributing the mod files over several core folders?

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August 5, 2010 7:14:29 PM from Elemental Forums Elemental Forums

Quoting Annatar11,
I haven't tried, but likely not. What would the new directories be for? You mean like making one with a mod name, and just having all the relevant files in there instead of distributing the mod files over several core folders?

 

Yeah, like I would create a directory - say - \My Games\Elemental\Ironmana_Mod. Then I could put my customized files in there - instead of throwing them all in the "Units" directory which just seems...kinda wrong. I mean, why is my tweak sound file in the Units directory. It's not a unit - but it has to go there so it can get seen by the game. Seems like it would get really confusing and chaotic.

Of course, I guess it couldn't work because the game can't know they are there. That's one reason I'd like some kind of mod manager or something where we can set what mods we want to play with, but at the very least, being able to tell the game where directories are so we can organize multiple mods would be very helpful.

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August 5, 2010 7:45:05 PM from Elemental Forums Elemental Forums

I think the game is supposed to have a mod manager.. I would be surprised if it did not, since just because you download something doesn't mean you never want to turn it off.

Still, this is a good question, and being able to organize mods into their own folders would be nice for cleanliness.

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August 5, 2010 8:25:14 PM from Elemental Forums Elemental Forums

Talked to Cari on IRC - this won't be in at launch, but post-release at some point. Sounds like the plan is eventually to just allow you to zip your mod, and the game will just read everything from the zip file.

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August 5, 2010 10:02:31 PM from Elemental Forums Elemental Forums

I've got a "Buildings" folder for special buildings but the files don't seem to have been read.

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