Feature Request: 7 Days to Die ; Mod Installation Pattern

[agreen72]

Hello,

So I was trying to use Vortex to install an overhaul mod for 7DTD that was manually downloaded from the games forums. It has the correct file structure but requires the zip contents to be unpacked into the Root folder. The current extension only has one type of "mod type" or "mod installation pattern" as referred to in the documentation here

Currently, the only mod type vortex handles are what are called "modlets" on the 7DTD forums. It currently only installs to the 7 Days to Die/Mods folder. However there are some Overhaul mods which require files to be installed into the root game folder. There is currently no option to do this, as this is with games such as fallout 4 or skyrim when you select the Mod Type to be 'ENB', that switches where the mod files are linked to from the Data folder to the games Root.

I am requesting the addition of an 'Overhaul' or 'Root folder' mod type or 'Mod Installation Pattern', for 7DTD that directs the .zip contents to be placed into the Root folder.

From my brief research, it used to be the case that mods installed with Vortex were installed to the Root folder, but a bug was submitted on this github and Nelson3219 and someone else changed it to direct to the Mods folder instead, which made sense with the changing file structure of the game. You can find that thread here.

Hopefully it is rather easy to add an additional Mod Type to allow the user to select where to place the mod contents and handle the popular overhaul mods the game has.

Thank you for all you've done for the modding community!

[IDCs]

@agreen72 can you please send me the link to said overhaul mod so I can find a pattern we can use when identifying these overhaul mods ?

[IDCs]

Also - please note that due to how the load ordering system works, if an overhaul mod is basically a collection of "modlets" - I'm afraid it is impossible with the current system to assign prefixes to the modlets that are part of 1 larger "overhaul" mod. Our entire system would have to be re-designed which is not something we wish to do since we're close to release our very own collections system to the public.

[agreen72]

Here is the link to the download. The mod is Undead Legacy, the experimental A20 build. It does have multiple folders in the mods section, but I don't think they need to be prioritized in anyway, but that was not the problem I was having anyways. The problem was that Vortex would stick everything in the mods folder and not allow deployment to the root. https://ul.subquake.com/download

[IDCs]

Hi there - I've added the ability to install root mods. Unfortunately there is no solid way for us to identify if a mod is intended to be installed as an overhaul mod - we're currently assuming that any mod that includes the bepinex mod loader to be an overhaul mod - this is extensible through an array, and I expect we will have to modify this in the future as we identify new mod packing patterns.

The mod you included does indeed come with its own modlets - as I mentioned previously these will not be arrangeable via the load ordering system as we currently do not have the ability to actively modify a single mod's contents on deployment.

[agreen72]

Thanks, I have tried to install it, is there a trick or an option to install to root? because it's still installing everything to the mods folder. Perhaps I need to update the 7dtd extension? How do I do that?

[IDCs]

The update hasn't been released to the public yet - what you can do is download the vortex-games repo load_order branch and copy the game-7dtd folder and place it inside %appdata%/vortex/plugins folder - that should force Vortex to load the latest version of the extension.

Sorry for the late reply btw, we get so many notifications we tend to miss the ones that we're not tagged in @agreen72

[agreen72]

I see. Thank you!

[agreen72]

Looks like it works perfectly, thank you!