Notes for Mod Authors

Despite common opinion on the matter, not everyone wants to manually install mods, no matter how easy you find it to be. As such, making your mod compatible is incredibly easy and helps users.

The most obvious way to make your mod incompatible is requiring manual steps like renaming files. In fact, if you use file renames to achieve this (things like .pakx files) users will see a warning recommending they not install the mod. If you have optional alternate files, just include them as separate downloads, or use an installer. Equally, don’t use subfolders to try and force a load order: Vortex will flatten all mod files into one folder. Vortex instead includes the ability to customize the load order at any time.

If you have a truly weird install scenario that needs something more than that, contact @agc93 first.