Installing mods

Installing Mods

MegaGlest has a wide variety of mods, all which are installed in a folder. Mods can be techtrees, factions, scenarios, tilesets or maps.

Installing mods via ingame Mod Center

MegagGlest has an ingame Mod-Center that let you install a lot of mods already. If the mod is not available in the mod center you have to install it manually

Manual installation

Archives

Because mods are usually a compilation of multiple files, they are usually compressed into an archive. This is a special file format that greatly reduces filesize and ensures that all the files are available together. In order to use the files, you must first extract them from this archive. Common archives used for Mod packing are:

7z - One of the most common, this is the 7-Zip file format, and has the best compression rate. The free program 7zip is required to extract/archive them. This is the native way MegaGlest uses to distribute Mods ingame or via modcenter.

zip - This is still used by some modders, but is not very common anymore, due mostly to its poor compression rates. Windows, Linux, and Mac can all extract and compress zip files by default, as can the program 7zip.

unusual formats

rar - A less common program because free tools can only decompress it. 7zip (free) or winRAR (commercial) can extract these files. Only winRAR can archive in this format. Using this format is not recommended because it is a proprietary format and that clashes with the free beliefs of Glest.
tar.gz / tar.bz2 - This is a duel file format. First, the data is stored with the tar format, then compressed with Gzip/Bzip2. If extracting, you must extract TWICE (once for the gz/bz2, once for the tar file). Linux can extract by default, as can the 7zip program.

Install locations

Techtrees

Techtrees Techtree's are simply copied into the techs folder. How do you know if its a techtree? Open the folder, and if there is a resources folder, it is a techtree. If there isn't a resources folder, its a faction (see above).

Tilesets

Tilesets go into the tileset folder of Glest.

Maps

Maps should be a mgm (MegaGlest Map) file. All mgm files are placed in the maps folder. ( original glest gbm files work too, but are deprecated )

Scenarios

The scenario's folder needs to be placed in the scenarios folder.

Tutorials

Tutorials go in the tutorials folder.