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[highmax28]

I decided I'm gonig to look into the "wonderful" world of modding. I got a few questions first:
1) How do I mod?
2) How do I use other people's mods?
3) Is there a DF mod for norse or LOTR? Or even both? (either one is fine by me)
4) How can a mod benefit my fortress?

[GreatWyrmGold]

1. Fiddle with the text files in the raw/objects folder, mostly.
2. Replace your raw folder with the one they provide, usually.
3. Probably.
4. It depends on the mod.

[Deon]

3) There was a really old one by me. I may remake it eventually, but for now I prefer to make unique mods.
What do you mean by "norse"? I have nords in Genesis 4 and 3, if you ask about that.

New version (4) which is in development: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=109846.0
Old version (3), more content but not a lot of new DF mechanics in comparison to 4: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=52988.0

[smirk]

Questions 1, 2, and 4 are covered on the wiki here, in case you haven't looked through it yet. Haven't used it myself, but it appears to be a pretty good starting point for new modders.

[highmax28]

3) There was a really old one by me. I may remake it eventually, but for now I prefer to make unique mods.
What do you mean by "norse"? I have nords in Genesis 4 and 3, if you ask about that.

New version (4) which is in development: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=109846.0
Old version (3), more content but not a lot of new DF mechanics in comparison to 4: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=52988.0

Norse as in it has like nifel giants, muspell giants, vanir, aesir, dwarves (obviously), stuff like that. And I've been meaning to ask: what IS genesis mod?

[GreatWyrmGold]

A mod Deon made.

It changes everything.

[highmax28]

Can I get specifics...?

[Deon]

Yeah, read the threads I linked, they have pretty detailed descriptions and there's a manual in downloadable archives too.

[Joben]

1. If you want specific help the community here is very good. But I think if you want an overview of what modding for DF is like you should read, or at least skim this page. http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Modding

Also you can open up the moddable sections of the game youself and poke around. weapons and armor might be a good place to look. They're some of hte simpler stuff.

The main copy of the files in \\Dwarf Fortress 0.34.11\raw

When you generate a world a copy of those files is made and kept with the save data. You'll find those here: \Dwarf Fortress 0.34.11\data\save

[Putnam]

3) There was a really old one by me. I may remake it eventually, but for now I prefer to make unique mods.

Eh, I made an "Enemy" race for it, but the OP of the mod is long gone. BRB.