What is a mod made of? - Solomonk-Solo/DayZ-modding-How-To GitHub Wiki

You first need to understand what a mod is made of.

A mod is made of addons (pbo) and keys, but as you are modding, you are the one who's gonna make these.

So, what is an addon made of?

An addon is made of a main config, that can regroup other configs/data/scripts/p3d/whatever you are modding on that same folder.

You can compare a mod to a book saga. Saga's name is your mod's name. There is 2 books (2 addons) on your mod. Each book got multiple chapters, these are configs your are making, the things you create/modify. (This is example, numbers can change).

This is the mod. (Saga)

This is the addon's files. (Book 1)

I modified Vanilla ammo damage and made a retexture on the m14, they each got their own config in their folder, but are on the same addon. (Book 1's chapters, ammo damage is chapter 1 and retexture is chapter 2).

Keys are just a signature to your addons, it is required to be used on servers.