Set up your mod - X-Hax/SADXModdingGuide GitHub Wiki

This tutorial covers the creation of an empty mod. You need this for any kind of mod you are making, except if you are using the SA Tools build system (since it will create the mod folder for you.)

  1. Open the Mod Manager
  2. Click Add Mod
  3. Select New Mod
  4. Fill in the required informations.

Mod Manager screenshot highlighting the "new" button Mod Manager Screenshot showing the "New Mod" prompt

This will create a folder in the mods\ folder containing a mod.ini file. It will be your mod folder. This is where you will put replacement files, your dll, etc.

The mod.ini config file has other parameters, but we will cover them in their appropriate tutorials. Here is a list of them:

DLLFile= (DLL Mod)
UpdateUrl= (FTP Update)
ChangelogUrl= (FTP Update)
GitHubRepo= (GitHub Update)
GitHubAsset= (GitHub Update)
GameBananaItemType= (Game Banana Update)
GameBananaItemId= (Game Banana Update)
EXEData= (IniFile)
CHRMODELSData= (IniFile)

Now you can do one of the following: