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The data/ folder is where the real content of a mod lives.

If your mod is in an folder called MyFirstMod then the data/ folder will be at the following location:

MyFirstMod/data

For a summary of things that can go in the folder, see the sidebar.

When you put a file in the data/ folder, or one of its subfolders, it will either update or replace the file of the same name and path in main.dat.

Note: You can view the base game's main.dat/data/ for reference.

These files will update their main.dat counterparts (and also any files of same name added by other mods loaded prior to your mod):

• most .txt files
• sprites.png

These files will replace their main.dat counterparts:

• biographies.txt
• dsp-effects.txt
• .png files (except sprites.png)
• .bmp files
• .spritebank files
• .prison files
• .lua files (except grants.lua)

Any files that don't have a main.dat counterpart will be added (but it might be ignored if it's something that the game isn't expecting).