Mod scenario vs Player scenario

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Mod scenario vs Player scenario

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What's the difference?

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Which two things do you mean?
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1) Mod scenario
2) Player scenario

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Mod scenarios are added by mods, like base mod, and located in the mod folder, such as base/scenarios

User scenarios are created in the map editor or added to the user directory by hand, and are all located in %appdata%/factorio/scenarios

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Why isn't mod_dir/scenarios implemented?
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steinio wrote:Why isn't mod_dir/scenarios implemented?
It would not work really, mods should add scenarios as part of the mod, for example:
https://github.com/Klonan/factory-floor

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So can mod scenarios have data stages, but player scenarios cannot?

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DRY411S wrote:So can mod scenarios have data stages, but player scenarios cannot?
No, the mods can, but scenarios can contain only script, map data, locale and some other minor (runtime) things

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Klonan wrote:
DRY411S wrote:So can mod scenarios have data stages, but player scenarios cannot?
No, the mods can, but scenarios can contain only script, map data, locale and some other minor (runtime) things
There is effectively no difference between the two, only where they are located/installed from

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Ok so last question. Do all players need to have the mod scenario installed before they can join a server? For player scenarios they don't.

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DRY411S wrote:Ok so last question. Do all players need to have the mod scenario installed before they can join a server? For player scenarios they don't.
As long as the mod does no data or prototype changes, and has no custom scripts outside the campaign/scenario files, only the server will need the scenario mod installed

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If it says synchonisation is not needed, then people connecting to the server will not need to have the mod installed

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User scenarios are created in the map editor or added to the user directory by hand, and are all located in %appdata%/factorio/scenarios
Will downloadable scenarios become a part of the mod database?

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bobucles wrote:
User scenarios are created in the map editor or added to the user directory by hand, and are all located in %appdata%/factorio/scenarios
Will downloadable scenarios become a part of the mod database?
They already are. That's what prompted my OP.

Factory Floor by Klonan is an example.

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