Editing an existing mod

[LittleMikey]

Hi guys, I want to make some changes to a mod I downloaded, so I opened up the .zip file from the \AppData\Roaming\Factorio\mods directory and made the changes that I wanted, but when I go back into the game the changes are not present. What do I need to do to get my changes into the game?

[Koub]

Do you play the zip version of the game ? or the Steam version ?
Did you completely quit the game afterwards ?

[LittleMikey]

Do you play the zip version of the game ? or the Steam version ?
Did you completely quit the game afterwards ?

I play the Steam version, and yes I completely quit the game. I also tried disabling the mod and re-enabling it.

[Koub]

Sorry if my question makes you think I'm thinking you're dumb, but are you absolutely sure your changes should be seeable upon game load (I'm in IT support business, and believe me, there is no such thing as a stupid question )? maybe can you tell us what mod, and what changes ?

[Supercheese]

Might need to clear the graphics cache, if you made graphical edits. It's under:

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..\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\crop-cache.dat

IIRC.

[LittleMikey]

Sorry if my question makes you think I'm thinking you're dumb, but are you absolutely sure your changes should be seeable upon game load (I'm in IT support business, and believe me, there is no such thing as a stupid question )? maybe can you tell us what mod, and what changes ?

Yeah, to test I tried changing the HP of a vehicle the mod added, but it's still got the old HP.

[LittleMikey]

Might need to clear the graphics cache, if you made graphical edits. It's under:

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..\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\crop-cache.dat

IIRC.

No graphics edited, just changed some numbers.

[Koub]

Have you rebuilt one of these vehicles ? or yave you checked if an existing vehicle had been updated ?

[LittleMikey]

Have you rebuilt one of these vehicles ? or yave you checked if an existing vehicle had been updated ?

Both.

[steinio]

My bet gets to changing files in a zip without proper zip tool so changes are not saved back into the zip file.

[LittleMikey]

My bet gets to changing files in a zip without proper zip tool so changes are not saved back into the zip file.

I re-opened the zip file and it does look like my changes are there, they just aren't appearing in game.

[mrvn]

Didn't the stem version handle mods differently? Try running the console version.

[darkfrei]

Just unzip your zip archive and and delete it.

[bobingabout]

While modding, it is preferable to work with mods that aren't zipped. So the first thing you should do is extract the zip file, then delete the zip... or at least remove it from the mods folder.

but if you're certain that your changes were saved back into the zip file... then I don't see why it wouldn't work.


Though, are you sure the licence of the mod allows you to modify it?
(Bob's mods allows any modifications you want to do for personal use, but you're not allowed to share these changes. You are allowed to however write your own mod that changes things within mine)

[GotLag]

Though, are you sure the licence of the mod allows you to modify it?
(Bob's mods allows any modifications you want to do for personal use, but you're not allowed to share these changes. You are allowed to however write your own mod that changes things within mine)

Any modder who tries to tell users they can't edit a mod for their own use is an idiot and should be ignored.