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MPX is a VSCode extension for writing EncounterPlus V5 modules — pages, maps, encounters, and a full compendium of items, spells, monsters, and roll tables — as plain Markdown and JSON files, then building them into a single .module file ready to import. This Wiki is the tutorial and reference for using MPX as a module author.

Getting started

1. Install MPX from the VSCode Marketplace — search for "Module Packer Extended" in the Extensions view.
2. Create a project — MPX scaffolds module.json, a themed assets/ folder, and an empty images/ folder for you.
3. Get familiar with the extension panel — this is where you'll create pages, browse your module's structure, and manage your compendium.
4. Write your content:
   • Pages, groups, maps, and encounters — the module's structure.
   • Items, spells, roll tables, and monsters — reusable game content, either as standalone entries or written directly inline in a page.
   • Snippets speed up formatting — blockquotes, tables, images, colored text — while you write.
5. Preview, build, and import — check your work with a live Markdown preview that matches the real EncounterPlus rendering, then build a .module file and bring it into the app.

That's the whole loop — each page above goes deeper on its own piece of it.

Want to see it all together first? Download a complete example project — pages, groups, a compendium, and a map/encounter reference, ready to unzip and open in VSCode.

Reference

• Project settings — theme, content language (English/French), measurement units (imperial/metric). Worth deciding early, before you've created much content.
• Themes — what a theme controls, and the classes available to style your pages.
• Advanced settings — the finer per-card display toggles and build options most projects won't need to touch.