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ZenModPack - What is this?

This is a mod pack containing 50+ of Zenarchist's stable and up-to-date mods.

Click here to download the source code for this modpack.

Note: the giant modpack's source code might not always be up-to-date as I have begun the process of de-merging all of the individual mods since this vanilla bug has finally been fixed: https://feedback.bistudio.com/T176938

That bug was the entire reason I created this merged modpack in the first place. So I've begun moving my bigger mods back into their own pbo structures to make maintenance easier - so check my GitHub repos for the latest individual mod source code, and if it doesn't exist, then feel free to decompile the .pbo using Mikero tools etc. to get the code. All my mods are 100% open source and free to do what you want with.

These mods in my modpack either don't affect game mechanics in a major way, or if the mod does affect game mechanics (eg. ZenSleep) then it comes with a server-side config to turn them on or off as desired in the master config found in profiles/Zenarchist/Core/ZenModPackConfig.json

This pack contains the latest versions of my best mods, with all bugfixes/improvements applied.

These improvements may or may not be applied to the standalone versions of my mods due to lack of time to maintain everything, so if you use a lot of my mods then I recommended using this modpack instead of the individual repacked mods and just turn off the mods you don't want active in the Master Config.

This is another reason why I made this modpack - to keep all my mods organized and in one place. This modpack is designed to be as efficient as possible, so even if you only enable half the mods in this pack it should not impact client or server performance much at all.

As of DayZ update 1.29 I have moved all my persistence storage for vanilla items onto Community Framework's persistence framework, which means it is now safe to ADD, or turn on/off any of my mods in my modpack without wiping your server.

As for REMOVING mods - disabling them via ZenModPackConfig.json is perfectly safe, but removing the entire modpack (or any individual PBOs) mid-wipe is not recommended unless you really know what you're doing. If you have spawned in any custom gear and players have picked it up in-game then removing the mod mid-wipe can corrupt the player character's inventories and cause stability issues - so ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR STORAGE FOLDER BEFORE MESSING WITH MOD ADD/REMOVAL!

Your server's persistent storage folder is typically found in server_folder/mpmissions/dayzOffline.map/storage_1

Credit:

• This pack also includes ViewInventory mod made by affenb3rt, modified to hard-code client-only config.
• And WeatherPresets also by affenb3rt, modified to add weighted chance.
• EarPlugs & AutoRun is based on code originally written by Daemonforge.
• My treasure photo mod is inspired by Hunterz mod, but his mod lacked features I needed, so I made my own version of that same idea.
• Credit to SpaceCat for some ideas and bugfixing suggestions over the past few months (and guinea pigs players on my server).
• Credit to Expansion team and Syberia Project team and Daemonforge - I learned a lot from studying their code.
• Credit to any 3D model authors - check individual mods for specific credit and links to their work/licenses.
• Credit to the DayZ modding community as a whole - learned everything I know from studying other people's open-source mods and Discord discussions.
• If I forgot to credit you for using your open-source work, I'm sorry, it is not deliberate - please reach out and I'll add you to the list of credits.