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FOMOD Format
FOMOD (Fallout Mod) is the standard, XML-based format for guided mod installers used by
the major mod managers. A FOMOD lives in a fomod/ sub-folder of the mod and is made of
two files.
Mod metadata: name, author, version, website, description, groups/categories. XIMOD builds this from the Mod Info tab.
The installer configuration itself: installation steps, option groups, plugins, the files each plugin installs, condition flags, dependency patterns and conditional installs. XIMOD builds this from the Install Steps, Required Installs and Conditional Installs tabs.
XIMOD Architect implements the full ModuleConfig 5.0 feature set.
Generated files are written in UTF-8. When reopening files created by other tools, XIMOD automatically detects the encoding (UTF-8 or UTF-16) so nothing is garbled.
The generated files work with:
- Mod Organizer 2
- Vortex
- Nexus Mod Manager (NMM)
Mod managers expect the fomod/ folder at the root of the archive, alongside the mod's
data. XIMOD's Export distribution archive produces a correctly laid-out .zip in one
click (see Built-in Tools).
See also Selection and Plugin Types for the option semantics.
XIMOD Architect · MIT License · A Rust port of Wenderer's FOMOD Creation Tool, published with permission.
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