Editing Modding Tutorials/Folder structure

In this tutorial you will explore Rimworld's folder structure.<br/>
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In your Rimworld install directory, you can find three folders; /Mods/ , /RimWorld******_Data/ and /Source/ ; a Readme and Version text file and your RimWorld******.exe file.<br/>
We'll focus on the folders, since the files are pretty self explanatory.<br/><br/>

==Mods==

The Mods folder contains a /Core/ folder with most if not all XML files used by Rimworld.<br/>

This folder is also the place you install any mods you download.<br/><br/>

===Mod folder structure===
{{Main|Modding Tutorials/Mod folder structure}}<br/>

The mods inside /Mods/ may contain the following folders:<br/>

{| class="wikitable"
! Folder !! Contents !! Description
|-
| About || ''About.xml'' and ''Preview.png'' || These files are used in the in-game mods list. They contain some info about the mod and an unformatted text description.
|-
| Assemblies || Custom .DLL files || Mods with custom C# code have a .DLL file in this folder.
|-
| Defs || All defs || All XML code is stored in this folder, usually further categorized in subfolders and -files.
|-
| Languages || All translations || Every language file contains a /DefInjected/ folder with a translation for everything in the game.
|-
| Sounds || All sounds || Even though the main game's sounds are stored in compressed resource files, mods might use a folder for them.
|-
| Source || /Assemblies/ source code || Mods with an /Assemblies/ folder might store source code for the C# code in here.
|-
| Textures || All textures || The main game uses compressed resource files to store textures, but most mods store textures here.
|}<br/>

==RimWorld******_Data==

This folder contains a few files which are important for the base game but not necessarily important for modding it, such as; .DLL's which contain the game code, compressed resource files containing the game graphics and audio, several files automatically generated by Unity which contain settings and such, a copy of Mono and a Steamworks .DLL.<br/>

What you might at one point be interested in are the Managed/ folder and output_log.txt, which contain .DLL's required for writing custom C# code and a more detailed version of the game's debug log.<br/><br/>

==Source==

This folder contains a small amount of the game's C# source code. These can be seen as tiny examples someone might use to get started with C# modding.<br/>
Anyone interested in bigger chunks of the source code are better off [[Modding Tutorials/Decompiling source code|decompiling it]] by themselves.

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+In this tutorial you will explore Rimworld's folder structure.<br/>
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-In this tutorial you will explore Rimworld's folder structure.<br/><br/>
-=What you'll learn=
+In your Rimworld install directory, you can find three folders; /Mods/ , /RimWorld******_Data/ and /Source/ ; a Readme and Version text file and your RimWorld******.exe file.<br/>
+We'll focus on the folders, since the files are pretty self explanatory.<br/><br/>
-You'll learn what content folders starting from your RimWorld starting location have and what use they might have in modding.<br/><br/>
+==Mods==
-=Base game folder structure=
+The Mods folder contains a /Core/ folder with most if not all XML files used by Rimworld.<br/>
-* '''Mac users''': [[Installing_mods#Installation|Installing Mods]] details how to enter your Rimworld directory.<br/>
+This folder is also the place you install any mods you download.<br/><br/>
-==The RimWorld****** root==
+===Mod folder structure===
-In your Rimworld install directory, you can find five folders, some text files and your RimWorld******.exe file:<br/>
-  RimWorld*******/
-    Data/
-    Mods/
-    MonoBleedingEdge/
-    RimWorld******_Data/
-    Source/
-    Readme.txt
-    RimWorld******.exe
-    Version.txt
-    ...
-We will focus on the four main folders for modding:
-* Data
-* Mods
-* RimWorld******_Data
-* Source
-Some of the files are pretty self explanatory; Readme.txt contains a readme, Version.txt contains the version string and the .exe starts the game. <br/>
-You don't need to bother about all the other files and directories to start your modding journey.<br/><br/>
-==The Data folder==
-The Data folder contains a Core folder with most if not all XML files used by Rimworld:<br/>
-  RimWorld******/
-    Data/
-      Core/
-==The Mods folder==
 {{Main|Modding Tutorials/Mod folder structure}}<br/>
-Mods you download will be placed in the Mods folder:<br/>
+The mods inside /Mods/ may contain the following folders:<br/>
-  RimWorld******/
-    Mods/
-Each mod's folder may contain the following folders:<br/>
 {| class="wikitable"
 ! Folder !! Contents !! Description
 |-
-| [[Modding Tutorials/Mod folder structure#The About folder|About]] || ''About.xml'' and ''Preview.png'' || These files are used in the in-game mods list. They contain some info about the mod and an unformatted text description.
+| About || ''About.xml'' and ''Preview.png'' || These files are used in the in-game mods list. They contain some info about the mod and an unformatted text description.
-|-
-| [[Modding Tutorials/Mod folder structure#The Source and Assemblies folders|Assemblies]] || Custom .DLL files || Mods with custom C# code have a .DLL file in this folder.
 |-
-| [[Modding Tutorials/Mod folder structure#The Defs folders|Defs]] || All defs || All XML code is stored in this folder, usually further categorized in subfolders and -files.
+| Assemblies || Custom .DLL files || Mods with custom C# code have a .DLL file in this folder.
 |-
-| [[Modding Tutorials/Mod folder structure#The Languages folder|Languages]] || All translations || Every language file contains a DefInjected folder with a translation for everything in the game.
+| Defs || All defs || All XML code is stored in this folder, usually further categorized in subfolders and -files.
 |-
-| [[Modding Tutorials/Mod folder structure#The Patches folder|Patches]] || All patches || All xpath PatchOperations are stored in this folder.
+| Languages || All translations || Every language file contains a /DefInjected/ folder with a translation for everything in the game.
 |-
-| [[Modding Tutorials/Mod folder structure#The Textures and Sounds folders|Sounds]] || All sounds || Even though the main game's sounds are stored in compressed resource files, mods might use a folder for them.
+| Sounds || All sounds || Even though the main game's sounds are stored in compressed resource files, mods might use a folder for them.
 |-
-| [[Modding Tutorials/Mod folder structure#The Source and Assemblies folders|Source]] || Assemblies' source code || Mods with an Assemblies folder might store source code for the C# code in here.
+| Source || /Assemblies/ source code || Mods with an /Assemblies/ folder might store source code for the C# code in here.
 |-
-| [[Modding Tutorials/Mod folder structure#The Textures and Sounds folders|Textures]] || All textures || The main game uses compressed resource files to store textures, but most mods store textures here.
+| Textures || All textures || The main game uses compressed resource files to store textures, but most mods store textures here.
 |}<br/>
-==RimWorld******_Data folder==
+==RimWorld******_Data==
-This folder contains a few files which are important for the base game but not necessarily important for modding it:<br/>
-  RimWorld******/
-    RimWorld******_Data/
-      Managed/
-      Plugins
-      Resources/
-      level0
-      mainData
-      output_log.txt
-      resources.assets
-      resources.assets.resS
-      sharedassets0.assets
-      sharedassets1.assets
-These files are; .DLL's which contain the game code, compressed resource files containing the game graphics and audio, several files automatically generated by Unity which contain settings and such, a copy of Mono and a Steamworks .DLL.<br/>
+This folder contains a few files which are important for the base game but not necessarily important for modding it, such as; .DLL's which contain the game code, compressed resource files containing the game graphics and audio, several files automatically generated by Unity which contain settings and such, a copy of Mono and a Steamworks .DLL.<br/>
 What you might at one point be interested in are the Managed/ folder and output_log.txt, which contain .DLL's required for writing custom C# code and a more detailed version of the game's debug log.<br/><br/>
-==Source folder==
+==Source==
-This folder contains a small amount of the game's C# source code:<br/>
-  RimWorld******/
-    Source/
-      RimWorld/
-      Verse/
-These can be seen as tiny examples someone might use to get started with C# modding.<br/>
-Anyone interested in bigger chunks of the source code is better off [[Modding Tutorials/Decompiling source code|decompiling it]] by themselves.<br/><br/>
-=Next up=
-*[[Modding Tutorials/Mod folder structure|Mod Folder Structure]]
+This folder contains a small amount of the game's C# source code. These can be seen as tiny examples someone might use to get started with C# modding.<br/>
+Anyone interested in bigger chunks of the source code are better off [[Modding Tutorials/Decompiling source code|decompiling it]] by themselves.
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