NoMansSky:Installing Mods

Installing Mods

by: Lo2k

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How to enable mods

By default, No Man's Sky uses a simple file as a key to disable mods, so to enable mods, just follow these steps :

Go into your No Man's Sky PCBANKS folder
Rename or remove the DISABLEMODS.txt file

NOTE:

Be sure to check the PCBANKS folder after each game update as the DISABLEMODS.txt file is often recreated.

Installing mods

Using mods is as easy as copying the mod .pak file inside a MODS folder (or right-click on your .pak file in NMS Modding Station and choose Copy in my MODS folder).
This folder doesn't exist by default so here are the steps to create it :

Go into your No Man's Sky PCBANKS folder
Create a new folder named "MODS"

Next time you will start the game, any mod inside the MODS folder will also be used.

Mods load order

If you don't witness one of your mods feature, it can be because another mod uses the same file and take the lead over the "missing" mod. Indeed, mods are parsed in alphanumerical order and in the case of mods editing a same file, the last mod read will prevail over any other one read before.
Here is a quick order : 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A a B b .... Z z _
So a mod named "0mod" will load before a mode named "bmod" and a "_mod" will load last. If each mod edits different files, they will all apply, but if they all edit the same file, only the _mod will apply.

Mods conflicts

There could be a numerous cases of conflict, passed the load order issue. Usualy, mod creators notify in their mod description what files are modified by their mods. This could help players to sort if a mod could conflict with others. Ultimately, some tools like AMUMSS can be used to detect which mods are editing the same files and possibly conflicting and it can also merge mods in a single mod when changes are not overlapping.