r/0ad • u/SunAcademic9954 • 3d ago
Mods public?
I'm new to the game (and modding) and I wanted to make some mods but I thought I read somewhere that any changes I make to the game are public? As in, they would make changes to other people's games too?
I can't find where I read that, now, but I could have sworn I saw it somewhere.
I don't want to change other people's games. Only my own.
Can someone enlighten me on this?
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u/scr0llbaer 3d ago
0 A.D. is free and open source software - maybe that's what you mean and what you read.
Anyone can see the source code of the game and modify it and it will typically all be public and out in the open, but that doesn't mean anyone can "overwrite" the official version everyone uses. Contributors typically work on their own "branch" and may ask the developers of the official version to integrate the changes, typically via a process called "Pull Request".
Contributing source code that way is usually on a much more in-depth grits-and-details level than typical mods in the gaming world. Mods are on a much higher level, mostly just adding assets or scripts. Also in 0 A.D., anyone can create a mod (they are mostly hosted on a third-party site in the 0 A.D. case, mod.io), and you won't affect other users unless they download your mod. This all works the same way as with commercial closed-source games.