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Smart installation and backup mechanism allowing overlapped installed files.

Support for both folders (legacy) Mods and advanced zipped Packages. Multiple installation destinations per configuration context.Ĭustom folders for packages (Mods) library and backup per installation destination. Open Mod Mananager currently implements the following key features:įlexible and modular XML and folder configuration logic. Editing merging or deleting configuration modules can be as simple as - litteraly - moving subfolders from one location to another. The configuration architecture is modular, stored as human readable XML files. Open Mod Manager is not focused to work with a specific game or software, it is in contrary designed to be generic, very flexible, and to adapt to the most configurations as possible and even for what was not though in the start. Users can configure repositories to check for updates or new availables packages from their favorite communities.

Since most of mods are provided by users or communities, and downloaded by other, Open Mod Manager provides an open online repository mechanism allowing any community or individual to provides its encapsuled packages within public online repositories. Finally, as any modern package manager, Open Mod Manager support versioning and dependencies mechanisms. While these Mods's files can be manually installed and origina files backed by the user, Open Mod Manager provide a safe, automated and advanced environement to store, install, back and restore original files, and create Mods as encapsuled packages.Ĭumulative installations, backup then restoration of original files are key feature, Open Mod Manager embed safe and smart automatic backup mechanism to garantish user can always and at any time restore editor's original files. Mod term come from Modification and refers to one or several unofficial files which are added to, or replace original editor's files of a software (usually a game) to change its behaviour, add features, components or items.

Open Mod Manager is an open source and generic Mod manager.