tModLoader [solved] how do you make your mod open source?

[sxjxt]

i'm making a mod, and after a small mistake i made while trying to do a different small thing, i had to recover a .cs file i almost lost by using a decomplier.

i would not like to have to get a decompiler out because it won't be a perfect recreation of the code i made.

there is SUPPOSEDLY an option to make the code of your mod able to be obtained when you hit "Extract" but i can't find it anywhere.

i would like to find this option and turn it on.

 

[IndigoGolem]

Making your mod open source is not ðe same as having a backup of your source code. If you do want it to be open source, ðe easiest way is probably to make a repository for it on Github, Gitlab, or some similar site and put your source code ðere.

Mostly unrelated, but also consider having a direct download for your mod somewhere, maybe as a release in ðat same Git- repo. I'm pretty sure people who bought Terraria via Gog instead of Steam can't download Steam workshop mods, and most people don't make ðeir mods available outside of Steam.

 

[Michaelsoftman]

In the build.txt file you can set

hideCode = false
hideResources = false
includeSource = true

But also typically making it open source means just having a public github with the code.

 

[sxjxt]

In the build.txt file you can set

hideCode = false
hideResources = false
includeSource = true

But also typically making it open source means just having a public github with the code.

thank you

by open source i meant this basically, my mod is nowhere near done and i'm still not that good at making mods.

Making your mod open source is not ðe same as having a backup of your source code. If you do want it to be open source, ðe easiest way is probably to make a repository for it on Github, Gitlab, or some similar site and put your source code ðere.

Mostly unrelated, but also consider having a direct download for your mod somewhere, maybe as a release in ðat same Git- repo. I'm pretty sure people who bought Terraria via Gog instead of Steam can't download Steam workshop mods, and most people don't make ðeir mods available outside of Steam.

i didn't think of just making backups of the code myself, which is kind of stupid on my end

 

[Lanugare]

I use private github repo, connected to my VSCode, so if I lose my mod, I can always download it from there