Posted October 15, 2019
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We've released BETA version of mod support for our game. You'll all simply receive it with the newest patch. Unfortunately GOG lacks some features that Steam has - namely workshop. That is why using mods for you will be a bit less user friendly and creating them impossible (for now, see the note at the bottom).
You can't just "subscribe" a mod like the Steam users do, therefore you need to search for mods on moddb and similar sites. Once you download mod files, you have to paste them into a proper folder. Let's go through the process with one of our example mods, BasicModSP:
The files that are required for the mod to work look as follows:
BasicModSP_E2F4E098429B03464B49028ECE4B75FF.ancmod
BasicModSP_E2F4E098429B03464B49028ECE4B75FF-AllDesktop.pak
Once you have both of them, navigate to this directory:
YOUR_GOG_INSTALL_PATH\Ancestors Legacy\Anc\Content\Paks\Mods\
Paste both of the files in there. Once you launch the game you will be able to activate it, or if it's just a map pack - play the map contained in the mod. Below a more detailed explanation of how to do it in-game.
Total Conversions and single player map packs:
Navigate to "Single-Player" -> "Mods", then depending on what kind of mod you have downloaded, choose the appropriate menu (Map Pack or Total Conversion). Then, choose which mod you want to activate. If it's a TC, you will only be able to see mod name. If it's a Map Pack, you will also see all the maps it contains. After choosing a TC the game will have to be restarted in order to apply the change.
The currently running TC mods have the tag [Active] in front of the mod name.
Multi player map packs:
The map is simply added to the dropdown list where you choose which map to play in skirmish, or which map to host when creating a match.
Enjoy the game.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please be aware that this is a BETA version of the mod support. We will be working on improving it, including figuring out a way to let you download the Editor despite missing workshop support. We are aware that this is very barebones version on GOG at the moment, but we will be improving that.
You can't just "subscribe" a mod like the Steam users do, therefore you need to search for mods on moddb and similar sites. Once you download mod files, you have to paste them into a proper folder. Let's go through the process with one of our example mods, BasicModSP:
The files that are required for the mod to work look as follows:
BasicModSP_E2F4E098429B03464B49028ECE4B75FF.ancmod
BasicModSP_E2F4E098429B03464B49028ECE4B75FF-AllDesktop.pak
Once you have both of them, navigate to this directory:
YOUR_GOG_INSTALL_PATH\Ancestors Legacy\Anc\Content\Paks\Mods\
Paste both of the files in there. Once you launch the game you will be able to activate it, or if it's just a map pack - play the map contained in the mod. Below a more detailed explanation of how to do it in-game.
Total Conversions and single player map packs:
Navigate to "Single-Player" -> "Mods", then depending on what kind of mod you have downloaded, choose the appropriate menu (Map Pack or Total Conversion). Then, choose which mod you want to activate. If it's a TC, you will only be able to see mod name. If it's a Map Pack, you will also see all the maps it contains. After choosing a TC the game will have to be restarted in order to apply the change.
The currently running TC mods have the tag [Active] in front of the mod name.
Multi player map packs:
The map is simply added to the dropdown list where you choose which map to play in skirmish, or which map to host when creating a match.
Enjoy the game.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please be aware that this is a BETA version of the mod support. We will be working on improving it, including figuring out a way to let you download the Editor despite missing workshop support. We are aware that this is very barebones version on GOG at the moment, but we will be improving that.
