Mods

There are plenty of nice mods for TA, that could be played with TA3D.
To play a mod you`ll need to do next steps:

• copy all mod resources (*.gp3, *.ufo, *.ccx and other mod resource files) in ta3d/mods/name_of_mod/ folder.
• run TA3D and select mod in Options.
• restart TA3D and play.

There are several mods that need a ta3d.mod file in order to run properly. With default installation there are already ta3d.mod files for several TA mods.
For example ta3d.mod for TA:Excess listed below:

[MOD]
{
unit_ext = .fbi;
unit_dir = unitGoK;
weapon_dir = weapGoK;
download_dir = downloadGoK;
}

Same files can be created manually or you can ask for one for your mod on our forum.

There are can be any number of mods at the same time in /mods/ directory, but only one active at a time.

Installing Mods on TA3D >= 0.6

Since TA3D 0.6 there is an advanced system to manage mods. You can install(and download)/remove/update/load mods directly from the Internet.

Just go to the multiplayer screen, then click Internet, login (or register) into your account (this step is no more required in the last betas). Then click "Mods", GUI should be self explanatory :)

Installing a mod manually

If you want to test or install a mod that is not available on the mod repository just follow those steps:

• let's your mod name is my_mod, create a folder named my_mod in ~/.ta3d/resources/mods (Linux) or ta3d/mods (windows)
• put all your mod resource files (*.hpi/ufo/ccx/gp3 archives or directly the files like in OTA in my_mod/)
• create an info.mod file in my_mod/
• fill info.mod with your mod's information. info.mod has the following structure:

// TA3D Mod info file
[mod]
{
    ID = -2;    // Unique, -1 is reserved for default mod, 0 and higher are used by mods from the repository, you should use -2 and lower
    name = my_mod;
    version = my_mod_version_in_the_format_I_want;
    author = me;
    comment = This is my revolutionnary mod;
    url = ;
    installed = true;
}

Once it's done just run TA3D, your mod should be in the mod list (both in the options menu and in the Mods window in the Internet screen).