Generic mod config

gistfile1.txt

addonsystem:
- handle mounting/unmounting of addons
- download/upload of UGC files
- mounting/unmounting of games too?

mod-config.kv3

// Goals:
// - Common config configuring mod search paths, game data, instance paths and workshop settings
// - Use modern keyvalues3 syntax
// - Config should work for non-workshop mods and custom folder mods
{
  mod = "Portal 2: CE"
  id = 1234 // Workshop ID of the mod, If 0, none. (Default: 0)
  
  // Short description (Default: "")
  description = "Portal 2 on Chaos Engine with various enhancements"
  
  // List of authors. (Default: [])
  authors =
  [
    "Chaos Initiative"
  ]
  
  // Paths to the output directories for everything. These are defaults but may be overridden
  asset_paths =
  {
    materials = "materials"
    models = "models"
    maps = "maps"
  }
  
  // All instance paths, default just includes the root one
  instance_paths =
  [
    "${root}/sdk_content/instances", // ${root} == P2CE install dir
    "instances" // This is relative to the directory where this file lives
  ]
  
  // Dependencies, either games or workshop items (Default: [])
  dependencies =
  [
    "workshop:123456",
    "game:440",
    "game:320",
    "game:220"
  ]
  
  // Basically same as GameData in gameinfo but an array. (Default: [])
  gamedata =
  [
    "p2ce.fgd", // Relative to this file
    "${game:440}/bin/tf.fgd",
    "${workshop:123456}/mymod.fgd"
  ]
  
  // Workshop tags (Default: [])
  tags =
  [
    "realism", "fun", "crap"
  ]
  
  // Workshop mod type (Default: "map")
  type = "campaign"
  
  // Arbitrary info that may be attached to this addon. Can be read via API pretty easily.
  metadata =
  {
  
  }
}