Mods

Automatic mod installation

0 A.D. now has an in-built mod downloader and installer.

1. In-game, go to Main Menu -> Settings -> Mod Selection -> Download Mods -> Accept.
2. Select the mod you wish to install and click Download
3. Return Back to the previous menu
4. Select the mod you installed, click "Activate", you will see it added to the list at the bottom. Click "Save configuration" and launch the game. Please note that if the mod is incompatible with the current game version, you need to uncheck the filter compatible mods for it to show up. Obviously, the experience may not be great when using outdated mods.

Manual mod installation

If the file is a .pyromod type, you can simply double click it. If it asks you to associate it with a program choose pyrogenesis.exe.

If the file is a .zip type:

1. Open the mod directory in your file explorer (replace JohnDoe with your username)

- For Windows 7, 8, 10, and 11: C:\Users\JohnDoe\Documents\My Games\0ad\mods

- For Mac OS X: ~/Library/Application\ Support/0ad/mods

- For Linux: ~/.local/share/0ad/mods

2. Download the zip file, and place it in a new directory (the name is not important but shouldn't contain special characters). The file structure should look like 0ad/mods/japanese/ja-lang-0.0.23.zip. (On Windows, you may have to extract the mod.json file from the archive and place it next to the .zip file (0ad/mods/japanese/mod.json). If any of the following steps fails, please do that.)

3. In game, go to Main Menu -> Settings -> Mod Selection. Select the mod you installed, click "Activate", you will see it added to the list at the bottom. Click "Save configuration" and launch the game. Please note that if the mod is incompatible with the current game version, you need to uncheck the filter compatible mods for it to show up. Obviously, the experience may not be great when using outdated mods.

List of notable 0 A.D. Mods

1. "Community Mod"
2. Delenda Est
3. Millenium A.D.
4. Ponies Ascendant
5. Robots Uprising (in early alpha)
6. Terra Magna (also upstreamed to Delenda Est)