Editing Modding Tutorials/First Steps

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Roaring to go? [[Plague Gun/Introduction|Here's a good tutorial that introduces a lot of things gradually]]. Want to take it slow? Smart. It's '''strongly''' recommended to do the following before you start making a mod:

= Step 1: Search for a mod already doing what you want =

Seriously. There are so many mods, there is generally one, probably of high quality, doing what you want it to. You might not need to make a mod!

* Search [https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/about/?appid=294100 Steam's Workshop]. These have ready to go and managed by Steam mods. Click to use them.
* Check the [https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?board=12.0 RimWorld Mod Forum]
* Use [http://google.com Google] because it works.
* Ask on [https://discord.gg/RimWorld Discord] or [https://reddit.com/r/RimWorld reddit] to see if they know of one.


= Step 2: Read Other Info On Modding =

* [[Modding | RimWorld Wiki - Modding ]]
* [[Modding_Tutorials | RimWorld Wiki - Modding Tutorials]]
* [https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?board=14.0 RimWorld Forum - Modding Help]
* Tynan's Readme.txt in your Rimworld directory (in RimWorldMac.app for Mac people)


= Step 3: One Time Reads =

* [[Modding_Tutorials/XML_file_structure | RimWorld Wiki - XML file structure and loading]]
* [[Modding_Tutorials/Testing_mods | RimWorld Wiki - Testing]] 
* A17 Modding Updates - https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?topic=32735.0 - by ZorbaTHut


= Step 4: Useful Links, Reference Constantly =

* [[Modding_Tutorials/Folder_structure | Wiki - Folder Structure]]
* [https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?board=14.0 Ludeon Forum - Modding Help]
* [https://github.com/RimWorldMod/RimworldModdingFiles RimWorld XML Database] - xml explained for XML modders 


= Step 5: Tutorials by Others =

* How to make a .dll-mod (Power Generation) - https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?topic=3408.0


= Step 6: Reference the works of others =

It's how most of us learned how2mod.

* Core. If it's (close to) something that already exists in RimWorld, use what RimWorld provides you. What better source of "how to do X" than the game itself?
* Maybe there's some inspiration [https://spdskatr.github.io/RWModdingResources/telephonebook on this list of modders and their GitHub links]
* Use [https://github.com/search?q=RimWorld+worldcomponent&type=Code GitHub search] to find how other modders handled a problem
* Use [http://google.com Google] because it works.

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