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Maps and Mods

In the main menu, open the “Maps and Mods” window. It contains community maps, campaigns, and mods from the Discord server: 289 maps, 56 campaigns, and 25 mods. All of these can be installed directly from the game.

“Maps and Mods” window on the “Campaigns” tab

Tabs

Section titled “Tabs”

Entries are divided into tabs:

  • All
  • Maps
  • Campaigns
  • Mods

In the list, each entry shows its type (map, campaign, or mod), the author, the Discord rating (👍 and 👎), and its status. Entries are sorted by rating: the best are at the top. Entries without a Discord post are placed at the end, sorted by name.

Section titled “Search”

Above the list, there is a “type to filter” field: enter part of a name (Russian or English) or an author’s name, and the list will narrow down; the cross on the right or the Esc key will clear the field. The search also matches a mod’s name: “evolu” lists every map made for Evolution.

A map or campaign that needs a mod names it in the list: “Needs mod: …” while the mod is missing, and “For mod: …” once it is installed.

Open Entry

Section titled “Open Entry”

Select an entry, and its description will open on the right:

  • an image;
  • author, version, and date;
  • Discord rating;
  • how it works: “Works fully” or “Works partially” with an explanation;
  • languages;
  • description from the author’s post on Discord.

If a map has its own image and its own story (an intro from the map itself), these are displayed, and the author’s post text is shown below under the heading “From the author’s post.”

On a phone held vertically, the description opens as a card instead of the list: a full-width image with the title overlaid, followed by the author and details in frames, then the story and the author’s post; “Back to list” returns you to the list.

Installation and Removal

Section titled “Installation and Removal”
  • “Install” downloads the entry along with any mods it requires.
  • “Remove” removes the entry. A mod will not be removed as long as an installed entry requires it.
  • “Refresh” re-reads the catalog.

Where maps come from

Section titled “Where maps come from”

The catalog is taken from the community Discord server forums: the “mod-treasury” and “map-library” sections. Materials are published with permission from the server administrators, and each entry specifies the author with a link to their thread.

The catalog itself is located in the releases of razdor-community. Mods there are stored only as differences from the Community Update. Your game copy remains unchanged and is still required. Music in mods is re-encoded to Ogg Vorbis to keep download sizes small.

The window opens immediately: the list is taken from a copy saved during the last opening, while a new list is loaded in the background; without a connection, you will see the saved list and a “No connection: showing saved list” message.

Playing a mod

Section titled “Playing a mod”

In the New Game window, select a mod from the “Mod” list; it is located at the bottom of the window next to “Add map…”. You can also select a mod in the main menu, see below. The game will run using the mod’s data on top of the base game. Maps that require a mod are only visible when the mod is selected. Base game maps are shown at the end of the list in the “Base game maps” group: it is collapsed; click its header to expand it. Saves for each mod are stored separately. Green checkmarks for completed maps are also stored per mod: a map completed under one mod is only marked as such under that mod, while without a mod, the base game checkmarks are shown.

If an antivirus removed or damaged a mod’s files, Razdor checks them when you choose the mod and restores them: from the mod’s kept archive, or by downloading the mod from the catalog again. A message then appears. If the files cannot be restored (for example, there is no connection to the catalog), the mod does not start and the previous choice stays.

Mod in the main menu

Section titled “Mod in the main menu”

The main menu has a “Mods” button: on a computer it is a link in the bottom right corner, on a phone it is a tile in the bottom row, next to “Maps and Mods” and Discord. When a mod is installed, it shows “Mod: ”; without mods, it says “Mods”.

Clicking the button with a mod installed opens the same “Mod” list as in the New Game window. Selecting a mod in the list applies immediately.

  • The list starts with the base game, followed by installed mods.
  • If a mod is currently being built, it will say “Preparing the mod…” instead of the name, and it cannot be opened.

If no mods are installed, the “Mods” button opens the “Maps and Mods” window on its “Mods” tab.

Partial entries

Section titled “Partial entries”

Some mods are marked as “partial.” They provide their own modified game files (DiscordTimes.exe or ddraw.dll) that Razdor cannot use, or they are incomplete. Such mods can be played, but not everything the author created may work.

Some campaigns are also marked as “partial”: they contain chapters that are not found in any other source.

Removing or correcting an entry

Section titled “Removing or correcting an entry”

Authors requesting to remove or correct an entry can do so by writing on Discord or by opening an issue in the razdor-community repository.