Adding requiredAddons to a mod

[ColonelKernel 4]

Hi.

How can I add requiredAddons to a mod? I know it should be added to the config.bin (or .cpp) and I know the structure should be something like this:

class CfgPatches
{
	class My_Mod
		{
			units[] = { };
			weapons[] = { };
			requiredAddons[] = {"CBA_Extended_EventHandlers"};
			version = "0.993";
			versionStr = "0.993";
			versionDesc= "My Mod";
			versionAr[] = {1,0,0};
			author[] = {"Me"};
		};
};

But I don't know where you get the name of the required mod from. For example, in the above code I don't know where the name "CBA_Extended_EventHandlers" comes from. (I know what it is though!)

Can someone please explain it to me?

[da12thMonkey 1943]

It's the cfgPatches classname of the config you are inheriting the item from.

The equivalent name of

	class My_Mod

in your above example

So if I was to make another mod that depends on your above mod i would have a cfgpatches like

class CfgPatches
{
	class da12thMonkey_addon
		{
			units[] = { };
			weapons[] = { };
			requiredAddons[] = {"My_Mod"};
			version = "2.00";
			versionDesc= "da12thMonkey's Mod";
			author[] = {"da12thMonkey"};
		};
};

[ColonelKernel 4]

15 minutes ago, da12thMonkey said:

It's the cfgPatches classname of the config you are inheriting the item from.

The equivalent name of

	class My_Mod

in your above example

So if I was to make another mod that depends on your above mod i would have a cfgpatches like

class CfgPatches
{
	class da12thMonkey_addon
		{
			units[] = { };
			weapons[] = { };
			requiredAddons[] = {"My_Mod"};
			version = "2.00";
			versionDesc= "da12thMonkey's Mod";
			author[] = {"da12thMonkey"};
		};
};

Thank you

[BRPVP 69]

On 9/14/2017 at 3:10 PM, da12thMonkey said:

It's the cfgPatches classname of the config you are inheriting the item from.

The equivalent name of

	class My_Mod

in your above example

So if I was to make another mod that depends on your above mod i would have a cfgpatches like

class CfgPatches
{
	class da12thMonkey_addon
		{
			units[] = { };
			weapons[] = { };
			requiredAddons[] = {"My_Mod"};
			version = "2.00";
			versionDesc= "da12thMonkey's Mod";
			author[] = {"da12thMonkey"};
		};
};

 

My friend.

 

If my addon make use only of vanila Arma 3 content i can use requiredAddons[] = {};?

[da12thMonkey 1943]

Yeah. Most simply you can use

requiredAddons[] = {"A3_Data_F_Enoch_Loadorder"};

Which is the latest cfgPatches class for Arma 3, to ensure your data loads after all the BI data that you are referencing or modifying

[Dedmen 2661]

On 11/3/2019 at 11:32 PM, BRPVP said:

If my addon make use only of vanila Arma 3 content i can use requiredAddons[] = {};?

No.

Guess @da12thMonkey 's "Yeah" was a typo and he really meant "No"

[da12thMonkey 1943]

Indeed. I just read it as "I can use requiredaddons..." The {}; brackets implying an empty array, didn't register in my mind, sorry

You should have something in the array if you are inheriting properties from existing BI classes, just to ensure your addon is definitely loaded after all the BI stuff has been parsed

[BRPVP 69]

Thanks,

My last release was with {} and no problems at all, but i'm adding "A3_Data_F_Enoch_Loadorder" for the next release.

[Storm Rider 17]

Where should I look for to find the latest cfgPatches class?