Mod incapatabilities

[Emacz]

One of the frustrating things about modding is how difficult it can be to get the mod to work with other people.  I'm currently using git hub (kinda a newb) 

i share the git link: Emacz2/classical-warefare-aea

and i have them download the zip, they extract to their mod folders, it shows up, they host games but still grayed out.  I am aware of the naming issue.  For example if one is  called: Classical-Warfare-AEA and the other is classical-warfare-aea you cant join games.... but what if they are exactly the same and you still can't?!?  What other issues could be causing it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Stan`]

Well instead of making people do the extracting and installing, they can just drag and drop the mod on the running game in windowed mode it will install the mod correctly on all platforms.

[Seleucids]

Maybe mod.io? If it still exists

[Emacz]

43 minutes ago, Stan` said:

Well instead of making people do the extracting and installing, they can just drag and drop the mod on the running game in windowed mode it will install the mod correctly on all platforms.

Will have to try that with someone willing to test it out! thanks 

5 minutes ago, Seleucids said:

Maybe mod.io? If it still exists

I sent an updated version to @Itmsduring a27 and never heard back. Im sure he/she/they is pretty busy

[Emacz]

3 hours ago, Stan` said:

Well instead of making people do the extracting and installing, they can just drag and drop the mod on the running game in windowed mode it will install the mod correctly on all platforms.

when you say drag and drop the mod, how do they get the mod? Do they still need to download/extract?  I downloaded the zip, and then drageed to 0ad but I got a "failed to install mod" alert.

<p class="error">ERROR: Failed to install mod C:\Users\emacz\Downloads\classical-warefare-aea-main.zip</p>\

Edited 1 hour ago by Emacz

[Emacz]

So far the only way to get someone to join has been by changing the mod.json;

 "ignoreInCompatibilityChecks": true,

but now anyone will be able to join and it will throw a lot of peopel off