what's the use of "<Mod id"?

[onlysky1]

Hello, everyone, I 'm making a mod that is designed to make all unit update free, but there is one issue I do not understand: in the begining of every modinfo file, there is a line that reads:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Mod id="bf590d3a-d802-439d-ae34-c96099357a90">

What does it mean? if I want to make my own mod, then should I have a mod id? where does the mod id come from? can I randomly create one?

 

[Mynex]

The 'Mod ID' is used for unique mod id's. Having the same mod id's will cause only the first one to load. The others are just ignored (at best).

http://www.nexusmods.com/civilisationvi/mods/5/?

That'll give you a link that'll pop a unique ID for you, I've used it on all my mods.

There's also a stand alone console one I've grabbed (either from here or Reddit, can't rem now), I've checked it out once or twice, but haven't used it 'officially' yet... still working on a couple things.

 

[astog]

^ mainly what he said. You can get a unique key from here too: https://guidgenerator.com/online-guid-generator.aspx

 

[onlysky1]

^ mainly what he said. You can get a unique key from here too: https://guidgenerator.com/online-guid-generator.aspx

thanks! btw, could I just write a mod id by myself?

 

[onlysky1]

If you want it to be random (so that the chances of another mod having the same are utterly minimal), use a random one. Trying to generate something random by hand is time consuming and doesn't work

Thanks!