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许杰友 Jieyou Xu (Joe) edited this page Aug 4, 2024 · 3 revisions

To get started, you will need to download the latest Mint release, and configure settings like mod.io authorization details and path to the game.

Downloading the Latest Release

Mint supports both Windows and Linux platforms. You can download the latest version of Mint at https://github.com/trumank/mint/releases/latest.

  • For Windows users, download and extract mint-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip.
  • For Linux users, download and extract mint-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip.

The mint executable can be placed anywhere you like.

Configuring Mint

Upon first usage (or if you deleted the configuration files), you will need to provide some basic information to Mint.

Providing the Path to your Deep Rock Galactic Installation

  • Click on the cogwheel located at the bottom of the GUI to open the settings window.

    Cogwheel button Settings window

  • You will need to provide the path to your Deep Rock Galactic installation. Specifically, you need to provide the path to FSD-WindowsNoEditor.pak within the Deep Rock Galactic installation. This is usually found at e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Deep Rock Galactic\FSD\FSD-WindowsNoEditor.pak on Windows. You should click on the browse button and navigate to <STEAM_LIBRARY_PATH>\Deep Rock Galactic\FSD\FSD-WindowsNoEditor.pak and select that file.

Providing a mod.io Authentication OAuth Token

If you would like to use mods from mod.io, then you will need an OAuth token from mod.io. You can generate a mod.io OAuth token at https://mod.io/me/access. You will need to accept the mod.io API terms and conditions.

Generating a mod.io OAuth token

  • You will need to add a new client under OAuth Access. You can call it e.g. "Mint".
  • For that client, create a new token with read-only scope. You can call it e.g. "modio-access".
  • Copy the generated token into the tool by clicking on the mod.io cogwheel within the settings window.

Adding Mods

After providing the path to your Deep Rock Galactic installation and a mod.io OAuth token if you would like to use mod.io mods, you are now ready to add mods to your current profile. A profile is a collection of mods, and you can switch between profiles to easily change the set of mods that you would like to use.

Mint supports mods from 3 kinds of sources:

  1. mod.io mods: e.g. https://mod.io/g/drg/m/sandbox-utilities.
  2. Network mods: e.g. https://example.org/random-mod.pak.
  3. Local mods: e.g. C:\Downloads\RandomMod.pak

You can add mod.io and network mods by copying and pasting the mod.io or network link to the mod into the input field and pressing enter. You can also add a local mod this way by providing the absolute path to the local mod (e.g. C:\Downloads\RandomMod.pak).

input-field

For local mods, you can also add them to the current profile by dragging-and-dropping the file from File Explorer on to the Mint window.

Making changes to the active profile

If you make any changes to the active profile, you will need to click "Install mods" again so mint can install the hook dll and regenerate the mod bundle. Without clicking "Install mods" again, no changes will be reflected to your currently active mods within the installed mod bundle.

Migrating from mod.io

You can make the migration from the official mod integration by:

This will copy a list of mod.io URLs, and you can paste them into the input field inside Mint and then press enter.

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