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Guidelines for Submitting Mods

1. Image Resolution All images provided within your mod or related to it must adhere to a resolution of 1280x720 or less. And have a aspect ratio of 16:9. And have a file extension of .jpg. Unless the png version has a smaller file size. It is recommended to use a photo editing software like Photopea to crop and resize your images. You can't have animated gifs or apngs.

2. Allowed Mods Only Codename Engine mods are allowed. Mods pull requests that do not adhere to this standard will not be accepted.

   We don't wish to have ports of mods that were originally made for another engine, unless they are uploaded by the original author.

   Note: We don't allow mods that contain piracy or illegal content. If you have any questions, please ask in the Discord Server.

3. Download Links Providing a full build download link is discouraged. Please refrain from including direct links to full builds. Unless your mod is a hardcoded Codename Engine mod.

4. Mod Pack Link If possible, provide a link to a mod pack that consolidates your mod with others for easier integration.

5. Hardcoded Codename Engine Mods

   • If your mod is a hardcoded Codename Engine mod, you must provide a link to its source code.
   • In this case, you are not required to provide a mod pack link.
   • Additionally, make sure to add the tag "hardcoded" to your meta.json file for proper categorization.

6. Softcoded Codename Engine Mods

   • If your mod is a softcoded Codename Engine mod.
   • In this case, you must provide a mod pack link.
   • Additionally, make sure to add the tag "softcoded" to your meta.json file for proper categorization.

7. Unreleased mods

   • If your mod is not yet released, you must set the version field to "unreleased".
   • and add the tag "upcoming" to your meta.json file for proper categorization.
   • You also need to set the lastUpdated field to "unreleased".

8. Correct timestamps

   • If your mod is not yet released, you must set the lastUpdated field to "unreleased".
   • If your mod is released, you must set the lastUpdated field to the date in the format "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.000Z". (Make sure its in UTC)
     • GameBanana: If the mod is on GameBanana you can use this script document.querySelector(".DateModified time").getAttribute("datetime") to get the correct date.
     • GameJolt: Open the Inspect Element (F12) on the relative time, and put the date in the format "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.000Z". (Make sure its in UTC)
     • GitHub: Open the latest commit and run the script: document.querySelector("relative-time").getAttribute("datetime")
   • If you don't know how to get the correct date, you can use this website https://dencode.com/date/iso8601?v=Put%20the%20date%20here&tz=UTC&decimal-separator=%2E then use the value from ISO8601 Date (Extend) to get the correct date.

9. Tags

   • Only moderators can add these specific tags to mods.

     • featured - Mods that are featured on the website.
     • loved - Mods that are loved by the community.
     • admin-pick - Mods that got picked by a moderator.

   • Here's a list of tags that are allowed:

     • softcoded - Use this if your mod is a softcoded Codename Engine mod.

     • hardcoded - Use this if your mod is a hardcoded Codename Engine mod.

     • long-desc - Use this if your mod has a long description. (sizes it down)

     • longer-desc - Use this if your mod has a longer description. (sizes it down even more)

     • longerer-desc - Use this if your mod has a longerer description. (sizes it down even more)

     • long-title - Use this if your mod has a long title. (sizes it down)

     • longer-title - Use this if your mod has a longer title. (sizes it down even more)

     • upcoming - Use this if your mod is not yet released.

     • loved - [Only moderators] This means a mod is loved by the community. This is if the mod has the gold star on GameBanana.

     • featured - [Only moderators] Use this if your mod is featured on the website.

     • admin-pick - [Only moderators] This means a mod got picked by a moderator.

     • difficulty-easy - Use this if your mod is easy.

     • difficulty-normal - Use this if your mod is normal.

     • difficulty-hard - Use this if your mod is hard.

     • difficulty-expert - Use this if your mod is expert.

     • length-short - Use this if your mod is short.

     • length-medium - Use this if your mod is medium.

     • length-long - Use this if your mod is long.

     • length-very-long - Use this if your mod is very long.

   • If you have custom tags that will be used when we add searching. add them to "userTags": [] in meta.json.

Thank you for your contribution!