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Hi all!

A while ago, I hosted a poll over on Discord about the usage of the forum, and it was agreed that we were all hoping for some improvements to be made to the forum to allow it to be used more efficiently, as well as provide a long-term solution to modding queries.

Forum Structure

To compare, the following is the old structure of the forum, with categories in bold:

  • Vintage Story Modding
    • Mod Releases
    • Modpack Releases
    • Mods & Mod Development

The main issue with this is that "Mods & Mod Development" is ultimately the go-to for any and all development queries or updates.

The following is the new structure of the forum, with categories in bold:

  • Vintage Story Modding
    • Using Mods
      • Mod Releases
      • WIP Mods
      • Using Mods Troubleshooting
      • Modding Chat
    • Making Mods
      • Official Modding API/Doc Updates
      • Mod Development Questions/Troubleshooting
      • Mod Requests/Ideas
      • Modding Guides
    • [Legacy]
      • [Legacy] Mods & Mod Development
      • [Legacy] Modpack Releases

Note that the 'Modpack Releases' and 'Mods & Mod Development' boards are now 'legacy' boards. This means that new posts cannot be created but old posts can still be replied to. One major goal of the new boards is to allow a problem to be searched on Google, and the appropriate results will be displayed.

Posting Rules, Guidelines, and Template

Each board that can be posted on in the Vintage Story Modding category will now have a pinned 'Posting Rules, Guidelines, and Template'. Following these not only helps us keep the wiki clean, but they are there to help you with posting and ensuring that you give relevant information, and also allows you to receive the information that you want if in a help channel. 

It is highly recommended to use the attached template for your post.

How To Help

The forum is a community-based environment, so here's how you can help:

  1. Engage with posts - Replying, liking, and sharing posts helps us make a better and more inclusive community.
  2. Follow the Board Guidelines - These will help everyone in the long-term. It may seem a little pointless, but it'll help you get the results you want.
  3. Recommend the forums - If you're helping someone or talking a lot about a specific problem on Discord, consider asking the author to make a forum post. If one person has struggled with something, you can be sure that someone else will struggle with it too.
  4. Use the 'Solved' feature - Certain boards will have a feature where you can mark an issue as solved. Using this will help keep the troubleshooting boards organized.

Thanks everyone :)

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