Mods / ModStory MacOS Mod Manager

Tags: #QoL #Utility
Author: advion
Side: Client
Created: May 20th at 6:47 PM
Last modified: Jun 12th at 2:44 AM
Downloads: 32
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Latest release:
ModStory.dmg.zip


ModStory

A native MacOS VS Mod Manager

 

* This is an Apple Disk Image (.dmg) in a zip file   You must unpack it and move it to your Applications folder.  This does not go into your VS Mods folder it is a standalone third party application *

Overview

ModStory helps you manage your game mods by providing a relatively easy to use interface for viewing, and updating your installed mods.

Features

- Update Checking: Automatically check for available updates for your installed mods
- One-Click Updates: Download and install mod updates with a single click or update only the ones you want
- Detailed Mod Information: View mod descriptions, changelogs, tags

Roadmap

- Better UI
- Ability to browse mods and install straight from the app
- More robust JSON parsing and API matching
- Ability to exclude mods from updates
- App update checking
- Apple App Store release

Requirements

- macOS 15.0 or later
- Vintage Story game installation

Usage

1. Launch the application - This is an Apple Disk Image in a zip file.  Unpack and mount the .dmg and drag it to your Applications folder.  Unmount the disk image then you can delete the dmg and zip.  Load the app from your Applications folder.  
2. Select your mods directory in the Settings page
3. Browse your installed mods, click them for detailed information and change logs
4. Download and install updates by hitting Update All or individually


If you have issues with finding or updating mods go into Settings and choose your mod directory again. This app is Sandboxed and can only read/write into the folder you set as the mod directory.

Disclaimer

- This is my first Swift/SwiftUI app and was basically just cobbled together as a learning experience. It is very flawed and looks like it was thrown together by a toddler.  

Mod Version Downloads Release date Changelog Download
1.0.0 32 Jun 12th at 2:44 AM ModStory.dmg.zip

Initial Public Release

Features

  • Local mod scanning and JSON parsing
  • API matching and version checking
  • Update downloading
  • Demo/Test mode that shows mock mod data based off of real mods for testing without unnecessary API calls. 

7 Comments (oldest first | newest first)

💬 Parenn, Jul 4th at 9:20 PM

advion Sounds great, thanks!

💬 advion , Jul 4th at 2:48 PM

Parenn I'll check this out and try to find a simple solution for this for the next version.

💬 Parenn, Jun 30th at 10:26 PM

At the moment Better Ruins has two parallel versions, one for 1.20 and one for 1.21 pre-releases.

If you're adding features, being able to deal with a situation like that would be great, maybe by pinning a version (or a major/minor version, and let revision change?)

 

💬 eerino, Jun 25th at 3:29 PM

@advion looking forward to it! ♡

💬 advion , Jun 20th at 12:38 AM

eerino Parenn Thank you glad it's working for both of you.  Currently rewriting a bunch of the API and Cache backend at the moment for 1.5.0.

💬 eerino, Jun 12th at 1:17 PM

YEY!! I did not want to switch to mac but it was the only thing I could afford. Been waiting for one of these compatible with mac! Thanks for making it!

Edit. That was quick! Works great!

💬 Parenn, Jun 12th at 6:53 AM

Nice work, the UI is straightforward but it does the trick!

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