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Use this guide to install and enable an existing content pack. For authoring, see [[Creating mods]]; for file formats and compatibility details, see [[Modding]].

== Install a local pack ==
# Open '''Mods → Create''' from the title screen, then use '''Open mods folder''' in the Edit step to reach the correct local folder.
# Put the downloaded pack folder directly inside that mods directory. The pack's <code>manifest.json</code> must be at its root, not hidden inside another nested folder.
# Open '''Mods''' and enable the pack. Restart the game so the content catalog reloads.

On a standard Windows installation, the local directory is normally <code>%APPDATA%\Godot\app_userdata\2D Tower\mods\</code>. Use the game's folder button to locate it when the installation differs.

== Use a Steam Workshop pack ==
Subscribe to the item through Steam Workshop. Steam manages its installation folder. New subscriptions start disabled: enable the pack in '''Mods''' and restart the game. Keep Workshop items in Steam's managed location.

== When a pack or save does not load ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Symptom !! First check
|-
| Local pack is absent || A direct subfolder of the local mods directory must contain <code>manifest.json</code>.
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| Installed content is unavailable || Enable it in Mods, then restart after installation or any selection change.
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| Pack fails validation || Read the reported error and check the pack's dependencies. Authors can use [[Creating mods]] and [[Modding]].
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| Save reports missing or incompatible content || Install and enable the original required packs, with matching compatibility versions and referenced content IDs. A similarly named pack does not substitute for the required identity.
|}
Saves record pack identities, compatibility versions and Workshop IDs. Keep the packs needed by a save available when updating or disabling mods.

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