Updates for Paradox Mods

And welcome to our first dev diary! We’ve been working on some cool features over the past months, and we’re very excited to take you through all that’s coming in the next update, which will be out, if all goes well, at the end of this month.

Our overall goal is to constantly improve your experience while using Paradox Mods. From long-awaited features to smaller changes that make your day-to-day use of the platform more enjoyable, let us take you through this journey!

As we continue to improve the platform and introduce new features, we are keen to share more of that progress with you. Let us know if you would like to see more of these in the future.

Playset Sharing

Playsets are a core concept in Paradox Mods; they allow you to easily switch between completely different styles of setups based on how you like to enjoy the game. And these experiences are worth sharing!

In the updated version, you will be able to share your playsets with others and subscribe to theirs, making it much easier to get friends set up with the same modded configuration - or try out different experiences from the community.

Now, let us take you through how to share and subscribe to playsets and the thought process behind it all.

Sharing your playset

Starting off is simple. Going into your playset, you’ll notice a new layout and a new button on the right side saying “Make playset public”.

You will have the option to select a new name and description for your public playset, though you are free to keep your current ones.

Make that playset public!

Once your playset is public, you can share it with anyone else using your playset’s link or its ID. Both sharing and subscribing can be done through Paradox Mods in-game and on the Paradox Mods website.

How we approached public playsets

Making a playset public is a simple enough concept; however, we quickly realized that it would not be very practical. It puts a lot of strain on the playset's author not to accidentally add or remove mods from their subscribers' setup.

Taking this into consideration, we wanted to make the process less stressful for both the author and the subscribers of the playset. So, we landed on a system that we believe works best for everyone involved.

Managing public playsets

When you make a playset public, we take a snapshot of your enabled mods in the playset and create a publicly accessible version of said playset.

This allows your playset to stay your own, private playset that you can keep using and trying things out in without worrying about the public side of it.

Changing the mods in your playset will not automatically reflect on your subscribers’ side.

Viewing the public version of your playset

Once you’re ready, you can update the public version of the playset with all the changes you made. This will create another snapshot of the playset represented by a new version that others can see and switch to.

By default, when someone subscribes to a playset, they will be pinned to the version that they were viewing. This is done to lower the chance of surprises for subscribers. What that means for you as the author of a public playset is that publishing a new version won’t risk breaking other players’ setups when they update.

Lastly, you can delete a specific version of your playset if needed,