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Systems

Deep dives into Anomaly's major modding systems — each one covers both the concepts and the practical API.

Pages in this section

  • Mod Configuration Menu — Adding a settings UI for your mod using MCM
  • Localization — Adding translated text with game.translate_string and XML string tables
  • Items & Inventory — Defining items in LTX, spawning them, and reacting to item events
  • NPCs & Factions — NPC callbacks, death handling, squad management, relations
  • Space Restrictors — Zone volumes for triggers, actor checks, and AI movement constraints
  • Smart Terrains — How ALife assigns squads, jobs, and respawns at smart terrain hubs
  • UI Scripting — Building and modifying UI elements with Lua and XML