Vintagestory folder

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Overview

%APPDATA%\Vintagestory contains base game data while %APPDATA%\VintagestoryData contains user data.

Assets

You can find a lot of interesting and useful information by browsing the files in the assets folder. Many of the files are JSON file type, which can be opened and read with a simple text editor, such as Notepad++. Many mods are as simple as changing one or more values in a JSON file.

Icons

You can find clean images from the game by browsing the icons folder. Note that some items may have versions in both the block folder and the item folder. For example, tallgrass-medium-free.png shows grass in its 3D form while drygrass.png shows the 2D item the player collects after cutting tall grass.

Lib

Mods

Vintage Story is a set of mods on top of a voxel engine. When you delete old mods for any reason, do not delete these core mods.

  • VSCreativeMod.dll
  • VSEssentials.dll
  • VSSurvivalMod.dll

Rather, delete/replace mods in VintagestoryData\Mods

Others

Other files of note include

  • credits.txt
  • ModMaker.exe
  • Vintagestory.exe
  • VintagestoryServer.exe
  • VSCrashReporter.exe

Windows

By default, Vintage Story game files are stored in: %APPDATA%\Vintagestory. It usually translates to C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Vintagestory

There are a number of ways to navigate to the AppData folder. Among the simplest:

  • Type %APPDATA% into the search box of the task bar and press Enter.
  • Type %APPDATA% into the navigation bar of any window and press Enter.

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Screenshots are stored in your Pictures folder, usually C:\Users\YourUserName\Pictures\Vintagestory.

Linux

By default, Vintage Story base files are stored in: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/Vintagestory. It usually translates to ~/.config/Vintagestory

Vintage Story Flatpak might use a different location.

Screenshots are stored in [XDG_PICTURES_DIR]/Vintagestory, which by default is: ~/Pictures/Vintagestory.