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Adding mods to a Arma 3 server

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Before adding mods to your Arma 3 server, first ensure the server is switched off, and that you have the mods you want to install on the server downloaded to your computer.

To begin installing mods on your Arma 3 server:

  1. Navigate to your Arma 3 instance on the CreeperPanel.

  2. Navigate to Files in the sub-menu. (If you want to keep your mods in a mod folder, follow the next steps. Otherwise, skip to step 7.).

  3. Whilst in the arma3 folder, select the + icon in the top right of the File Manager window.

  4. On the next screen, select New Folder. CreeperPanel Arma3 Add Mods

  5. Name the new folder mods.

  6. Select Confirm to create the folder. CreeperPanel Arma3 Add Mods

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Before uploading the mods, make sure that the folders containing the mods are prefixed with @, For example: Mod 1's folder would be @Mod1, Mod 2's would be @Mod2 etc.

  1. Select the mods you wish to upload from your computer.

  2. Next click and drag them into the mods folder location. If you haven't created a mods folder, they need to be added to the arma3 main folder. CreeperPanel Arma3 Add Mods

  3. Now, right-click your uploaded file, then select Extract to extract in your selected folder. CreeperPanel Arma3 Add Mods

Now that your mods are extracted, we need to make sure that we instruct your server to run them on start-up. To do this, we need to create a config file. To begin:

  1. Navigate back to the main directory, arma3.

  2. Whilst in the arma3 folder, select the + icon in the top right of the File Manager.

  3. On the next screen, select New File. CreeperPanel Arma3 Add Mods

  4. Name the new file you have created arma3.config

  5. Select Confirm. The Panel will automatically open the new file upon creation. CreeperPanel Arma3 Add Mods

  6. In the newly created file, you will need to enter some information. This will need to be presented in the same format as a .json file. If you have not used a mods folder, it will need to look something like this:

{"servermods": "@Mod1,@Mod2,@Mod3"}

If using a mods folder, it will need to look more like this instead:

{"servermods": "mods/@Mod1,mods/@Mod2,mods/@Mod3"}
  1. When you have finished adding your mods, select the Save icon in the top right of the File Manager window. CreeperPanel Arma3 Add Mods

Now you've saved the config file, you should now be able to turn your server back on, and it should load the specified mods.