Modding Structure – DayZ

This page details the structure of DayZ mods as well as their configuration and presentation.

Mod structure

Mod is loaded using the -mod= launch parameter

-mod=C:\MyMods\TestMod

Typical mod folder downloaded from steam workshop will contain:

• Addons folder, holds the mod's .pbo files
• Keys folder, contains public .bikey used to sign the .pbo files (required for client-server signature verification)
• meta.cpp file, holds workshop meta data (will be automatically created during mod publishing)
• mod.cpp optional config file, holds information for mod presentation