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Community Mod Loader

Mod loader for Road to Vostok (Godot 4.6). Adds a full pre-game launcher UI for managing your mod loadout, and restores mod loading after the original --main-pack injector method stopped working in the current demo build.

Back up your saves before installing any mods.

What you get

Pre-game launcher. Mod profiles. ModWorkshop update checker. Malware scanner. Crash auto-recovery. Drop .zip or .vmz straight into the mods folder.

Installation

The download contains four files: modloader.gd, override.cfg, windows-installer.bat, and linux-installer.sh. Only the first two go in the game folder. The two installer scripts are alternatives that automate the manual steps for you -- pick one path below.

Automated (recommended)

  • Windows: double-click windows-installer.bat. It locates the game folder, installs modloader.gd and override.cfg, and creates the mods directory.
  • Linux: run ./linux-installer.sh from a terminal. Same flow.

Manual

  1. Right-click Road to Vostok in your Steam library and select Manage > Browse local files. Steam opens the game folder.
  2. Copy modloader.gd and override.cfg into that folder. Do not copy the installer scripts -- they are not needed for a manual install.
  3. If a mods folder does not already exist next to them, create one.

Upgrading from v2 or earlier

Older versions installed the loader into %APPDATA%\Road to Vostok (Windows) instead of the game folder. The Windows installer cleans those leftovers up automatically. If you are installing manually, delete the old modloader.gd and override.cfg from %APPDATA%\Road to Vostok first, then copy the new files into the game folder.

The mod loader is now installed. Launch the game normally -- no launch options required. The launcher UI appears before the main menu.

Installing mods

Drop .vmz or .zip mod files into the mods folder inside the game directory. Unpacked folders work too if you enable Developer Mode in the launcher.

Example:

Road to Vostok/mods/ItemSpawner.vmz
Road to Vostok/mods/SomeOtherMod.zip

How it works

The original VostokMods injector used --main-pack Injector.pck as a launch option to take control before the game booted. The current demo no longer supports this.

This loader uses override.cfg to register modloader.gd as an autoload that Godot runs at startup. It scans the mods folder, mounts archives via ProjectSettings.load_resource_pack(), reads each mod's mod.txt, shows you the launcher UI, and instantiates autoloads in the order you chose -- reproducing the original injector's behavior without modifying launch options.

Credits

Original mod loader system: VostokMods by Ryhon0. Hook API and framework wrappers based on tetrahydroc's RTVModLib.