Introduction

Most of the content of VBS2 is delivered in the form of an "addon".
These are individual files (with the extension PBO or ZBO), which contain the definitions for specific objects, units, plugins, etc.

Information on creating your own addons can be found here.

Locations

VBS2 checks several folders upon startup, to search for available addons.

Some of folders are used for official VBS2 content, others should be used for user content (marked with "(UC)" in the list below).
While this separation is not a technical necessity, it is recommended in order to avoid accidental overwrites, and to make troubleshooting easier.

Load order

If identical addons exist in different folders, the list below shows the load priority used (i.e. entries higher on the list will override the lower ones).
e.g. If the same addon is located in \vbs2\addons, and also in \ca\addons, the one in ca\addons will be ignored.

1. modfolder\addons (UC)
2. mycontent\addons (UC)
3. vbs2\addons
4. ca\addons
5. addons
6. user specific folder (f.i "C:\Users\username\Documents\VBS2\addons") (UC)

Any of these addon folders can contain one or more subfolders as well (e.g. \mycontent\addons\project1).
PBOs in the same folder will override ZBOs with the same name.