Plants vs Zombies: Replanted Support for Vortex

Description

This extension adds support for Plants vs Zombies: Replanted to Vortex Mod Manager, enabling you to easily automate installation of mods for Plants vs Zombies: Replanted without having to worry about where the files are supposed to go, etc.

How to install

This extension requires Vortex. To install, simply search the game name in Vortex and click "manage". Alternatively, within Vortex, go to the Extensions tab, click "Find More" at the bottom of the tab, search for "Plants vs Zombies: Replanted" and then click Install.

You can also manually install it by downloading the archive file from the Latest Release and dragging it into the "drop zone" labelled "Drop File(s)" in the Extensions tab at the bottom right.

Afterwards, restart Vortex and you can begin installing supported Plants vs Zombies: Replanted mods with Vortex.

Mod Loader

This extension requires you to install MelonLoader for the game. A guide on how to do that can be found here.

How to build

To build the extension from source:

1. Install prerequisites

   • Make sure you have Node.js and npm installed.

2. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/Der-Floh/Vortex-PvZRe-Support.git
   cd Vortex-PvZRe-Support

3. Install dependencies You can either use the helper script:

   npm run install-deps

   or run the equivalent command directly:

   npm install --ignore-scripts

4. Build the extension

   npm run build

   This compiles the TypeScript source (including index.ts) into JavaScript and outputs it to dist/index.js, which is the file Vortex uses.

5. Package the extension (optional) If you want a distributable .zip archive (like the ones used for releases), run:

   npm run package

   This will:

   • Build the project (if not already built),

   • Collect dist/index.js, gameart.jpg, and info.json into a temporary .pack directory,

   • Create a zip file at:

     dist/pvzre-support-1.0.0.zip
     

     (the name is based on the name and version in package.json).

You can then use that .zip file as the extension archive in Vortex, or for publishing new releases.