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Outer Wilds Mod Loader

Manifest Schema

This page documents the fields allowed to be used in manifest.json.

Usage

Section titled “Usage”

To use the schema and get error-checking and documentation in your editor, add $schema at the top of your manifest.

{
  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ow-mods/owml/refs/heads/master/schemas/manifest_schema.json",
  "filename": "MyMod.dll",
  "author": "Me",
  "name": "My Mod",
  "uniqueName": "Bwc9876.MyMod",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "owmlVersion": "2.9.0"
}

Here is the raw link to the manifest schema for copying:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ow-mods/owml/refs/heads/master/schemas/manifest_schema.json

Properties

Section titled “Properties”

$schema

Section titled “$schema”

The JSON schema for this manifest (see Usage)

filename Required

Section titled “filename ”

The name of the dll file to load

author Required

Section titled “author ”

The author of the mod

name Required

Section titled “name ”

The human-readable name of the mod

uniqueName Required

Section titled “uniqueName ”

The unique name of the mod. No two mods should ever have the same uniqueName.

version Required

Section titled “version ”

The version of the mod (should follow semver)

owmlVersion Required

Section titled “owmlVersion ”

The version of the OWML that this mod was created with

patcher

Section titled “patcher”

Optional path to a pre-patcher to use

dependencies

Section titled “dependencies”

The dependencies of the mod. Should be a list of other mods’ unique names.

priorityLoad

Section titled “priorityLoad”

Whether to load the mod before other mods

minGameVersion

Section titled “minGameVersion”

The minimum version of the game that this mod is compatible with

maxGameVersion

Section titled “maxGameVersion”

The maximum version of the game that this mod is compatible with

requireLatestVersion

Section titled “requireLatestVersion”

Whether this mod needs the very latest game version

incompatibleVendors

Section titled “incompatibleVendors”

The vendors this mod does not work on

Has to be Steam, Epic, or Gamepass

pathsToPreserve

Section titled “pathsToPreserve”

The paths to preserve when updating the mod

Automatically includes config.json, manifest.json, and save.json

conflicts

Section titled “conflicts”

The mods that this mod conflicts with

Should be a list of other mods’ unique names

warning

Section titled “warning”

A warning to display when starting the mod for the first time

Section titled “donateLinks”

Specify links to be displayed in the mod manager for the mod, currently PayPal, Patreon, Buymeacoffee, CashApp, and Kofi are available

Section titled “donateLink”

DEPRECATED: Use donateLinks