Compilation Settings

Compilation itself is very straightforward and similar to installation: you let Wabbajack run and hope it finishes successfully! The key to make it run successfully is having a "Wabbajack-compliant" MO2 setup which you can set up by following the recommendations from the previous sections.

Find or Generate Your `.compiler_settings`

Click on the three dots next to the Compiler Settings field.
In the file selection window that opens:
- If it is your first time compiling a listnavigate to profiles/{profile_name}/ and select modlist.txt. This will generate the required .compiler_settings file for this and future compilation.
- If you have already used Wabbajack with the MO2 instance you want to compile with or are using ative-Game-Installer (Installers not using MO2)change the file extension from MO2 Modlist (.txt) to Compiler Settings File (.compiler_settings) and select the ModlistName.compiler_settings file.

Download Location

The download location is the path to the folder where all your archives and .meta files are located.

Output Location

The output location is the path to the folder where your modlist's .wabbajack file will be written.

Wabbajack Compilation Configuration Editor

In Wabbajackselect Create a Modlist to navigate to the configuration screen. Here you can configure some metadata for your modlist which will later be viewable by the user.

Field	Description	Notes
Modlist Name	REQUIRED: Name of your modlist
Version	REQUIRED: Current Version	Wabbajack modlists must comply with the .NET Version Class `major.minor[.build[.revision]]` making `0.1.19.1` a valid version Example. Don't use Text or Special Characters in your version!
Author	Modlist author--your name or alias	Should be your name in original modlists and/or the name of the original modlist author if you adapted a non-WJ modlist to WJ
Description	Modlist description (max 700 charcters)
Image	Modlist image	Aspect ratio should be 16:9 for best results
Website	REQUIRED: Website URL	Link to a Website/Readme
Readme	REQUIRED: Readme URL	Link to the readme
NSFW	NSFW Checkbox	Only really needed for official modlists as our galleries have the option to hide NSFW modlists
Publish Update	Publish Update Checkbox	If you completed Getting CDN Access and Adding a Custom Repository to Wabbajack you can use this option to automatically publish your list
MachineUrl	`machineURL` of the modlist required for the `Publish Update` option	Adding a Custom Repository to Wabbajack Is referencing this field with its `JohnsLists/JohnsSkyrimMakeover` Example
No Match Include	Adds folders to a list from which all content that can't be matched to a source should still be included	Useful for custom patches or generated files
Include	Adds files and folders to a list which will be included with the .wabbajack file	DO NOT USE ON DOWNLOADED MODS as this would result in inlining the mod into the `.wabbajack` file and (unacceptably) distributing that mod. Can lead to large `.wabbajack` files if used unsparingly
Ignore	Adds files and folders to a list that will be ignored and therefore will not be part of final installations	Useful for mods and tools you use during development you don't want included in the final installation
Other Profiles	Adds profile folders to a list for other MO2 profiles you want to include in the final installation	Useful for performanceor content profiles
Always Enabled Mods	Adds mod folders to a list of mods that will be included in your list no matter if they are enabled (active in game) or not	Wabbajack will normally ignore all mods you disabled in MO2 but there are some cases where you might want to give some choice to the end user and want to have the mod included

Other Games

Some modlists may want to make use of files from otherrelated games.

An example being - Fallout 4 VR may want to use the DLC from Fallout 4and the same for Skyrim VR and Skyrim AE DLC.

If you open up the .compiler_settings file in your modlist directorywith a text editoryou will see a field called "OtherGames" now check the Wabbajack code for which games can source from other games (here)[https://github.com/wabbajack-tools/wabbajack/blob/main/Wabbajack.DTOs/Game/GameRegistry.cs]

For example in that code you will see that SkyrimVR has a field for "cansourcefrom" which points to "SkyrimSpecialEdition".

If you were to put "SkyrimSpecialEdition" or "Fallout4" in your SkyrimVR or Fallout4 VR compiler_settings file in the "OtherGames" field then Wabbajack will be able to scan that directory for required filesboth in compilation and on the user install side of things.

like so :

"OtherGames": [
    "SkyrimSpecialEdition"
  ],

If you want to add a "cansourcefrom" to any of the games Wabbajack supportsplease propose that on the Wabbajack Github here

Compilation Errors

You will likely get a ton of errors during your first compilationwhich is to be expected. We highly recommend you join our Discord server and go to the #modlist-development-help channel for help.