Gears — an in-game settings page for your other mods

A settings framework. **On its own it adds no items, no blocks and changes no gameplay** — every setting you see belongs to the mod that declared it.

Why not a config file

Changing a mod's options used to mean **alt-tabbing, finding the folder and editing XML by hand**, with no feedback at all when a typo broke something.

With Gears you change those options **from the main menu or mid-game**, and your choices are restored next time the game starts.

What it does for servers

This is where it earns its place. **The host picks a world's settings on the New Game or Continue Game screen, Gears writes them into the save, and every player who joins receives them.**

A config file belongs to one install, so previously somebody had to **hand files around before a session**. That goes away.

Setting types

Settings are grouped by tabs and categories, with five input types — a selector that steps through fixed choices, a slider you drag, and so on — all readable and changeable without leaving the game.

Requirements

| | |

|---|---|

| Game version | **v3.0 - v3.1.0** (from the file notes) |

| GearsAPI | **v2.0.1** |

| EAC | must be **disabled** |

Many mods require it, `IZY Classic` among them. **If nothing you run asks for it, you do not need it.**