Upgrading mods between game version

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This page should describe the process of upgrading mods between different game versions (e.g. from 0.23 to 0.25).

The changelog should also be present, but only changes related to modding and with more details (e.g. new fields X were introduced for component Y, they do Z). Maybe even a full file diff for Data between different game versions, with comments on what the changes mean?

Other things to add:

A guide on how to install particular Cosmoteer versions using Steam depots.

This can be useful if you want to see what's actually changed for yourself.

For instance, this is a method of viewing all changes that were made to Data dir between versions:

  1. Copy the game's Data to some dir. Lets call that dir Diff.
  2. Init a .git repo inside Diff .
  3. Downgrade the game to a version where your mod works.
  4. Remove the Data dir that was added to Diff .
  5. Copy the Data dir from the downgraded game.
  6. Now you can observe all changes in the diff editor!