Mod Load Order

[egg fu]

are there any mod types worth enabling first or does it not matter?

[DarkFaceGlow]

I haven’t had any issue with order

[Snake of Eden]

It sort of matters, depending. I usually do libraries, tiles, maps, gameplay changes, then general items like cars or weapons.

[Kurogo]

It doesn’t matter. The game will load them in alphabetical order.

[Snake of Eden]

That's not even true at all. lol

[Playbahnosh]

Load order doesn't seem to be much of a problem in PZ due to mods mainly adding their own items and scripts without having to overwrite base game files. However, some mods do change vanilla items and how some things work and that can cause issues. Multiple mods trying to modify the same items/scripts for example. When this happens they overwrite each other in the order of being loaded, so the one loaded last will overwrite all preceding changes of the same stuff. I haven't seen too many mods doing this, but some of the more popular ones do. Like Authentic-Z changes what items zombies spawn with, and firearm/armor mods like Britta's packs completely remove vanilla guns and armor from the distro list, so if a preceding mod would depend on those items being in the game, that can cause issues. Worse yet with mods changing how game mechanics behave, like mods that modify XP/learning system, vehicle mechanics, medical system, weather, etc.

Originally posted by Kurogo:

It doesn’t matter. The game will load them in alphabetical order.

That's not true, you can change the load order from the mods menu.