Modding without SMAPI

[zdueck]

Alright so I've seen people ask very similar questions, but nothing quite gets at the specific use case I'm thinking... so up front, I know how to use SMAPI, have modded my game with it before... but I recently got a little emulator handheld that can run SDV and I was wondering how hard it would be to just permanently bake the mods I like into the ported copy because the handheld can't run SMAPI as far as I can tell. (and in case it's important, let's just say I'm using Portmaster for the time being). It sounds like i can just drag and drop mods and let them overwrite the original files, but that sounds too easy... maybe there's a headache awaiting me i'm unaware of if I go that route.

[Buffmania]

Only basic .xnb replacement type mods would function without additional work. You'd really need to know what you're doing to bake in the additional stuff that SMAPI performs.

[zdueck]

OK, so say I'm willing to do the frustrating work of learning something new here... where might I go to figure out what SMAPI is doing so I can try and implement it on my own?

[EleventhStar]

Originally posted by zdueck:

OK, so say I'm willing to do the frustrating work of learning something new here... where might I go to figure out what SMAPI is doing so I can try and implement it on my own?

smapi is open source so i imagine the source code and documentation are on github.

but just streaming the modded game from your pc to your handheld sounds like an easier solution.

[Buffmania]

Should be some additional links at the bottom of the SMAPI page: https://smapi.io/

[zdueck]

Originally posted by EleventhStar:

but just streaming the modded game from your pc to your handheld sounds like an easier solution.

for most perhaps, but I tend to use my handhelds when I'm not near my pc.

[EleventhStar]

Originally posted by zdueck:

for most perhaps, but I tend to use my handhelds when I'm not near my pc.

yeah you'll want to be able to remotely login to your PC and i imagine it'll be fairly taxing on mobile data, but you can probably set it up in an afternoon.