# Easy Mode difficult

**URL:** <https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/easy-mode-difficult/24430>\
**Category:** Current Mods\
**Created:** [August 4, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/easy-mode-difficult/24430 "2016-08-04T18:51:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/easy-mode-difficult/24430/30 "2017-02-02T15:01:29Z")

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> [@Brian](#):
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> ( the internet says notepadwill do it, and it is probably on my home computer, but do you have arecommendation of something free that, from your experience, makes adifference? )

Any text editor will do, as the file is pure text. But those for programmers are better, like notepad++ or sublime, both very good editors.

> [@Brian](#):
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> I’d have to re-zip the folder again?

Not necessary, the game recognizes folders as mods too. You can zip it again and rename the zip to .smod, but we just do that for easier sharing and to avoid users damaging the mod by accident while messing with the files inside.

> [@Brian](#):
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> I DID look for a tutorial on this, but the one thread in theforum referring to tutorials about working on mods was a few years old, hadno tutorials and the thread was closed.

There is not much tutorials (if any). What we have are simple mod “models”, that we can look to see how it works, basically what you are already doing, but doing simpler things. [Startermod\_basic updated with weapons, armor, lights, and particles](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/startermod-basic-updated-with-weapons-armor-lights-and-particles/14508)

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