I would also recommend right-clicking a mod and clicking on ‘ show details‘. Installing a mod is incredibly easy – simply select a mod and hit the ‘ install‘ option in the top menu. Hopefully that will help you in deciding which mods you would like to use. It is impossible for me to know which mods each individual person will like, so I’ll list the ones I’ve been using and provide a brief description of each. You will find various other options there, including the option to make backups of Torchlight if you are the more paranoid and/or cautious type, but that falls outside the scope of this article. You can change the default overview by going to Extras -> Options -> Mods & Colors, and ticking ‘Start with group style’, followed by your preferred overview in the drop down. Usually, you will want to list mods by installed/available (F5) and you can do this by clicking on ‘List (F2)’ and changing it to your preferred overview, or by simply pressing F5. The default overview is a list of all mods which are available.
It’s by far the easiest and most painless way of modding Torchlight and it works with all Torchlight installations, including Steam. It then allows you to install / uninstall mods, set the order in which they load and various more advanced features.
TorchLeech is essentially a Mod Manager, a program which shows you a list of mods available for Torchlight, and what each mod does. Now run the program and you will see a screen that will look roughly as follows: You can save TorchLeech anywhere you want – but I would recommend you put the program somewhere you can find it easily. If you have none installed, I would recommend 7-Zip. The very first thing you want to do is download TorchLeech 1.5a, and extract it using an unzip utility of your choice. My personal aim when modding a game is to keep it as close to the ‘vanilla’ experience as possible, but improve on aspects that I find frustrating or imperfect.
I will also explain how you can mod your copy of Torchlight even if you have absolutely no experience with computers or modding whatsoever. In this article, we’ll look at a number of mods for Torchlight which do just that. Whether you are talking about a fantasy mmo, a space mmo, or any mmo for that matter, there’s nothing better than increasing the lifespan of one of your games.