Rivet

A mod loader for Scrap Mechanic. Install it, drop mods into a folder, and the game loads them at startup.

Rivet is early in development. Expect rough edges and back up your saves.

Installing

The easiest way is through a mod manager like r2modman or the Thunderstore Mod Manager — click Install at the top of this page and you're done.

If you'd rather install by hand, see the manual install guide.

Turning Rivet on

Rivet ships disabled so it can't surprise you. To turn it on:

• Through a mod manager: launch the game from the manager — Rivet is enabled automatically.
• Manually: open Rivet.ini in your game folder and set enable=true, or add -rivetEnable to your Steam launch options.

Adding mods

Drop mod .dll files into the Rivet/Mods/ folder next to ScrapMechanic.exe. Most mods from Thunderstore will place themselves there for you.

Tweaking it

Rivet has a handful of options in Rivet.ini — things like hiding the console window, changing the mods folder, or pointing it at a different log file. The full list lives in the configuration guide.

Something broken?

• Check your rivet.log in the game folder first — it usually says what went wrong.
• Report issues on the GitHub issue tracker.

Credits

Rivet is built and maintained with help from a lot of people:

• @VeraDev0 — contributions and ongoing development
• @QuestionableM — DLL proxying knowledge
• @crackx02 — debugging the DLL loading pipeline
• Everyone in ReDoIng Mods for ideas, testing, and support

Source code, docs, and mod-development info: github.com/ReDoIngMods/Rivet