> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.kouch.dev/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.kouch.dev/mods-and-plugins/mods.md).

# Mods

Turn mods on per game, set their load order, and import them. Mods are data only, and Kouch removes them after every session.

A **mod** changes a game while it plays: sharper textures, a widescreen patch, new music. Kouch turns mods on **per game**, puts them where the emulator looks just before the game starts, and **takes them away again when the game ends**. Your emulator's own folders stay clean.

Mods work for emulators whose profile says where their mods go. For others, a game's **Mods** tab says **its emulator doesn't support mods in Kouch yet**.

## Turn mods on for a game

Open the game's page and go to the **Mods** tab.

![A game's Mods tab](https://3008865259-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FiaV8VKDYJngjWWkPZx0Q%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-f224392317d7536a00ebcc3505363f1cfb728779%2Fgame-mods.png?alt=media)

* Press **A** on a mod to turn it on or off.
* Mods that are on are numbered, in the order they load: **1. HD textures**, **2. Widescreen**. **Left** / **Right** on one moves it earlier or later.
* Each shows its description and version.
* A mod that contains programs or scripts is greyed out: **Can't be turned on: it contains programs or scripts**, with the files it found.

The pre-launch sheet (hold **A** on **Play**) shows how many mods are on.

## Get mods

* **From a `.kod` file:** open it like any `.kod` (drop it on the window, or **Settings › Emulators › Import profile**). Kouch shows **Import mods**, one switch per mod, all on. Choose **Import**. Then turn each one on per game.
* **From a folder:** copy a mod's folder into `Emulation\mods\`. A mod folder holds a `kouch-mod.json` and a `files` folder. See [Make a mod](/for-creators/creators/mods.md).
* **From the Workshop:** with Kouch's Steam release. See [Workshop](/steam/steam/workshop.md).

## What Kouch refuses

**Mods are data only.** Kouch refuses a whole mod if any part of it is a program or a script, a link, or anything aimed at a `system` or `bios` folder. It never overwrites a folder that's already where the mod would go.

## After the game

When the game ends, Kouch removes everything it put in place and switches the emulator's mod loading back. That happens even after a crash: if Kouch didn't get to clean up, it does so the next time it starts.

## Mods in online games

In [netplay](/online/online/netplay.md), the host's mods for the game are part of the lobby. Everyone who joins gets the same mods on for that session, if they have them. If someone's missing one, Kouch lists it before they join.


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