Hello, I’m trying the mod desktop right now, its seems to works well but I’m wondering if there is a way to import all my plugins (included purchased plugins) that are currently on my mod duo into my mod desktop install ?
At least not by direct copy. Desktops usually run x86/amd64 architecture processors, while MOD devices are ARM-based (basically like most Android phones). Plugin binaries (like any other software) are compiled for a specific CPU architecture and cannot be launched on CPUs with a different architecture, because at the low level they use completely different instruction sets. (There are some exotic exceptions, such as x86 emulation on ARM-based Mac laptops, but that’s not applicable in our case, because it requires a whole compatibilty layer implemented in additional software)
Even worse - MOD devices are not compatible with each other in this regard — Dwarf and Mod Duo plugins, for example, are built separately and cannot simply be copied between different types of devices. (We learned that during the plugin store blackout and with some community plugins that never made it into the store.) From what I remember, compatibility of plugin binaries between Mod Duo X and Dwarf is only in one direction - you kinda can use MDX plugins on Dwarf, but not the other way around.
For the plugins to work on desktop, someone would need to build them for x86 first. For paid plugins, this cannot be done by the community because the source code is closed, and there also needs to be a working license verification system in place.
Considering all of the above — if Mod Desktop does not include it in its original distribution, we’re not likely to achieve this as a community effort.
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