Rule Books tab
Rule books are JSON files that declare explicit load-after or load-before relationships between creations. This tab manages them.
Curated vs user
The tool ships with a curated set of rule books maintained by the project. You can also author your own user rule books. User rule books win over curated ones on conflict, and both rank above LOOT and Categories so a targeted re-tier actually takes effect.
The list
Each row shows:
- Enable toggle — turns the rule book on or off without deleting it.
- Name and source (curated or user).
- Rule count — how many load-after/load-before relationships it declares.
- Status:
- OK — all referenced creations are installed.
- Partial — some referenced creations are missing (rules for them are inert, not errors).
- Invalid — the file failed to parse or referenced something nonsensical.
Buttons
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| Rescan | Re-reads the rule books directory. Use after dropping a downloaded rule book in by hand. |
| New | Opens the Rule book editor to author a new user rule book. |
| Edit | Opens the editor on the selected user rule book. Curated books are read-only. |
| Reveal | Opens the rule book file in Explorer. |
| Delete | Removes a user rule book (curated books cannot be deleted, only disabled). |
Authoring a rule book
The editor is a creation picker plus a drag-reorder list. Pick the creations you want to order
relative to each other, arrange them top-to-bottom, and save. The tool converts the ordering into
load_after rules under the hood.
For the file format and precedence rules see the Rule books architecture article.
Tip
User rule books live in a specific folder — see File locations.
You can back them up, commit them to git, or share them with friends.
Internal references
- Feature 007 — rule books
- Feature 008 — description-derived rule books