## VASSAL Reference Manual

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### General

VASSAL’s Module Editor can be used to create new modules, modify existing ones, and add extensions to them. When you open a module for Edit (or select the "New Module" option), you will be presented with a Configuration Window showing the module’s Components.

The Configuration Window is used to edit either a Module or a Module Extension. The menu bar of the Configuration Window offers the following actions:

- File: Save the module or save it to a different file.

- Help: This reference manual.

- Updaters: Create a update saved games

- Translate: Help translate VASSAL into another languageSavedGameUpdater.html

#### Editing Modules

All modifications to a module are done through the Configuration Window, which is a familiar file/folder type browser in which each file/folder represents a module Component. Right-click on any Component to get a context menu with options for that Component. Use the Cut, Copy, Paste, and Move commands to move Components around within the module, and use the Search command from the Edit menu if you need to find one.

##### Properties

Brings up a dialog in which you specify the options for that components. Double-clicking on a component also brings up its Properties dialog.

##### Search

This option from the Edit menu lets you search for Components by name or by class name (the class name pf a Component is the "type" of Component it is, enclosed in square braces in the Editor’s Configuration Window, such as a "Map Window").

##### Delete

Deletes the component from the module.

##### Clone

Makes an exact copy of the component and inserts it after the existing component.

##### Help

Brings up the corresponding page in this manual.

##### Add …​

Adds a sub-component to this component

#### Module Components

See the Module page for a list of Components that can be added to modules.

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