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so press `Select None` then `Install` in the bottom left to begin the installation process.
Accept the terms and conditions prompts that appear along the way.

== Satisfactory Mod Manager

xref:index.adoc#_satisfactory_mod_manager_aka_smm[Satisfactory Mod Manager]
offers a convenient developer mode that
automatically installs the correct version of SML and helps manage mod files for you.
To enable it, change your selected profile to `development`.
If you're using Satisfactory Mod Manager,
you can skip the below steps and move on to the next page of the tutorial.

If you're not using the mod manager, you can follow the
xref:ManualInstallDirections.adoc[manual install directions]
to get the relevant files set up.
Alternatively, once your modding environment is set up,
you can use Alpakit to automatically build and install SML.
This process is covered on the next page.

== Starter Project

The SML development team has an Unreal project prepared
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[TIP]
====
If you're planning to clone the project,
skip to the link:#_satisfactory_mod_manager[next heading].
If you're planning to use Git to clone the project,
skip this section and move to the xref:Development/BeginnersGuide/project_setup.adoc[next page]
which covers how (and where) to clone the project.
====

The below box will contain a link to the specific zip that you should download.
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Don't do anything with the downloaded files yet - this will be covered on the next page, Project Setup.

== Satisfactory Mod Manager

xref:index.adoc#_satisfactory_mod_manager_aka_smm[Satisfactory Mod Manager]
offers a convenient developer mode that
automatically installs the correct version of SML and helps manage mod files for you.
To enable it, change your selected profile to `development`.
If you're using Satisfactory Mod Manager,
you can skip the below steps and move on to the next page of the tutorial.

If you're not using the mod manager, you can follow the
xref:ManualInstallDirections.adoc[manual install directions]
to get the relevant files set up.
Alternatively, once your modding environment is set up,
you can use Alpakit to automatically build and install SML.
This process is covered on the next page.

== Next Steps

Now that all the dependencies are installed, you can move onto
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