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The Addonpack is a highly recommended collection of useful nodes provided and maintained by members of the vvvv community.

Download the Addonpack matching the exact version of vvvv you're using. Then unzip and place it inside the vvvv directory so your directory structure looks like this:

 \addonpack\ (including: girlpower, lib,...)
 \girlpower
 \lib
 \licenses
 \vvvv.exe
 ...

Packs are topical collections of plugins provided by the community.

Any pack (apart from the Addonpack) has to be placed inside a directory called \packs so that your directory structure will look like this:

 \addonpack 
 \girlpower
 \lib
 \licenses
 \packs\ (including \DX11, ..)
 \vvvv.exe

Contributions are a simple way for anyone to share modules, effects, plugins...

If you want to use any contribution you downloaded you best do it like this:

• create a directory anywhere called e.g. "vvvvContributions"
• in that directory create 3 directories called: \effects, \modules and \plugins
• unzip the downloaded contributions in those respective directories (ie. effects into the \effects directory, plugins into the \plugins directory)
• in vvvv open the root patch (by pressing ALT+R)
• in the root patch follow the instructions to add the path to your "vvvvContributions" directory.

The good thing now is that you can share this collection of contributions between different versions of vvvv. So when you start using a new version of vvvv you only need to reference that directory of your contribution-collection in the root.

• "dx11" folder containing normal dx11 shaders: *.fx files
• "geom11" folder containing dx11 geometry shaders: *.gsfx files
• "texture11" folder containing dx11 texture FX shaders: *.tfx files