Does that mean that core data values that are changed with a mod no longer have to be "countereffected" to achieve the intended new value?

Good to know. Thanks!

did 1.09 reset any mod data that you had put in prior.  I added a sov graphics mod beforehand.

Guessing no cause my custom sovereign wasn't any different.

Edit: patched up, no problem either way, so disregard.

patches rewrite core files, so if you don't mod them then you should be fine.

unfortunately, i do

modding core files is fine as long as you save a backup before you update. Please tell me you know this.

Does this mean that we can make sub-folders inside the Mods directory and they will get read? Like say make folders like this:

 Mods>MyMod>MyProps?

Sorry if this is a dumb question but iirc we currently can't do this.

of course, i have to keep them to compare to the new, unchanged files, to see if they changed a line, or a character, or something to break the file

Yes, they've added subfolder functionality now.

But how in god's name are we supposed to reference files inside the new Mods/GFX folder?

For example, translate these lines to read from the mod folder instead of the install dir

        <Model>gfx\\CPELF\\SwampTree2_Green.hkx</Model>

      <Texture_Hair>GFX/CPELF/CPELF_hair1.png</Texture_Hair>

Leave off the "gfx" from the file path.

Nope, that wasn't it.

It correctly read the

<Texture_Hair>GFX/CPELF/CPELF_hair1.png</Texture_Hair>

but I had to change the .hkx to a .hkb file instead (guess it's set to look for .hkb files)

So, if I do

<Texture_Hair>GFX/CPELF/CPELF_hair1.png</Texture_Hair>

it references both the install dir and the mod dir? Sounds pretty dodgy to me.

I just tested, and you can put "Mods\" before gfx and it will still find it, and will avoid confucsion with the core files.

wiat so we can't use the mods folder in the elemental directory?  we are forced to use the my games folder....

I do not like this at all.  My my games folder is on a different drive that i do not wish to  store large files IE graphics on.  This is a bad bad idea.  Please alllow the path to be set by the modder and default it to the my gaems folder and let us change it if we choose.

A quick question: when do you plan to solve the CTD problem has been experienced since release while entering map editor trying to make a tactical map?

@3dgrunge, i have your weapons in the core mods not mygames mods and everything works fine, that said, i do recreate the xml, sooooo......

Have you reported it in the support forum and provided the error files they need to investigate? If a particular crash has only been experienced by a few people, it's possible they don't know about it or that others have mentioned it but not provided the information needed to investigate. It's very easy to assume a crash your always getting is very common and so somone will have put in a proper bug report, but it may not be.

Also I would guess editor bugs get a lower priority than bugs in the main game, after tha I guess they prioritise a crash bug by the number of users that they believe are effected.