Making Diplomacy 1.011 a mod for 1.2

Most important is the player.entity files which add a line that will break the mod.

Also other important files

I recently did a detailed file compare from 1.011 to 1.2

Any files from an older mod that have changes listed should be checked. Use notepad++ plugin "Compare" to see what has been changed.

Well I am happy to just dupe the entire 1.011 Sins directory.

My question is, If I point to that will that be all I need to knock out the 1.2 files that I don't want?

No. There are file changes that change the layout of the sheets that are called from the engine of the game.

This would have been an easy test.

Add the 1.011 reference files to the Dip 1.2 mod folder, enable, CraSh.

Remove the player entities from the 1.011 reference file and GameEventData.gameeventdata and Gameplay.constants. Test again.

Keep doing this with all the files I have listed changes to.

But that sounds like ...work.  Ack!

Um, why exactly do you want to run 1.011 as a mod? If it's to play multiplayer with someone who hasn't updated I'm afraid that won't work as the format difference will never allow you to have the exact same files, even if balance wise the two were identical.

I'm trying some of the current and older mods and many require the older build--others don't and can't work with it.

It's annoying to have to switch clients and it would be easier managed as a stackable mod.

due to the raw file structure changing in each version... this wont/shouldnt work.

Again...bummer.  Thanks!

What's intersting though i that if you do overlay the earlier version as a mod, it does allow some mods not compatible with 1.2 to run--Maelstrom for example I have working this way.