Trying to combine mods (Tolmekian's with LogicSequence's)

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I had a great time playing Tolmekian's TechTree Fix v3.51 with MoOII Minors (TTTFix), and I like the texture improvements of LogicSequence's High Resolution Graphics (HRG).

So, I want to combine them. Here's what I've been doing:

I noticed that directories in which HRG has files, are usually empty in TTTFix.

With that in mind I copied the TTTFix mod to a new directory (let's call it "NewMod"), and use TeraCopy to copy the HRG files to NewMod. (The reason why I use TeraCopy: It won't cry murder when finding folders of the same name, it will copy files not existing on the destination target, and skip files already existing).

After the copying is complete, TeraCopy reported that there are 2 conflicting files: ModDescription.xml and Data\RaceConfig.xml.

Solving the first conflict is simple: I just edit it to reflect the fact that the new mod is a combination mod.

The second conflict is much more tricky; they are sooo different. However, at a glance (I've not read the file completely, just a quick perusal) HRG's RaceConfig.xml doesn't seem to refer to additional files of HRG itself. So, I just leave TTTFix's RaceConfig.xml alone.

I'm yet to test the combined mods yet. but do you think I did a mistake in my steps above?

 

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I'm yet to test the combined mods yet. but do you think I did a mistake in my steps above?

Not as far as I can tell.

LogicSequence's RaceConfig.xml contains changes to the colours of the stock major races. If you want them, you can easily add them by manually editing Tolmekian's file. If not, then there is no downside of keeping everything as it is now.

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Quoting Gaunathor, reply 1


I'm yet to test the combined mods yet. but do you think I did a mistake in my steps above?

Not as far as I can tell.

LogicSequence's RaceConfig.xml contains changes to the colours of the stock major races. If you want them, you can easily add them by manually editing Tolmekian's file. If not, then there is no downside of keeping everything as it is now.

Just a heads-up:

Using the freeware xmlTreeNav, I found that the differences are quite deep:

  • Colors are changed
  • CPUUsage & AIPersonality for the major races are also changed
  • Minor races are wildly different (!)
  • (and perhaps other differences I overlooked in my quick perusal)

Fortunately, I didn't copy LS's RaceConfig.xml willy-nilly on top of TTTFix's :)

Oh well... time to do some manual editing then. I'm glad I already created a Mercurial repo to watch over my changes, so I can revert if necessary :D

Annndd... a tangential question: Would it be okay to (re-)release the combined (and tweaked) Mod? Of course I wouldn't claim to create it myself, and will post credits where credits are due...

 

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Quoting pepoluan2, reply 2
Annndd... a tangential question: Would it be okay to (re-)release the combined (and tweaked) Mod? Of course I wouldn't claim to create it myself, and will post credits where credits are due...

Personally, I'd say no, not without the consent of the original creators. However, getting that consent might be difficult, considering that Tolmekian and LogicSequence haven't been active on this forum for quite some time.

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Quoting Gaunathor, reply 3


Quoting pepoluan2, reply 2Annndd... a tangential question: Would it be okay to (re-)release the combined (and tweaked) Mod? Of course I wouldn't claim to create it myself, and will post credits where credits are due...

Personally, I'd say no, not without the consent of the original creators. However, getting that consent might be difficult, considering that Tolmekian and LogicSequence haven't been active on this forum for quite some time.

Hmm, you're right.

Maybe I'll just release a HOWTO, with an attached RaceConfig.xml. Should be more acceptable that way, I think.