Trying to figure out how to edit something which was added

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Trying to figure out how to edit something which was added

Post by BlackRain » Tue, 6. Apr 21, 04:52

Topic is a little vague but basically I want to do this:

<replace sel="//characters/character[@id='fighter_split_random']/category"><category tags="[crew, officer, pilot, aipilot, fighterpilot, commander, masstraffic, watchdog, regular]" faction="[split, freesplit, fallensplit, court]" race="split"/></replace>

but I am getting this:

[=ERROR=] 0.00 No matching node for path '//characters/character[@id='fighter_split_random']/category'

And it is most likely because these split characters were added. So how to I edit something which was added

so what I mean is in split DLC in characters.xml in libraries:

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<diff>
  <add sel="/characters">
<character id="fighter_split_random" group="split.pilot">
      <category tags="[crew, officer, pilot, aipilot, fighterpilot, commander, masstraffic, watchdog, regular]" faction="[split, freesplit, fallensplit, court, faction.player]" race="split"/>
      <skills>
        <skill type="piloting" min="4" max="15"/>
        <skill type="morale" max="12"/>

        <skill type="engineering" exact="0"/>
        <skill type="management" exact="0"/>
        <skill type="boarding" min="5" max="6"/>
      </skills>
      <owner list="[split, freesplit, fallensplit, court]"/>
    </character>
</add>
so how would I edit this then?

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Re: Trying to figure out how to edit something which was added

Post by DeadAirRT » Tue, 6. Apr 21, 05:28

It'll work if you set a dependency on the mod or make your folder named after ego (alphabetically)

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Re: Trying to figure out how to edit something which was added

Post by BlackRain » Tue, 6. Apr 21, 05:30

DeadAirRT wrote:
Tue, 6. Apr 21, 05:28
It'll work if you set a dependency on the mod or make your folder named after ego (alphabetically)
I see, I did put a dependency but that didn't work. I will try the naming scheme

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Re: Trying to figure out how to edit something which was added

Post by BlackRain » Tue, 6. Apr 21, 05:37

Changing the name worked, but the dependency doesn't work for some reason.

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