[Question] Altering new content of parent mod

[Max Bain]

Hi, I have a problem with a mod I want to create.

My goal is to adjust the Hull values of my ship mod to fit the balancing of VRO mod. So far so good. I have added the dependancy tag and it works, but the values I have changed dont apply in the game and I think I know why, but not how to fix it.

So my new mod is based on the XR ShipPack mod and has the following folder structure:

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extensions\XR_ShipPack_VRO\assets\units\size_l\macros

Inside this folder there are the ship macro files for the ship values I want to adjust. The ship files have the same names as the XR ShipPack names.
Inside the macro files I have an xml string like this:

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<diff> 
	<replace sel="//macros/macro/properties/hull/@max">201000</replace>
</diff> 

So theoretically it should alter the Hull value of the ship with the same file name to 201000. But it does not and I guess it is because the mod is looking in the vanilla file structure for the file to replace and does not find it. I tested with some vanilla ships and these hull values I could change without a problem.

So how do I tell the game to look into the right folder for the custom added ships of the parent mod instead of searching in vanilla folders?

[alexalsp]

Try the structure

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extensions\XR_ShipPack_VRO\extensions\XR_ShipPack\
extensions\XR_ShipPack_VRO\extensions\VRO\

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<diff> 
	<replace sel="//properties/hull/@max">201000</replace>
</diff> 

[Max Bain]

Try the structure

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extensions\XR_ShipPack_VRO\extensions\XR_ShipPack\
extensions\XR_ShipPack_VRO\extensions\VRO\

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<diff> 
	<replace sel="//properties/hull/@max">201000</replace>
</diff> 

Thanks! That did it.

[Shuulo]

Since VRO 2.0 you will need to update not only hull points, but also internal shield generator. Ill help you with my tools to do so but after VRO 2.0 release. For now you can look into the "internal shields tab" in my sheet to think about values you want to use for them to be balanced against other VRO ships.

[Max Bain]

Since VRO 2.0 you will need to update not only hull points, but also internal shield generator. Ill help you with my tools to do so but after VRO 2.0 release. For now you can look into the "internal shields tab" in my sheet to think about values you want to use for them to be balanced against other VRO ships.

Thanks.
So how does an internal shield work? Is it an additional indestructable shield that can have individual values for each ship? Or has it some other effects?
What is the idea behind it?

[Shuulo]

Thanks.
So how does an internal shield work? Is it an additional indestructible shield that can have individual values for each ship? Or has it some other effects?
What is the idea behind it?

The idea behind is to untie shield regen from the number of shield modules installed. E.g. theseus has only one shield module, so capacity is low, but strong shield regeneration that is higher than buzzard with 3 shield modules. I can bring more variety that way. Behemoth with 3 shields has more shield regen than Phoenix with 4 shields, making them a bit more apart in function.
They are indestructible and not visible, you do not have to equip them in shipyard, they are implemented like ship storage directly in macro file, so its just there. Im currently testing if ill be able to make them show as internal module (just like storage etc) on ship info screen.