MortuusSum Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Hey folks. For lack of something to do, I'm messing around with xenonauts mods, and as far as I can tell things aren't working the way they should. Adding a new ammo to the game should involve a new entry in ammos.xml and items.xml, as well as a modified entry in weapons.xml and weapons_gc.xml for the weapon using the ammunition, right? And then strings.xml and a modinfo.xml, obviously. I wanted to try making the ak47 use a different ammunition from the default ballistic rifle, and I created/altered entries for the files I mentioned above (and I'm fairly certain I did it correctly, although my proficiency with the modular mod system is suspect), but whenever I try to test the mod, I get a CTD upon entering the soldier equip menu. The mod logfile indicated that there was an error merging the info from my ammos.xml file, but for the life of me I can't figure out why. Anyway, any pointers you could offer would be much appreciated. Please find enclosed my helpless flailings. [ATTACH]6069[/ATTACH] Flailings.jaypeg.zip Flailings.jaypeg.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drages Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 try to use modmerge "replace" rather then update at weapon_GC Use not++ at modding files. weapon.xml is strange for this reason. same at items.xml.. get a little mod as referance rather then trying to make whole from start.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MortuusSum Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) I do use notepad++. I don't really know what you mean about weapons.xml and items.xml being strange. Are you referring to the fact that they're xml spreadsheets? EDIT: Now that I'm not posting on my way out the door, I've realised how terribly written my OP is. Essentially, I wanted to say: I'm fairly certain the problem is coming from ammos.xml, and I can't figure out why it's not working. If anyone can, that would be very much appreciated. Edited January 18, 2015 by MortuusSum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kabill Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I *think* the issue isn't anything that you've done but a slight issue with the base ammo file which makes it not work very well with the mod tools. That is, the top-level element also has a property (xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance") which screws with loading of the insert. Looking back at my Extended Armouries mod, it looks like you should be able to fix this simply by adding MODMERGE="update" to the top element so it will look like this: <Ammos MODMERGE="update" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> So that might be worth a try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MortuusSum Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 [Add] MODMERGE="update" to the top element so it will look like this:<Ammos MODMERGE="update" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> That worked! Much appreciated, bud. You always seem to solve things so simply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kabill Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 No trouble, glad it worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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