How much do you need to include to mod one line?

[Thalassicus]

I've been trying to find this, so please forgive me if I've overlooked it. Exactly how much of a file do you need to include to mod something? For example, if I wish to change the tech tree requirement for a cannon, can I place an XML file in the appropriate directory with just this text:

<Civ4UnitInfos xmlns="x-schema:CIV4UnitSchema.xml">
	<UnitInfos>
		<UnitInfo>
			<Class>UNITCLASS_CANNON</Class>
			<Type>UNIT_CANNON</Type>
			<PrereqTech>TECH_STEEL</PrereqTech>
		</UnitInfo>
	</UnitInfos>
</Civ4UnitInfos>

Or, do I need to include the entire entry for the Cannon, or instead the entire 400k xml file with that one change?

 

[AlexTG]

unfortunately you need to include the whole file, I think. I tried it out this morning just having my changes in another file and it didn't work.

I wonder if there is a way to tell the xml parser to include the default XML file, and override their stuff with your changes. That would be a really nice thing to add in a patch anyways - distributing these large files is really unnecessary.

 

[WildWeazel]

You always have to include the complete XML file. Or any file for that matter.

 

[Ariks]

You always have to include the complete XML file. Or any file for that matter.

I'm not so sure. I think it should work with only part of the files. At least it's working with the files in assets/xml/text/

 

[Thalassicus]

I sure do hope there's some way to alter just 1 or two things...requiring the entire file precludes the possibility of different mods altering different attributes in the same file. I like mix-and-matching mods that all do little things, ala WoW, rather than huge mods that do lots of things.

Modularity is good...

 

[jbfballrb]

its not hard to do that. open up the Civ4UnitInfos, and hit ctrl-f, type CANNON, and its in there.