[help] <diff> doesnt work !

[Eagle_Four]

I've been trying to patch a simple MD mod with <diff> all day.

It just does not work. I have tried it with replace and add.
I have also read the whole XRebirth thread about patching.

This is a small test mod:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<mdscript name="ZweiterMod" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="md.xsd">
	<cues>
		<cue name="Text_Window" checkinterval="5s" instantiate="false">
			<delay min="10s" max="10s"/>
        	<actions>

<!-- 		<set_value name="$Text" exact="' This text should appear'" />
 		<show_help custom="$Text" position="1" duration="3s" allowclose="true" chance="100"/>
 -->
			<reset_cue cue="this"/>
		</actions>
		</cue>
	</cues>
</mdscript>

and this is the patch mod:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<diff xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
	<add sel="/cues/cue[@name='Text_Window']/actions" pos="prepend">
 
		<set_value name="$Text" exact="'Overwritten Text'" />
 		<show_help custom="$Text" position="1" duration="3s" allowclose="true" chance="100"/>
	 </add>
</diff>

There should be a text every 10 sec. Without patch the mod works. I have already tried umpteen path combinations. I am running out of ideas. What have I overlooked?

[Eagle_Four]

I think I figured out why it doesn't work. I tried to patch a custom mod that is in /expansion. As it looks <diff> works only with core files. I moved the mod to /MD as a test and it works there.

But now I have the question, it does not work with custom mods that are located in /expansion or I have not specified the correct path?

[Dj_FRedy]

Look at the folder structure.
Patch a file:

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X4 Foundations\extensions\my_mod\md\name_file_to_patch.xml

Patch a DLC file:

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X4 Foundations\extensions\my_mod\extensions\ego_dlc_boron\md\name_file_to_patch.xml

Patch a MOD file:

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X4 Foundations\extensions\my_mod\extensions\name_mod_to_patch\md\name_file_to_patch.xml

EDIT:
Diff like this:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<diff>
    <add sel="mdscript/cues/cue[@name='Text_Window']/actions/reset_cue" pos="before">
        <set_value name="$Text" exact="'Overwritten Text'" />
        <show_help custom="$Text" position="1" duration="3s" allowclose="true" chance="100"/>
     </add>
</diff>

[Eagle_Four]

Thank you very much. You have to come up with it first. What should I do without you

However, this does not work(No matching node for path):

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    <add sel="mdscript/cues/cue[@name='Text_Window']/actions/reset_cue" pos="before">

This, on the other hand, does:

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    <add sel="//cues/cue[@name='Text_Window']/actions/reset_cue" pos="before">

Just in case anyone wants to test this on themselves.

[Dj_FRedy]

Yeah, a forward slash (/mdscript) is to blame:

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<add sel="/mdscript/cues/cue[@name='Text_Window']/actions/reset_cue" pos="before">

Another point to keep in mind regarding patching mods/extensions files has to do with the order in which the files are loaded. Always make sure that extensions are loaded before patches or diffs. To make sure of this we put in the 'content.xml' file of our patch:

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<!-- optional="true": No error if dependency missing/disabled. This is only used to define the loading order of extensions (dependencies are loaded first). -->
<dependency id="name_mod_to_patch" version="100" optional="false" name="name mod to patch"/>

So many little details ... and thank you for your kind words

[morning_star]

Hello!

I am working on a simple rebalance mod that adds a second shield to each s-fighter and changes some stats. (inspired by RoverTX`s improved buzzard)

It worked smoothly for the Split ships, PAR ships and most Argon fighters, but for some reason I cannot get the Pulsar to work.

my mod file is called "ship_arg_s_fighter_03.xml" and thats the code I used:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<diff>
	<add sel="//components/component/connections">
		<connection name="con_shield_02" tags="small shield standard unhittable ">
			<offset>
				<position x="0" y="2.565639" z="-4.839263"/>
			</offset>
		</connection>
	</add>
</diff>

this approach worked for every other fighter I tried until now but for some reason won't work with the Pulsar.
The file just sits right there in the folder between all the others which are doing their job just fine.

I had a similar issue when changing the cargo values of the new 6.0 building ships (thru their respective macro files) ... everything worked fine with the same approach
- except for the boron builder.

I double- and triple-checked for typos, duplicate connection names, syntax errors, directory structure mishaps whatsoever - but nothing

Any help and guidance is greatly appreciated!!
Thanks!