[Modding Question] How does the game handle file collision

[Warial]

Here's your answer @krazysigmarite.

 

[biship]

ONE: The game only loads the alphabetically highest mod name's files when the filenames are the same.

Example:

• modZ zz_defines.lua will not load (at all) if there is a modA zz_defines.lua

Even if they have completely different contents.

In this example, the Final Frontier file loads, and moretechnologies file is not loaded at all.

• \Paradox Interactive\Stellaris\workshop\content\281990\683851819\moretechnologies\common\technology\00_phys_tech.txt
• \Paradox Interactive\Stellaris\mod\Final Frontier\common\technology\00_phys_tech.txt

This means you can not set a priority or preference.


TWO: If multiple mod's have different names for files that are in the same respective folder, the lowest file alphabetically takes precedence.

Example:

• modA zz_defines.lua overwrites modZ aa_defines.lua (only for duplicate variables)

This means the mod order in settings.txt, or the mod installed order or enabled order all mean nothing.


FIXES

Allow us to set a load order in the stupidly tiny, non scroll bar launcher.

Enforce file loading order by mod loading order.

Permit the loading of duplicate files by mod loading order.

 

[MatuX]

What I'd like to be able to do is to modify specific parts of a given piece of code. For example, my keyboard has no keypad, so in vanilla, I've no way to increase/decrease speed.

So I had to create a mod that binds that to a different set of keys. Since I had to modify main.gui, now I can't use *almost any* UI mods just because of a keybind change.