patch or mod?

[Orazio]

What is the difference?

[erasmus777]

What is the difference?

The difference is when it gets loaded. Mods get loaded first, so they're most likely to get overwritten by other files. IIRC, then patches. Then movies.

Here's the loading order:

1. releases
2. patches
3. mods
4. movie type files

In each category they are loaded alphabetically. Here some examples:

> patch category
a*.pack
patch_a*.pack
patch_b*.pack (overwrites the "a" pack)
z*.pack (overwrites all others in this category)

> movie category
a*.pack
movie_a*.pack
movie_b*.pack (overwrites the "a" pack)
z.*pack (overwrites all others in this category)

[The Vicar]

The difference is also that you can control the load order of mods through your script file.

You cannot do that with patches, which get loaded according to their datestamp.