"extending" another mod

[Nuxes]

I'm a first time TW modder, and using the tutorials I created a Pirate Dragoon unit. I took the values from Darthmod 0,6 and am able to play with the unit using The Great Campaign Expanded-Faction Inclusion Mod.

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I made the mod by copying darthmod and renaming it mydarthmod, edited the existing files (adding the lines needed to create new units), and copied over other files from patch.pack.

My question is, how do I create a mod that can extend Darthmod, adding new units, without copying any of his work? I know that if I created my own pack, it would overwrite any files that also existed in Darthmod. Is there anyway make a pack modify parts of existing files without completely overriding them? Like if I just wanted to add a few lines to the end of units_stats_land?

[l33tl4m3r]

This can be done!

You would load darthmod first in your sequence, then load your mod with your new units.

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You should be able to do this with units db and the unit_stats_land db as well as all the other files you need to create a new unit.

Once you have your pack built, given unique names to the tables, and saved it as a mod type, load it after darth's.

When you do this, if your db files are uniquely named and only contain the lines for your new units, you should have no trouble expanding on any mod.

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Let me know if you need any more info!

[Nuxes]

Thanks l33tlam3r, it works now! +rep


Mod released here:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=246056