DB tables: how to merge my existing mod db-tables with patch-updated db-tables?

[bonefisher]

So I have already an existing mod, where I modified some db tables from Rome 2 and saved that in separate directory.

That's cool but now when CA releases a new patch and this modifies the db tables in vanilla Rome 2, how can I update my mod tables with those current db tables? Is there a "merge tool" or how do you do this? Manually?

thanks a lot

[zowrath]

What I like to do, and others may disagree or have other solutions, is to use WinMerge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/winm...stable/2.14.0/ First of all I always keep a backup of the old DB-files in a separate file. Then I do three steps where I extract three .tsv/.csv files. First one from the pre-patch DB backup I have which I add the suffix "_old", then one from my own mod which I add the suffix "_mod" and then one from the new patch.

I load up the old and new in WinMerge to see if anything has changed, if they are identical I move on to the next one. If the DB check says this file has changed it is then a header change, and not data. This can be confirmed using a hex editor and extracting the files in raw format.

Then, when I find a file that has indeed changed I compare the old and new to see what has changed between the official patches. Since WinMerge can open another set in a tab I open the new and the mod file, and then I tab back and forth to make the changes that is needed for my mods. When done I save, and import the .tsv back in to my mod overwriting what was there.

Once you get the hang of it, it is really not difficult or slow. My mod, which is in development, has some 20-odd tables and it took me less than an hour to sort through it all this time. Of course I do it meticulously to not make mistakes.

[bonefisher]

thanks,
I also was thinking about some merge tool like BeyondCompare or WinMerge. I already setup a mercurial (HG) repository on bitbucket which will track all the changes and I am using BeyondCompare merge tool for comparison.

[Condottiere SOG]

This really needs a tutorial. Good Job.

[Biggus Splenus]

This is a tool, is it?