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Originally Posted by Beechnut
Thanks. I learned about Notepad++ last summer as a result of these forums, and wow, what a difference it made. The OOTP18 english.xml has about 10,000 more lines to it than last year's and it's structured similarly. I did try a direct substitution of my edited file from 17 into the 18 game folder and used the database tools to reload the file. After a few test games and then simming a year, nothing appears to be out of line, so maybe I'll go this route to save time even if it does mean missing out on some additions.
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Yes, the structure is largely the same. Obviously if you use an older file you don't get any additions that have been made, fixed typos and conditions, and anything else like that has been added in between. The older file will load, but many things will be off.
In-game, we have made lots of changes to the PBP to add new items and move many more pieces to the text engine, so I would expect that in many cases you will be missing large pieces of commentary while playing out a game if you are using an older modified text file. It will still work and error messages will not appear, but you will simply be missing lines of text.
In other places, we aren't as good about preventing errors, so you may notice the odd place where you get a #error text item instead of a description.
Certainly the game should continue to function, but it's up to you if it's worth the effort to try to merge in your edits or live with the older file. By any chance, what customizations do you have? As mentioned, the format is fairly simple XML, so if you have only edited a few categories, you may be able to simply copy and paste some large chunks from your file into the recent one and have the best of both worlds.