Structure of exported world data does not match world_default and cannot be re-imported properly

Baconi · 02-24-2026, 02:50 PM

I hope this can be fixed for OOTP 27. I believe the xml structure that is used when exporting world data has not been updated to be in line with the changes that have been made to the world.xml file in recent versions. Thus, if you try to export your world data and make changes and then re-import, it will not work and attempting to use that edited xml file for a new game will cause the game to crash.

Just as an example, the current world_default.xml file uses ETHNICITIES while the exported world data uses LANGUAGES which I believe was changed a couple years ago.

02-24-2026, 02:50 PM	#1
Baconi Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 248	Structure of exported world data does not match world_default and cannot be re-imported properly I hope this can be fixed for OOTP 27. I believe the xml structure that is used when exporting world data has not been updated to be in line with the changes that have been made to the world.xml file in recent versions. Thus, if you try to export your world data and make changes and then re-import, it will not work and attempting to use that edited xml file for a new game will cause the game to crash. Just as an example, the current world_default.xml file uses ETHNICITIES while the exported world data uses LANGUAGES which I believe was changed a couple years ago.