Okay, so the problem I was having was that in SimulationDescriptors[ModuleWeapon].xml in my public folder, when I look at the base weapons, I don't see any modifications for weapon ranges.

I created a mod off the file I have in my public folder, and all the weapon ranges were wrong.

So when I manually tried to set the ranges to what they look like in the base game, it updated just fine.

I feel like I'm missing something somewhere. Why is it set properly in the base game, but I have to make a change to "fix" it in my mod?

Hi :)

Did you manage with your problem?

I'm not a combat expert nor am I the reference on the matter of modding and without having the thing right here in front of me it's hard for me to visualize what you've tried.

Sometimes you might forget a file, take the wrong one or add one you didn't intend to. I know I'm not helping much here, but I'd rather say nothing than spread misinformation.

One thing I always recommend when making changes in general, though: always double-check that your files are correctly loaded in Endless Space 2.xml

A lot of times I've seen people wondering why only half their changes were in effect. The answer was often because they forgot to reflect their modifications in Endless Space 2.xml

And finally, I notice all the files in the public folder were last modified on May 18th.

Weird, the files for my Public version of the game (not where we make or store our changes, it's literally the files Steam gives everyone else) are marked as last modified on the 17/11/2017 (DD/MM/YYYY format) which would be the Galactic Statecraft update. Have you checked within the folders themselves maybe?

WeaponizedCaffeine wrote:

I'm not a combat expert nor am I the reference on the matter of modding and without having the thing right here in front of me it's hard for me to visualize what you've tried.

Sometimes you might forget a file, take the wrong one or add one you didn't intend to. I know I'm not helping much here, but I'd rather say nothing than spread misinformation.

One thing I always recommend when making changes in general, though: always double-check that your files are correctly loaded in Endless Space 2.xml

A lot of times I've seen people wondering why only half their changes were in effect. The answer was often because they forgot to reflect their modifications in Endless Space 2.xml

And finally, I notice all the files in the public folder were last modified on May 18th.

Weird, the files for my Public version of the game (not where we make or store our changes, it's literally the files Steam gives everyone else) are marked as last modified on the 17/11/2017 (DD/MM/YYYY format) which would be the Galactic Statecraft update. Have you checked within the folders themselves maybe?

Yeah, that could be the problem. I installed from Steam, and I have all the DLC activated, and I've validated my files before. My game seems to play up to date (with all the DLC activated), but all the files in my public folder at steamapps/common/Endless Space 2/ were last modified in May 2017.

If I'm somehow using older files as the basis of my changes, that would explain everything.

Haha! Yes, that is exactly it. I found another install folder for ES2 in another steam library, and it is indeed up to date. Thank you for solving my problem! You've helped me so much!

Glad I could help!