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Default Re: Cold War 2020 mod: first release!

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RecruitMonty said:
How does the installer work? I have a lot of modified units and things and I don't want to lose them. If I just run the thing will it nuke all of my work?
Yup, mostly it will, sorry. That's why I recommend installing a second 'clean' version of the game alongside your main 'work' one.
It takes less than 350Mb more, and you'll also have a certified clean copy for PBEM games once you deinstall the mod.

It all depends on what you have modified. The mod's OOBs are created in a Custom OOB folder, but new icon and lbm files are created and overwritten, so there may be conflicts with your own edits if they have the same indexes. Same thing for picklists if you have edited them.

All in all, better install the mod on a clean game version, it will always come in handy anyway.

EDIT: After checking the edited files list you posted, I think you'll have no problem with the mod provided you backup your icon0099 file and your OOBs. (and you have no custom picklists, namelists, ranklists or lbms)
I use icon files 47, 48, 49, 54, 57, 59, 99, 100, 101, 102 for now, and probably going further in this direction in the future.

Thanks for the interest!
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