Hi,

Been out of the game for modding this game for over two years. Managed to update my Better Heroes mod without a hitch. However, I wanted to make the long promised Better Monsters mod, but I'm having problems.

I wanted to do something simple to test, but it isn't working. I have simply a Data folder, with a single file Monsters.xml . In it, I only modify the Dragon, with better statistics. I make the mmxml and mswproj files in RGSEditor. I upload it and the file is listed as mods to use ingame. I make a new game and the dragons are unmodified. I went back and checked to make sure I didn't have any syntax errors, and to make sure I didn't, I copied the code from the M_Characters.xml file to the Monsters.xml file and this time only changed the health. Nothing happens again, when I upload it and try to play it. So, I figure I must be doing something wrong. So, I take my code from my working mod, Better Heroes, and copy it verbatim to Monsters.XML. That code doesn't work either, but if I use that code in my Better Heroes mod, it suddenly works.

So... my question is thus:

What are the actual requirements of making a mod? Can it be just XML edits? Or does it need at least one .bcd file in Data folder, cause I don't know what the problem is.