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Re: The Object Placement Tool "Merge' Mission. Before I try something like that I would like to know more. It seems another way to merge missions is to cut and paste in Notepad. How does Merge differ from this approach? Automatic error checking? Automatic cut and paste?


Thanks
 
It simply copies both xml files into one file, but if I remember correct it also groups the contents together, so that actions are grouped together, then areas, triggers,...
Just try it. ;)
 
Thanks for the answer. Two additional questions come up.

1. Is there an order to entering data in a mission .xml file. For example is the metadata section always first, waypoints data second ... or can the sections be in any order.

2. During the merge, if both files have a metadata section, does the merge enter both metadata sections (which may cause a conflict) or does it ask me what version I want to keep or am I required to 'clean up' both files before the merge?

I'm hesitant to go try it out only because I hate the thought of something happening and I have to reload FSX, SDK, add ons once again.
 
Maybe you give the OPT too much credit. :D It will never check anything for you or do anything else than write entries to your xml. You cannot corrupt your fsx or addons install by using the OPT. ;)
You can easily backup your original xml file and merge a copy of it. Then you can try everything you want. Duplicate metadata entrys are possible but of course not useful.

Normally you only merge files if you want to include big blocks of code from another mission like dialogs.
If you want to keep track of what is happening, delete all unwanted content of the to-be-merged file before merging it into the original file.
 
The merge worked but the mission didn't. Didn't surprise me as you warned that both files need proper editing prior to the merge to function correctly.

What did surprise me was that when I went back to the original mission file, the mission wouldn't run. I even created new .flt files.
 
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