Criticism of the patch format.

[owlcatopensource]

Criticism of the patch format.

[WittleWolfie]

Do patches work at all for blueprint array refs? I tried it for adding a feat to the basic feat selection but it didn't seem to have any effect.

[ijuintekka]

I've successfully added new deities and archetypes to their relevant selection blueprints using patches so it's definitely working. While I've not added any new feat selections I'd imagine they're no different. Don't forget to add the patch file name and the original blueprint guid to your BlueprintPatches.asset. My InquisitorClass patch looks like this for reference:

{
"m_Archetypes": [
"!bp_ac87f40932cfd324c90b441f93857c40",
"!bp_0e5e91c17f114d358910e0da4ae29b50",
"!bp_cdaabf4b146c9ba42ab7d05abe3b48c4",
"!bp_f0000000000000000000000000000004",
"!bp_46eb929c8b6d7164188eb4d9bcd0a012",
"!bp_19b4a243d9a4bd34887d03c3dea03ced",
"!bp_639b74fd2f48d474e965c596b1649095"
]
}

[WittleWolfie]

Thanks, got it working. I had a typo on the field name.

Definitely this is one of the biggest issues w/ the Patch system. Right now they're filling in data using Populate() instead of Merge(). Merge() would allow appending content to an array though it doesn't allow removing entries afaik.

For something like Archetypes it's not too bad to just include the full array and add yours, but for things like feats patch files would be huge. It's much easier right now to just programmatically add content to arrays.

[ijuintekka]

Good to know. :) Have fun playing the game today!

[ijuintekka]

As of patch 1.1.1, this issue is no longer valid. Thank you to all on the team who worked to address this problem.