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[LazyWizard]

• Do loadjson/csv have the same merge behavior as the game's loader? Is there a way to load the entries from a certain mod directory only?

They don't do any merging. The intention here is to enable mods to provide their own data files. If you try to load a file that's present in multiple mods, it'll grab the first one it finds.

I feel that the ability to load merged CSVs would be incredibly useful for mods. I'd love to have a method like this:

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loadMergedCSV(String filePath, String parentMod)

where filePath is the relative path (like "data/omnifac/ship_settings.csv"), and parentMod is the path/ID of the 'core' implementation of the CSV for proper overriding behavior.

This would be great for utility mods that add a framework that can be expanded upon by other mods. For example, other mods could add per-ship settings for the Omnifactory or register custom commands with the console mod for mod-specific debugging. Doing either of those through code creates dependencies on my mods*, whereas using a CSV would just mean that that info isn't loaded at all if the relevant mod isn't active.

*Unless you use reflection or just dump the data into SectorAPI.getPersistentData(), but neither of those are particularly elegant.

[Alex]

Added to SettingsAPI - JSONArray getMergedSpreadhsheetDataForMod(String idColumn, String path, String masterMod).

This is kind of a pain to test, though, so... I didn't It *should* work but involved a bit of restructuring. Didn't break the core stuff, though, this method is basically a copy-paste-modify job.