Incorrect File format, I cannot submit my mod :-(

By model I mean the data/content, as in Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) paradigm.

So xaml files only manage the layout with GIVEN content, but the content’s own properties also affect the appearance. Example:

I cannot fix this by only editing xaml files. The ordering of the list is probably done at the model level.


Another example is more of a bad practice in development I assume:

The 3 random civ buttons always have red background, which is hardcoded but not in any xaml files. I think it could only be done in the hidden C# files.


Yet another example, which we can’t achieve by modding xaml files:

https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/jwl5no/ui_what_we_wanted_vs_what_we_got/

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