MOD LEARNING: Need help on a small mod (Includes the mod file)

I need a hand

I’ve been trying to learn how to mod games, and to mod AoE3-DE I thought I’d try modding the mantlet to my will.
(Mantlets suck (That's it, that's the title))
To keep organized, I tried using this excel to note all changes I’ve made, and where, and why.

My TO DO list on the lower part of the excel show what I’ve failed to do, so far, I can only play around with the Protoy.xml file.
So… does anyone have examples on how to mod it? I’m ready to be schooled on it.


For extra reference, here is the mod file:
(I just paste this (extracted) into the local mod file)

Hay, your zip doesnt contain the techtreey.xml
2. you should use addaptive modding https://support.ageofempires.com/hc/en-us/articles/360062106732-Additive-Data-Mods
3. I suggest downloading another mod and learn by see the code. It really helps ^^

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Yeah, I discarded all changes to that file and deleted it, since it didn’t have any effects on the mantlet.

Could’ve done the same to the folders “abilities” and “tactics”, since both don’t seem to do much either.

I’ll check it out, thx for the link :smiley:

Didn’t think of that hahah, noob mistake.
I’ll start to dig around other mod codes and see what I learn, thx for the tip!

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why can’t you mod the upgrade tech?