Modding question - additive data mods

I’ve been looking at the editor and I’m excited for the changes to triggers as well as the ability to directly load .xs files. My question is about modifying the proto.xml. AoE3 has support for “Additive Data Mods” as per this page ( https://support.ageofempires.com/hc/en-us/articles/360062106732-Additive-Data-Mods ). Does AoM Retold support the same mechanism? If not, it would be fantastic as it would let modders add new units for custom campaigns and the like, without risking stomping on the metaphorical toes of other mods.

I’ve tried putting a protomods.xml file in various directories in a local mod, and it doesn’t seem to be doing anything.

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Yes, it does have additive mods. The mod needs to have exactly the same folder structure as the game for the modded files to work.