[Questions] New to mods: Customize existing mods / Flag, voice and skin from one civ to another

Age of Empires III: DE III - Modding
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Hey,

like a little kid who tasted candy for the first time, I have now discovered mods.

With this now comes many questions for me. I would be happy if someone who has more experience can answer them for me. Via Google I find relatively little:

  1. Can I customize an already existing mod for me personally and continue to use it in multiplayer? For example, I want only a few of the skins of the “5.8.1! - Unique Historical Army Skins - S.SVII-XIX - Mulitplayer Compatible!”, not all of them.

  2. Can you create a mod that transfers the flag, skins and voice lines of one civilization to another (multiplayer compatible)? For example, I want Portugal to have the Italian flag and the portoguese units should use the Italian voice lines.
    Also it would be cool if the Portuguese units would look like the Italian ones (Cassadore looks like Bersaglierie, Lil’Bombard looks like Papal Bombard).

Cheers

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  1. Yes! You can modify your files. The files that manage the skins are XML, so, they are lists. I recommend Notepad++.

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    This is a fragment from a Soldado mod I made. You can see conditionals for each skin use. For example, if you don’t have any tech, you will see the soldado_age2 skin (the basic) When you research Veteran Soldados, your Soldados will change their skin to soldado_age3 skin, which is different. You may need the Resource Manager to see the original files and choose original skins.

  2. It would be tedious to do, but it is possible.

Google may help you, but most info about AOE III DE mods is in these forums. Have fun!