Merged file is then added to special “mod” (mod0000_MergedFiles) with the highest priority over all the other mods-this makes the game load the merged file first and ignore all the others, thus resolving compatibility problem. Script Merger uses kdiff3 utility to compare vanilla and modded file(s) and merge them all into one. To make the game fully recognize all the installed mods that change the same file, you need to merge all those changes into one file and set the highest priority for that new file-and this is exactly what Script Merger does. It’s important to understand that changing mods priority won’t solve the problem: it will only allow for one particular mod with the highest priority to be fully loaded, but all the other mods will still be broken! This results in only one mod actually being loaded while the others are not loaded at all or loaded partially, which often leads to compilation errors or the mods not working properly. However, the Witcher 3 engine doesn’t handle mods very well: it simply loads the first file it finds, all the other files with the same name from the other mods are ignored. But if they end up changing the file in different places-they can still work together.

Script Merger by AnotherSymbiote is a tool for finding conflicts between script and xml mods and resolving them by merging conflicting files into one.Įven the very different mods can make changes to the same source file-gameplay script file or xml parameters file.

Witcher 3 loading screen mod