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Betelgeuse
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I am planning on making a mod that allows modders to get the xml of vanilla types.
With this in OnGlobalTypesInit you can overwrite an altered version.

v1 --
get the xml of an arbitrary vanilla type by the UNID
v2 --
store and get the vanilla type allowing several mods to alter the same type.
overwrite the vanilla type after all other mods are done altering the type
v3 --
helper functions allowing for easier use, ie. get/set item mass, add event ...

I think this will be very useful for modders to be able to change vanilla types without having to overwrite (making it incompatible with other mods) them in the xml.
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Yes! This would be very helpful for Sandbox as it will ease the difficulties of overwriting :D
This would be great for having a super-randomized star network - every time the player gates the system will be regenerated :D
(unless we can overwrite once in the game :/ )
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The only time OnGlobalTypesInit runs is when a player hits new game. The main power of this mod will come from several mods being able to alter the same thing.

for example your mod needs a certain event on all ships and a different mod adjusts masses to make things more realistic. Those mods would be incompatible normally but if they both use this mod they will be compatible.
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Unless I seriously missed something you can't actually retrieve the XML of anything in any way from tscript.
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