Essentially the question doubles as the answer - these 7 existing mods all contain the exact same data with only the Single Player Faction Selection being different.

To conduct proper maintenance as I release an update, I have to do a lot of redundant and unnecessary work, such as editing multiple similar but slightly varying descriptions, copying the same patch notes to every one of those mods, uploading the same large and growing mod 7 times (which makes it a pain to release small updates more commonly) and so on.

This eats up much more of my time than I think is worth investing into these things, which I would rather spend more on improving the actual mod.


This mod will now serve as the core with all of the real data and all of my other Overhaul / Faction Unlocker mods will be converted into small submods, which only contain necessary table to provide the same selection of factions as before, along with a few scripts for better compatibility flexibility with other mods.

This means that this mod will now always require one of the Faction Packs to work fully.


You can of course still create your own selection of Factions (Details on How To), either via creating a new personal mod that replaces or adds to the existing ones or by directly editing one of the Faction Packs.

While I will update the Faction Packs much less frequently than the core mod, be aware that if you edit them directly, you will not receive updates while your edited version takes the place of the original.

If you made your own version to entirely replace my Faction Packs, then you should include the scripts embedded within them as they will be necessary so that everything works properly.



So here is a quick list of the main reasons why I changed my way of doing this:
⚫ More compatibility flexibility with all kinds of other mods
⚫ No need for compatibility patches such as the one for jdharrow's RoR mod
⚫ Less file size to deal with if you used multiple Unlockers (Great for SSDs)
⚫ Less maintenance work for me >> more productivity


If you have any more questions about this, feel free to ask them in here.