Where do I put a modded "EXP1_FactionDefs" to make it work?

This file has the faction defs for Arceans, Torians.

My installation has the original here:

..\Galactic Civilizations III\DLC\EXP1_Mercenaries\Game

Where in "My Games" do I put a modded version?

I did change the vanilla faction defs and put the file into:

..\My Games\GalCiv3\Mods\MyGC3Mod\Game -- this works for vanilla,but...

1. Putting in a modded EXP1_FactionDefs in there does not work

2. Do I need to replicate the DLC folder hierarchy for this? I tried to put it in:

..\My Games\GalCiv3\Mods\MyGC3Mod\DLC\EXP1_Mercenaries\Game

...but this does not have an effect either. I don't want to mess around with the orginal files, so how can I change that stuff with copies in My Games?

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First the obvious. Are Mods enabled? GalCiv3/Prefs.ini file has "EnableMods=<0/1>".

Everything within Mods gets included. You can see that in GalCiv3/debug.err file, where it shows it can't find files matching *.gc3wsdata within the Mods folder.

I don't want to mess around with the orginal files

OK, but do you want to override or make new races based upon them? If it is the latter, you have to have a different filename and Internal name for both races.

I just tried copying the same file, moving it to Mods/<Modname>/Game and changed the Faction name, it got picked up and entirely overridden.

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Hm, maybe I made some mistake - thanks for the reply. I didn't know using the debug.err file as help to track such probs.

For now I just want to change the appearances/ship colors for those Arceans, Torians. Mods are enabled (my changes on vanilla factions show up fine).

Edit: got it now. I put it exactly into my mods game folder - I must have made some really silly mistake when doing this previously. However, now it works

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