Beware of MED workspaces

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Yesterday I was interested making a mod to a costume, f_pilot_civilian, so I fired up MED thinking I would load the costume and see what went into it.  To my horror, the costume did not appear in MED.  It took some digging to find out what the problem was, so I am writing this note to document what I learned and share with my fellow obsessives.

In order for a category to appear in MED, it must be listed in the category.ini file.  The
category.ini file is extracted from the PAK files, but that can be overridden by a
category.ini file installed in "The Movies/data/costume" and that file can be overridden by a
category.ini file installed in your workspace.

Example:  If we have a category.ini file in the MED workspace and we remove the category
"military" from the one in the workspace, when we start MED, it no longer lists "military" in
the category options for costumes.  Files are read in the order PAK, costume folder, and
workspace folder, and the last file read completely replaces any earlier version.
Which is nice, in a way.  If you want to experiment with categories, you can do it in your
workspace folder and leave your game/costume folder intact.  
Before editting category.ini file, make sure there is no conflict with the one in your work
space.  

rule 1: The active category.ini file must list a category, or it will not appear in MED.

rule 2: In order for a costume to appear in MED, it must be listed in the
"category_category.ini" file.  For example, if you want a costume, say f_pilot_civilian to
appear in the "work" category, then "category_work.ini must contain the name of the
f_pilot_civilian.cos file (extension is omitted in the category_*.ini file).

I also learned that MED cannot extract the *.ini files for the Stunts & Effects upgrade to The Movies (read this).  You can download a modified set of ini files at the link, but you still need to edit the individual categories to make sure all of the costumes you want to edit are listed.  Finally, make sure there are no conflicts with anything in your MED workspace, otherwise you will wind up like me, beating yourself over the head and wondering why your changes don't show up MED.
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DibujanteTM's avatar
Interesting, Lefty. Keep sharing your fellow obsessives.