man im working on files since days ofc i have that

anyway i found 2 major issues but still not the core problem

1) the game read random files suffix from directory

i had corespells.xml

and as backup i used

corespells.xmloriginalcopy and game was reading that one

then i just move the file and it read my modified file

2)still there is a bug, game doesnt read mana costs dunno why

i changed meditation and inspiration putting 10 mana per turn and 30 mana cost and in game i have 10 mana per turn but the usual 5 mana cost, same with other spelss, i see my modified effects but the mana cost is unchanged

No idea why that is happening. Maybe it is being modified somewhere else. I tried changing it to 30 in my game and it worked.

Just so we are clear, you are still ONLY modifying installation directory right? Because if you place it in the real /mods/ folder special rules apply to spells. Specifically,

is not "cleared" like all other values are.

If your game is reading 30+5 that is a typical example of having multiple files modifying the same spell (whether from mod folder or installation folder).

Yes, it worked as expected for me.

Were you starting a new game to test or using an old one?

no, i didnt add anything new to the game, just modified existing files

now its working anyway, still a mistery why it happene though