How to edit gameconfig XML files without corrupting data

[warlord80]

I have been modding GTA for a bit now but I am still a bit of a noob. I have been trying to figure out how to edit an entry in the gameconfig.xml. I am specifically trying to edit the line that allows NPCs to actively engage in melee with multiple targets. 

 

 

The line is:

<Item>
    <PoolName>CombatMeleeManager_Groups</PoolName>
    <PoolSize value="3"/>
</Item>
 

 

I first extract the XML to my desktop. Then I open it using a free XML editing tool (Notepad++). After I edit the poolsize value to 30, I save and exit. 

 

Whenever I try to replace the old gameconfig with the new one using Openiv, the game gives me a launch error saying that there is corrupt data.

 

Am I doing something wrong?

[LeeC22]

11 hours ago, warlord80 said:

I have been modding GTA for a bit now but I am still a bit of a noob. I have been trying to figure out how to edit an entry in the gameconfig.xml. I am specifically trying to edit the line that allows NPCs to actively engage in melee with multiple targets. 

 

 

The line is:

<Item>
    <PoolName>CombatMeleeManager_Groups</PoolName>
    <PoolSize value="3"/>
</Item>
 

 

I first extract the XML to my desktop. Then I open it using a free XML editing tool (Notepad++). After I edit the poolsize value to 30, I save and exit. 

 

Whenever I try to replace the old gameconfig with the new one using Openiv, the game gives me a launch error saying that there is corrupt data.

 

Am I doing something wrong?

 

Just edit the file inside OpenIV, press Control + Return on that file and that will let you edit the file (make sure you are in Edit Mode in OpenIV ofc). You can then just save the file from there.

 

If that doesn't work, then maybe the game has a limit for that value and 30 is too high, so it is detecting it as corrupt data.