Editing Module

[Nodwick]

Hello,

I am new to FG and Pathfinder and am running the Beginner Box adventure for friends. Looking ahead, I purchased the Troubles in Otari adventures to run next. There are parts of the pre-built adventures that I would like to modify. I can do so in the Troubles campaign, but the changes are permanent only within that campaign. For example, as I am learning FG and PF2e together, sometimes I create test campaigns so I can see how things work. However, module changes in one campaign don't show up in the test campaigns. I suppose the module data is instanced for a specific campaign setup. Is there a way to change parts of a module and have those changes affect the source module data?


Thank you.

[LordEntrails]

You're assumptions are correct. If you want to use your changes to a module in more than one campaign, then you need to export your changes to a module. When you export, only the changes you made in that module will be exported (not the content of the purchased module). I recommend you use a "Development" campaign for making your changes, see the link in my sig for best practices that includes info on such best practices.

[Trenloe]

You can't export changes made to a base module record into another module. I think Lord Entrails comments assume you've made copies of records from a module in a campaign - as you can export records in a campaign. But if you've edited the base module record, then that can't be exported into a module. Those changes are stored in an XML file in the campaign moduledb directory - the filename is the name of the module; you could copy that XML file from one campaign's moduledb directory to another campaign's moduledb directory - and this will have the effect of copying the changes you made for that module from one campaign to another.

[LordEntrails]

Yes, thanks Trenloe, you need to make copies of stories etc. that you intend to change. That should be detailed in the guide I reference, but is better to be clear about it upfront :)