I'm working with the file ambientpedmodelsets.meta and need to replace it in two locations (below).  I have tried importing this meta file through LML and using the automatically generated install.xml, but this didn't work in-game.  I also attempted to use the following XML, which also didn't work in-game.  This file replacement does work when using OpenIV, but I'd prefer to use LML, if possible.

 

Replacement 1: update/update.rpf/common/data/ai/ambientpedmodelsets.meta

Replacement 2: common.rpf/ai/ambientpedmodelsets.meta

 

Attempt 1 (auto generated by LML)
  <Addons>
    <Addon>
      <DataFile>ambientpedmodelsets.meta</DataFile>
    </Addon>
  </Addons>


Attempt 1 (manually removed type tag as it was unknown to me)
	<Replacements>
        <Replacement name="Ambient Ped Changes">
            <FileEntryReplacement>ambientpedmodelsets.meta</FileEntryReplacement>
        </Replacement>
    </Replacements>


Attempt 3
<Replacements>
    <Replacement>
      <DataFile>ambientpedmodelsets.meta</DataFile>
    </Replacement>
  </Replacements>

Attempt 4
  <Addons>
    <Addon name="Ambient Ped Changes">
      <DataFiles>data</DataFiles>
    </Addon>
  </Addons>

 

Is there a listing anywhere of data file types like VEHICLE_METADATA_FILE?  or is there something I'm missing here?

Edited August 1, 20205 yr by AWP3RATOR

After many rounds of testing and reverse engineering some install.xml files from Coastal Callouts and other examples I found, I have gotten this working.   For those interested in the solution, see below.  Original question still stands though:  Is there a resource somewhere that lists out the different data file types?

 

Working in game:

  <Replacements>
    <Replacement name="Ambient Peds Meta 1">
      <FileReplacement>
	  <GamePath>update:/common/data/ai/ambientpedmodelsets.meta</GamePath>
	  <FilePath>config/ambientpedmodelsets.meta</FilePath>
	  </FileReplacement>
	</Replacement>
    <Replacement name="Ambient Peds Meta 2">
      <FileReplacement>
	  <GamePath>common:/data/ai/ambientpedmodelsets.meta</GamePath>
	  <FilePath>config/ambientpedmodelsets.meta</FilePath>
	  </FileReplacement>
	</Replacement>	
  </Replacements>

 

There's this: https://docs.fivem.net/docs/game-references/data-files/

 

Also, the content.xml of every dlc.rpf will have the data file types for any data files in that dlc.

 

Just to explain your initial attempts, and why they didn't work:

Attempt 1 (auto generated by LML)
  <Addons>
    <Addon>
      <DataFile>ambientpedmodelsets.meta</DataFile>
    </Addon>
  </Addons>

This may or may not need the type="AMBIENT_PED_MODEL_SET_FILE" depending on if LML can autodetect. My money would be on "need" for this file. This should be used to add a new ambientpedmodelsets.meta though, not replace the existing one.

 

Attempt 1 (manually removed type tag as it was unknown to me)
	<Replacements>
        <Replacement name="Ambient Ped Changes">
            <FileEntryReplacement>ambientpedmodelsets.meta</FileEntryReplacement>
        </Replacement>
    </Replacements>

This would only be to replace a single entry in the ambientpedmodelsets.meta file. I'm not sure how this file works, but with vehicles.meta, you would only use the FileEntryReplacement to replace a single vehicle entry (so, only replace "police" and nothing else).

 

Attempt 3
<Replacements>
    <Replacement>
      <DataFile>ambientpedmodelsets.meta</DataFile>
    </Replacement>
  </Replacements>

This isn't how file replacements work, the correct way is how you figured it out in the end.

 

Attempt 4
  <Addons>
    <Addon name="Ambient Ped Changes">
      <DataFiles>data</DataFiles>
    </Addon>
  </Addons>

 

This does the same as Attempt 1 (the first one) but reading all files in the "data" folder instead of just the single file.