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From @LordGood

In D2050#85279, @LordGood wrote:

[...] pyramids and Babylonian towers should stay in their respective naming categories, else they will interfere with the same naming conventions as Bronze Age mods. Pyramids are also ruin resources, not structural.

Thanks, I didn't see that comment.
However, they don't actually conflict with the Aristeia Bronze Age mod, see: https://github.com/0ADMods/aristeia/tree/master/art/actors/structures
Also, other ruin templates have

<VisualActor>
  <Actor>props/special/eyecandy/*.xml</Actor>
</VisualActor>

not

<VisualActor>
  <Actor>special/*.xml</Actor>
</VisualActor>

In D2050#91460, @Nescio wrote:

Thanks, I didn't see that comment.
However, they don't actually conflict with the Aristeia Bronze Age mod, see: https://github.com/0ADMods/aristeia/tree/master/art/actors/structures

Not yet but babylonian are planned IIRC.

Also, other ruin templates have

<VisualActor>
  <Actor>props/special/eyecandy/*.xml</Actor>
</VisualActor>

not

<VisualActor>
  <Actor>special/*.xml</Actor>
</VisualActor>

Yeah but other objects are not actual buildings, are they ?

Not yet but babylonian are planned IIRC.

Even if a mod would have files with exactly the same path and name as the public folder, there still wouldn't be a file conflict, because files from the mod loaded last overrules them.
Out of curiosity, why was the Babylonian tower added to 0ad? And why is it in the Persians folder? They already have their own towers. Besides, the baby_defense_tower.xml template isn't used anywhere (neither in maps nor in the simulation folder).

Yeah but other objects are not actual buildings, are they ?

It's probably a mood point where to draw the line (statues, columns, pyramid, unfinished temple on one hand and monument, pillar, arch, finished temple on the other).
If you consider pyramids buildings, though, shouldn't they be under structures then?

Anyway, which parts of this patch should I revert, which ones change, and which ones keep?

In D2050#91486, @Nescio wrote:

Even if a mod would have files with exactly the same path and name as the public folder, there still wouldn't be a file conflict, because files from the mod loaded last overrules them.

That's right, he'll probably explain his thoughts better than me though.

Out of curiosity, why was the Babylonian tower added to 0ad? And why is it in the Persians folder? They already have their own towers. Besides, the baby_defense_tower.xml template isn't used anywhere (neither in maps nor in the simulation folder).

That's also a question I will let him answer :)

It's probably a mood point where to draw the line (statues, columns, pyramid, unfinished temple on one hand and monument, pillar, arch, finished temple on the other).
If you consider pyramids buildings, though, shouldn't they be under structures then?

Anyway, which parts of this patch should I revert, which ones change, and which ones keep?

I have no strong feeling here, so I'll let the others decide :)

Thanks for your replies, let's wait for @LordGood then!