1.18.2 1.18.2 | Issue with Dependencies load order with other mods in the mods.toml

[lycanwing]

Hiya! So, I've been looking for ages and I can't find a resolution to my prediciment.

I'm currently working on an addon mod for another mod, which also includes both data & resource replacments, such as updated textures, lang, recipes, loot tables, etc...

So, it has that mod listed as a dependency, along with a couple other mods, and this is where it gets weird:

• If I set the Dependencies to load AFTER my mod, as I believe I'm supposed to for my changes to take effect, the Data changes will take precedence over the ones from the dependencies as expected. But the adjusted resources don't, the resources from the dependency takes precedence here.
• If I set the Dependencies to load BEFORE my mod, as I don't believe I'm supposed to do, the resource changes will take precedence over the ones from the dependencies. But then the data changes don't, the data from the dependency takes precedence here.

I'm honestly lost why it's like this, I would have assumed that they would both take precedence together or not at all depending on ordering, but instead it's putting one lower & one higher in their load order depending on whether its AFTER or BEFORE the dependencies. Not sure if it's intended to work this way (which I'm not sure why it would be?), or if it's somekind of bug or if there's something more that I'm missing beyond Ordering.

Here's the Dependency code from the mod.toml, as previously mentioned I've tried flipping the ordering between AFTER & BEFORE , and I've even tried turning mandatory between true & false to see if that helps (it doesn't). Any help would be greatly appreciated, and thank you for your time in advance!

[[dependencies.archipelagoadditions]]
modId="iobaddons"
mandatory=true
versionRange="[1.1d,)"
ordering="AFTER"
side="BOTH"

[[dependencies.archipelagoadditions]]
modId="iobvariantloader"
mandatory=true
versionRange="[2.4.0,)"
ordering="AFTER"
side="BOTH"

[[dependencies.archipelagoadditions]]
modId="isleofberk"
mandatory=true
versionRange="[1.2.0,)"
ordering="AFTER"
side="BOTH"

 

[eMigrowsLy1]

as far as I understand, loading of data and resources is processed by different systems, each with its own priority