Yeah, I don't understand why the change was made, and unfortunately, KVN's not around to clarify what he meant by:

Originally Posted by Larian_KVN
An in-engine fix to avoid existing mods with already altered data to still override resources will be part of the next game patch

It sounds like the change is temporary though until Patch 5.

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