It doesn't seem like these overrides are properly applying to the "SpecialCharacters" like it did in previous versions.
For example, if I change the PopulationData\Parameters\StudentFemale.xml file to have a breast range of 1-4 it seems like all the generated people abide by this range, but none of the "SpecialCharacters" people do, such as Daisy Maddox who still shows a breast size of 6 or Ivana Yochild with 7.
Afaik these are only meant for the generic population. SpecialCharacters are their own templates, though I suppose 'special' templates could be added at some point in the future to define min-max ranges.
That sounds like an intentional thing given these are special characters, wouldn't want to allow changes to them that have even the slightest possibility of breaking their chains.
My last playthrough was a while ago but I'm pretty sure in 1.9.5 the population data ranges were still applied to even the special characters... I don't think I edited them all manually in-game. If I'm just remembering incorrectly then I think it would be a neat option if you could set a flag that would allow those parameters to apply even to special characters.
I have 1.9.5 and don't remember seeing the special characters any different in any of my saves. I think you're onto something with that idea, but to add onto it, maybe set the flag to be tripped only when they have no more need to be a special character so as to avoid messing with anything that might bug them out.
Nah, I meant with the new system. There's only so much that could be done without having proper testing first (probably wouldn't want to make multiple systems dependent on it if there was some massive issue to fix first).
Kind of like how they set the special characters to be pretty much impossible to mind control so nothing got messed up in the process, right?
I remember being able to add money and change the way people look with ease but now I have no clue how to do that stuff in this new update and it sucks anyone able to explain how the debug/cheat area works so I can at the very lease give my self money and corruption skill due to replaying this at this point and trying to get back to where I was
Sounds like you were using Lexville based on the 'change the way people look' part (Lexville allows you to change the way NPCs' bodies look, including what head they use). I mean, you CAN change clothes through corruption and school policy without Lexville, but I took it to mean what they look like aside from clothing, let me know if that is wrong. Assuming I am right and you were using Lexville, you'll need to wait for it to update.