I have a question about how mods work.

[RackMonkey]

I have made a couple of changes to the materials.lua files for the Apache and F-18 to help me. The change is only one line changing the color used in the HMD for the Apache and HUD for the F-18. Both of these changes work if they are placed in the DCS sub folder but only the Apache mod works if it is placed in the "saved games" sub folder.

My question is, what keeps some mods from working when placed in the saved games folder when the exact change in the same folder of another acft works?

By the way, I have placed the file manually and by using OVGME and when using OVGME I used OVGME to build the ZIP file.