However, this power comes with a curse: the "ID Mirage." Because DOS2 compiles its assets into .pak files, an item ID is only valid if the specific version of the game (or mod list) is running. A mod that adds "Horse_Armor_Unique" on the Steam Workshop might conflict with a vanilla ID, leading to the dreaded "Giant Purple Question Mark" model. The search for "new" IDs is a constant arms race; every time Larian patches the game (even for minor bug fixes), the hex values for certain items shift. The community’s response has been to build dynamic lookup tables—databases that reverse-engineer the Stats_Generated_Data.txt file in real-time.
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However, this power comes with a curse: the "ID Mirage." Because DOS2 compiles its assets into .pak files, an item ID is only valid if the specific version of the game (or mod list) is running. A mod that adds "Horse_Armor_Unique" on the Steam Workshop might conflict with a vanilla ID, leading to the dreaded "Giant Purple Question Mark" model. The search for "new" IDs is a constant arms race; every time Larian patches the game (even for minor bug fixes), the hex values for certain items shift. The community’s response has been to build dynamic lookup tables—databases that reverse-engineer the Stats_Generated_Data.txt file in real-time.
