⚠️ Understanding Conflicts
Conflict Tool does not treat every duplicate file or every map edit as a conflict.
A conflict is reported only when the tool has enough information to prove that multiple resources disagree about the same part of the world.
General rule
Something is considered a conflict when:
Two or more resources ship versions of the same thing,
those versions are different, and the vanilla GTA V baseline proves that at least one resource actually changed it.
What is not a conflict?
Only one resource changes something
If only one resource ships an edited version, there is nothing to harmonize with another resource. That resource simply wins.
Multiple resources ship identical copies
If two or more resources contain the same bytes or agree on the same state, Conflict Tool does not report a conflict.
A custom asset has no vanilla original
Custom assets without a vanilla counterpart are intentionally skipped when the tool cannot establish a reliable baseline.
Without the original file, Conflict Tool cannot reliably tell whether a difference is an intentional custom edit or a conflicting modification. Automatically "fixing" that would be guesswork.
Conflict categories
Conflict Tool groups detected issues into four main categories:
Why some conflicts say "Needs review"
Auto-resolve only acts where the correct outcome can be proven with high confidence, such as:
an unambiguous deletion,
multiple resources agreeing on the same moved position,
compatible non-overlapping edits,
identical copies.
If two resources contain genuinely different authored edits, Conflict Tool cannot know which creator's intent is correct.
For example, two road models placed only a few centimeters apart may look like z-fighting, but they may also be intentionally layered geometry. Automatically deleting one could damage a map.
Those cases are marked needs review and skipped by Auto-resolve unless you explicitly choose to include them.
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