Thanks, the mod.json file worked, but ive hit another problem. Even with the mod enabled there is absolutely no change to the variation, despite me going back and changing the actor files several times. Do you know what specifically within the actor files i should change to make this work? Below ive made a quick list of how i made the mod
1. opened the mods folder and made an exact copy of "public"
2. modified public so that there is nothing but the art folder, within that is units > kushite and finally a lone XML file for the female unit
3. Opened the XML file and changed the variation value (ive attached a poorly drawn photo showing the lines that i toyed with)
4. after changing the variation lines i closed the XML, made sure that windows didnt turn it into a TXT for no random reason, backed out and then compressed the whole mod back into a zip, as well as slapping a copy of the public mod's json file that i appropriately renamed.
Once again, I'd like to thank you for your time, i'm an idiot when it comes to code i know lol