XML - Need Help Collections vs Overrides

[dolomite13]

So I have a bonus that looks like this

Territories
- Miners
- Mine 1
- Mine 2
- Mine 3

If you hold
- miners and 1 mine you get +2
- miners and 2 mines you get +4
- miners and 3 mines you get +8

My question is ... is it better to try and code this as a collection or with overrides? or am I doing this completely wrong?

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COLLECTIONS

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<continent>
   <name>1 Mine</name>
   <bonus>0</bonus>
   <components>
      <territory>F2 - Mines</territory>
      <territory>F3 - Mines</territory>
      <territory>S4 - Mines</territory>
   </components>
   <required>1</required>
</continent>

<continent>
   <name>2 Mines</name>
   <bonus>0</bonus>
   <components>
      <territory>F2 - Mines</territory>
      <territory>F3 - Mines</territory>
      <territory>S4 - Mines</territory>
   </components>
   <required>2</required>
</continent>

<continent>
   <name>3 Mines</name>
   <bonus>0</bonus>
   <components>
      <territory>F2 - Mines</territory>
      <territory>F3 - Mines</territory>
      <territory>S4 - Mines</territory>
   </components>
   <required>3</required>
</continent>

<continent>
   <name>Miners - Mines</name>
   <bonuses>
      <bonus required="2">2</bonus>
      <bonus required="3">2</bonus>
      <bonus required="4">4</bonus>
   </bonuses>
   <components>
      <continent>1 Mine</continent>
      <continent>2 Mines</continent>
      <continent>3 Mines</continent>
      <territory type="mandatory">Miners</territory>
   </components>
   <required>2</required>
</continent>


OVERRIDES

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<continent>
   <name>1 Mine</name>
   <bonus>0</bonus>
   <components>
      <territory>F2 - Mines</territory>
      <territory>F3 - Mines</territory>
      <territory>S4 - Mines</territory>
   </components>
   <required>1</required>
</continent>

<continent>
   <name>2 Mines</name>
   <bonus>0</bonus>
   <components>
      <territory>F2 - Mines</territory>
      <territory>F3 - Mines</territory>
      <territory>S4 - Mines</territory>
   </components>
   <required>2</required>
</continent>

<continent>
   <name>3 Mines</name>
   <bonus>0</bonus>
   <components>
      <territory>F2 - Mines</territory>
      <territory>F3 - Mines</territory>
      <territory>S4 - Mines</territory>
   </components>
   <required>3</required>
</continent>

<continent>
   <name>Miners - 1 Mine</name>
   <bonus>2</bonus>
   <components>
      <continent>1 Mine</continent>
      <territory>Miners</territory>
   </components>
   <required>2</required>
</continent>

<continent>
   <name>Miners - 2 Mines</name>
   <bonus>4</bonus>
   <components>
      <continent>2 Mines</continent>
      <territory>Miners</territory>
   </components>
   <required>2</required>
   <overrides>
      <override>Miners - 1 Mine</override>
   </overrides>
</continent>

<continent>
   <name>Miners - 3 Mines</name>
   <bonus>8</bonus>
   <components>
      <continent>3 Mines</continent>
      <territory>Miners</territory>
   </components>
   <required>2</required>
   <overrides>
      <override>Miners - 2 Mines</override>
   </overrides>
</continent>


[Gilligan]

The first one is perfect!

[dolomite13]

What if it was written like this

<continent>
<name>Miners - Mines</name>
<bonuses>
<bonus required="2">2</bonus>
<bonus required="3">2</bonus>
<bonus required="4">4</bonus>
</bonuses>
<components>
<territory>F2 - Mines</territory>
<territory>F3 - Mines</territory>
<territory>S4 - Mines</territory>
<territory type="mandatory">Miners</territory>
</components>
<required>2</required>
</continent>

Would this yield the result of

* Miners & 1 Mines = +2
* Miners & 2 Mines = +4
* Miners & 3 Mines = +8

Or is it necessary to code it with the extra continents like in example 1?

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[thenobodies80]

it works. The main difference between overrides and collections is the fact that for collections the name is unique.
So if the result you want in the game log is to see " for holding Miners and 2 mines (3 mines, etc etc)" you need to use overrides instead of collections.
Obviously overrides makes the code longer

EDIT: I know I'm very late in replying to this, but at least someone else can use it as reference.