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TLDR: Due to my color-vision impairment I am trying to mod dead corn to either be a drastic color change or use the treeDeadPineLeaf shape.

Long version. I have only been messing with modding for a couple of weeks. I have been able to extend items, change the tint color, make new recipes, change growing times for Oakraven honey and eggs, etc by fumbling around but this project has me stuck.

Here is the vanilla dead corn block:

[code]
<block name="plantedCornDeadSmall">
    <property name="DisplayInfo" value="Description"/>
    <property name="Material" value="Mcorn"/>
    <property name="Shape" value="ModelEntity"/>
    <property name="Model" value="Entities/OutdoorDecor/cornStalkBrownSmallPrefab"/>
    <property name="ModelOffset" value="0,0,0"/>
    <property name="LightOpacity" value="0"/>
    <property name="Collide" value="melee"/>
    <property name="IsTerrainDecoration" value="true"/>
    <property name="StabilitySupport" value="false"/>
    <drop event="Destroy" name="resourceYuccaFibers" count="3,12"/>
    <property name="SortOrder1" value="B960"/>
    <property name="SortOrder2" value="0006"/>
</block>

<block name="plantedCornDeadMedium">
    <property name="DisplayInfo" value="Description"/>
    <property name="DisplayType" value="blockMulti"/>
    <property name="Material" value="Mcorn"/>
    <property name="Shape" value="ModelEntity"/>
    <property name="Model" value="Entities/OutdoorDecor/cornStalkBrownMediumPrefab"/>
    <property name="ModelOffset" value="0,0,0"/>
    <property name="MultiBlockDim" value="1,2,1"/>
    <property name="LightOpacity" value="0"/>
    <property name="Collide" value="melee"/>
    <property name="IsTerrainDecoration" value="true"/>
    <property name="StabilitySupport" value="false"/>
    <drop event="Destroy" name="resourceYuccaFibers" count="3,12"/>
    <property name="SortOrder1" value="B960"/>
    <property name="SortOrder2" value="0007"/>
</block>

<block name="plantedCornDead">
    <property name="DisplayInfo" value="Description"/>
    <property name="DisplayType" value="blockMulti"/>
    <property name="Material" value="Mcorn"/>
    <property name="Shape" value="ModelEntity"/>
    <property name="Model" value="Entities/OutdoorDecor/cornStalkBrownPrefab"/>
    <property name="ModelOffset" value="0,0,0"/>
    <property name="MultiBlockDim" value="1,3,1"/>
    <property name="LightOpacity" value="0"/>
    <property name="Collide" value="melee"/>
    <property name="IsTerrainDecoration" value="true"/>
    <property name="StabilitySupport" value="false"/>
    <drop event="Destroy" name="resourceYuccaFibers" count="3,12"/>
    <property name="SortOrder1" value="B960"/>
    <property name="SortOrder2" value="0008"/>
</block>

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I was able to replace the cornStalkBrownSmallPrefab with <property name="Model" value="@:Entities/Trees/AzaleaPrefab.prefab"/> via the following code:

[code]<configs>
    <set xpath="/blocks/block[starts-with(@name, 'plantedCornDead')]/property[@name='Model']/@value">
        @:Entities/Trees/AzaleaPrefab.prefab
    </set>
</configs>[/code]

But the Azalea really makes the corn fields look stupid. I'd rather use the treeDeadPineLeaf (which is that scrubby bit of brushwood that you usually harvest when your start a new game). This is the vanilla block for the treeDeadPineLeaf:

[code]
<!-- Dead bush easily harvested for wood in many biomes-->
<block name="treeDeadPineLeaf">
    <property name="IndexName" value="quest_wood"/>
    <property name="Material" value="Mleaves"/>
    <property name="Shape" value="BillboardPlant"/>
    <property name="Mesh" value="grass"/>
    <property name="Texture" value="177"/>
    <property name="WaterFlow" value="permitted"/>
    <property name="Collide" value="melee"/>
    <property name="IsTerrainDecoration" value="true"/>
    <property name="CanDecorateOnSlopes" value="true"/>
    <drop event="Harvest" name="resourceWood" count="1,3" tag="allHarvest"/>
    <drop event="Destroy" count="0"/>
    <drop event="Fall" name="resourceWood" count="0" prob="1" stick_chance="0"/>
    <property name="SortOrder1" value="B900"/>
    <property name="SortOrder2" value="0001"/>
    <property name="Tags" value="twitchReplace"/>
    <property name="FilterTags" value="MC_outdoor,SC_shrubbery"/>
</block>
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So seeing that treeDeadPineLeaf is a different -- I guess -- class? I tried to mix the properties of the treeDeadPineLeaf into starts-with plantedDeadCorn but all that did was erase all the dead corn. Which is better than nothing I guess, but I'd like to get a small deadish looking mesh to represent the dead corn if possible.

[code]
<configs>
    <remove xpath="/blocks/block[starts-with(@name, 'plantedCornDead')]/property[@name='Model']" />
    <append xpath="/blocks/block[starts-with(@name, 'plantedCornDead')]">
        <property name="Shape" value="BillboardPlant" />
        <property name="Mesh" value="grass" />
    </append>
</configs>
[/code]