Change base pop growth

[Psycon]

Hello im new to the stellaris modding scene and it got me interested, so i decided to start with something very simple increase the base pop growth from 3 to 5 or something it doesn't seem to be working.
I used a guide to start off with then did my own research and what i spotted is the stellaris wiki on modding seem to be outdated but you can correct me on that.
Anyway heres what i have written in the .txt file.

NPop = {
BASE_POP_GROWTH = 5
}
And for some reason it doesn't seem to change in-game(yes i have the mod loaded). Is there a way to see that my mod is even being read?
Any ideas? if there has been a question like this then my apologies, please refer me to that post.
Thank you.

 

[Ryika]

The content looks correct.

Two likely possibilities:
- You may not put it in the proper place. In Stellaris, the file structure must be upheld, so the txt file must be in common/defines/.
- You named it in a way that it gets loaded before the actual defines file, for example by starting the file name with a !, or with 00_a.
Defines are LIOS (see: https://stellaris.paradoxwikis.com/Modding#Overwriting_Specific_Elements ).

 

[Psycon]

I got the path wrong there was a folder there i forgot to delete it from a previous mod

 

[Psycon]

I got the path wrong there was a folder there i forgot to delete it from a previous mod

it was \Paradox Interactive\Stellaris\mod\Growth\growth\
instead of \Paradox Interactive\Stellaris\mod\Growth\common\