Trying to make a Color change mod for Carthage and Egypt

[ManiusPrime]

I am having some trouble in a version to be able to upload for others. I found the text that I need to alter and I did it for myself. Then I had a thought maybe I can just make the same mod for others to use as the older ones don't work and no one is updating them. I actually keep coming back to Imperator and I want to fix the colors as I hate that Carthage isn't white and Egypt isn't yellow. So I fixed it by reversing some colors with nearby countries. So I altered 4 files. The issue is if those files are in the mod directory after creating a mod. Then I go to turn on that mod. The effects doesn't show. If I manually go into the files and change the color then it works.

So can someone tell me what I am missing. I hit the button to create a new mod. I then put the new files into the mod folder. Am I doing something wrong or what?

 

[YTnuBF]

I have only ever created mods "raw", just creating folders and copying files by hand, no experience using the mod manager to create a mod since I can't get it to work.

[__] Do other mods work, just not this one?

[__] Where is the new mod located?
I think mods should go into \\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Imperator\mod\ on Windows.
The folder structure there should look like:
\\mod\
[folder] [The Mod's Folder]
[file] The Mod's .mod file

[__] Does the mod's folder contain all the files that you changed in the same folder structure as in the actual game folder?
Within the mod's folder it should for example look like this:
[folder] [common]
[folder] [events]